This week in Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), the training course ‘Tools to fight drug trafficking mafias’, organised by the COPOLAD III Programme in collaboration with the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS), is taking place.
The course, scheduled for 23-27 September, is being attended (in person and online) by more than 50 representatives of law enforcement agencies, customs investigators, strategic intelligence agencies, transnational crime and drug trafficking units 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 organisations active on the Caribbean-EU route and strategies to combat this phenomenon.
In particular, experts from the Italian Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate will focus on the functioning of the Directorate, the fight against mafias and measures targeting illicit capital. Specific lessons will be given on the use of virtual assets for money laundering.
CARICOM IMPACS representatives will present a regional overview of the phenomenon of transnational organised crime and their systems and models for combating this phenomenon. Course participants will make specific presentations on the systems in their home countries.
This first training course will be followed by a second one on new psychoactive substances and synthetic drugs on 15-17 October, with the participation of 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 Organisation IILA, a member of the COPOLAD III Programme.
