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German, Belgian and Dutch police seized 23 tons of cocaine in late February, the largest haul of the drug in the EU ever.
Those busts are the latest in a quickly escalating series of seizures, and they point to emerging smuggling routes in Latin America.
While the seizure of 23 tons of cocaine by German, Belgian and Dutch police the largest-ever haul of the drug in the European Union was noteworthy, it serves as merely the latest proof of how Europe has become the epicenter of the global cocaine trade.
In mid-February, German police discovered 16 tons of cocaine hidden in containers at the port of Hamburg, while their Belgian counterparts seized 7.2 tons of the drug in Antwerp soon after. Both forces acted after a tip-off from the Netherlands, where both shipments were bound.
Joint initiative on “Supporting the management of violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) and the prevention of radicalization to violence in prisons”
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Since 2018, CTED has worked closely together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) on a joint initiative entitled “Supporting the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners (VEPs) and the Prevention of Radicalization to Violence in Prisons”.
The beneficiary States of this four-year initiative (2018-2021) are Kazakhstan, Tunisia and Uganda. The initiative focuses on prisoners, prison authorities and other relevant State bodies.
Radicalization to violence in prisons and the management of VEPs remain a major concern for the international community. The challenge of ensuring effective management of VEPs has grown substantially in recent years, as the number of individuals (including foreign terrorist fighters) prosecuted and convicted for terrorism-rel
Further to the club’s articles on ‘smuggling fines, breach of customs regulations and operational best practice’ and ‘drug smuggling preventative measures’, the local correspondents in Columbia (A&A Multiprime) have published the attached circular on the precautions concerning drugs smuggling. This follows from the 2020 world drug report issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs .
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