Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), hosted in September the training course “Tools for Combating Drug Trafficking Mafias”, organized by the COPOLAD III Program in collaboration with the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS).
The course, scheduled for September 23-27, was attended (in person and online) by representatives of law enforcement agencies, customs investigators, strategic intelligence agencies and units dedicated to the fight against transnational crime and drug trafficking from CARICOM member countries. Experts from the Italian Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate (DIA) and representatives of CARICOM IMPACS will discuss the dynamics of the main criminal organizations active on the Caribbean-EU route and strategies to combat this phenomenon.
In particular, experts from the Italian Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate (DIA) focused on the functioning of the Directorate, the fight against mafias and measures targeting illicit capital. Specific classes were given on the use of virtual assets for money laundering.
CARICOM IMPACS representatives presented a regional overview of the phenomenon of transnational organized crime and their systems and models for combating it. The course participants made specific presentations on their countries’ systems for combating transnational organized crime.
CARICOM IMPACS representatives presented a regional overview of the phenomenon of transnational organized crime and their systems and models for combating it. The course participants made specific presentations on the systems in their home countries.
This first training course will be followed by another on new psychoactive substances and synthetic drugs and will be attended by experts from CARICOM countries and 4 experts from the Italian Central Directorate of Anti-Drug Services (DCSA). This activity is led by the Italian-Latin American Organization IILA, a member of the COPOLAD III Program.
