Since 2009,
@UNODC_MCP
has been working to improve the capabilities of member states’ criminal justice systems to prevent, investigate & prosecute
#maritimecrime
⚖️ ⚓️
Watch this 📽️👉 to learn about our work & priorities for 2023.
@UNODC
#BorderManagement
Want to learn more about
@UNODC_MCP
activities in 2021 and the programming we deliver? Check out the newly published 'GMCP Briefing Package' now available on our website! 👉 ⚓🔎ℹ️
@UNODC
@MiwaKatoEmpower
Concluding two weeks of VBSS training for boarding teams from Malaysia 🇲🇾 and Philippines 🇵🇭 which included classroom lectures, underway boarding and night-time exercises at the VBSS training facility in Batam, Indonesia
We are happy to announce that as of today,
#UNODC
’s Global Maritime Crime Programme is run from
#Colombo
#SriLanka
with delivery across the Caribbean, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans! 🌊
Coast Guard agencies from Indonesia 🇮🇩, Malaysia 🇲🇾 and Philippines 🇵🇭 progressed from draft zero to draft one of the proposed Tripartite Coast Guard Agreement for Maritime Law Enforcement in the Sulu Sea at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur facilitated by GMCP
GMCP successfully completed a first of a kind 5 day training patrol at sea for
#Somali
Fisheries protection team deployed on a protection vessel in Seychelles
@EUNAVFOR
@RCOC_Center
supported a joint boarding Ex, demonstrating the Somali capabilities to protect its own waters
Following the delivery of a
#BulkCarrierSearchCourse
, Pakistani🇵🇰 Law Enforcement graduate officers receive training from
@UNODC_MCP
to be instructors 🚢⚖️, supported by a seconded customs expert from Seychelles🇸🇨 & funded by
@StateINL
🇺🇸
@UNODC_EA
Trainings on Maritime Domain Awareness (
#MDA
),Tactical Communications, and VBSS have paid dividends!
#Somaliland
Coast Guard (
#SLCG
) launched an operation and successfully intercepted a fishing vessel involved in illegal fishing activities in their territorial waters
#Berbera
HAPPENING NEXT WEEK, all preparations underway to host the
#ASEAN
𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 in Bali, Indonesia.
@UNODC_MCP
proud to support the apex regional event
Heads of
#Maritime
Fusion Centres from Southeast Asia and MDA experts discuss advancements in MDA technology and capacity building needs at the Forum of National Maritime Fusion Centres (FNMFC) meeting in Bali, Indonesia ⚖️⚓️
@UNODC
@UNODC_SEAP
@MiwaKatoEmpower
How are Niger Delta pirate groups structured and how do they operate on land and at sea? Read
@UNODC_MCP
's “Pirates of the Niger Delta: between brown and blue waters” at . Funded by
#DKinGOG
.
@MiwaKatoEmpower
@UNODC_Nigeria
Since 2009,
@UNODC_MCP
has been working to improve the capabilities of member states’ criminal justice systems to prevent, investigate & prosecute
#maritimecrime
.
Watch this 📽️👉 to learn more about our work & priorities for 2022.
@UNODC
@MiwaKatoEmpower
Demonstration flight using Japan Coast Guard aircraft for practical training. Participants of the training on incorporating aviation reconnaissance sensors to MDA conducted a practical exercise over the Malacca Strait on the JCG aircraft. Funded by Japan 🇯🇵
For 1⃣st time,
@UNODC_MCP
is delivering a Training on Incorporating Aviation Reconnaissance Sensors to MDA. Experts from Japan Coast Guard
@JCG_koho
, Joint Maritime Security Centre of UK Royal Navy 🇬🇧 co-deliver training to Coast Guard Personnel from 🇮🇩, 🇲🇾& 🇵🇭.
Funded by Japan🇯🇵
@UNODC_MCP
in partnership with US Navy (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) organized a one week Maritime Crime Scene Management Training in Suva, Fiji 🇫🇯 for maritime law enforcement personnel from Maritime Police, Navy and Customs Enforcement Division.
#BorderManagement
Participants from Viet Nam 🇻🇳 and Indonesia 🇮🇩 complete two weeks of VBSS training for Fisheries Enforcement Teams at the Maritime Training Facility in Batam
1⃣st week of joint
#VBSS
course in
#Maldives
🇲🇻 completed successfully! Trainees from
@MNDF_Official
Coast Guard,
@PoliceMv
&
@CustomsMv
were trained on:
⚖️International maritime law
🚢Vessel types and confined spaces
💪Rules of engagement
📜Human rights at sea
@MoDmv
Strengthening “𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲” in Southeast Asia. Senior officers representing
#maritime
#LE
agencies from 🇮🇩 🇲🇾 🇵🇭 🇹🇭 🇻🇳 convene for the 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 (
#MLED13
) in Kuala Lumpur
GMCP facilitated the delivery of training for FMSRCC of Fiji Navy🇫🇯 on the use of machine learning software with AI2 Skylight to detect illicit activity at sea
1⃣st Pierside
#VesselSearchTechniques
Course of the year concluded in
#Maldives
!
@CustomsMv
officers conduced practical exercises on board a tanker & were trained on:
🇺🇳 UN conventions
🔍Special equipment
🕵️Human intelligence
📋Vessel documentation
⚖️Evidence awareness
With
@StateINL
funding,
#GMCP
&
@UNODC
Global Prison Challenges Programme installed solar paneling & solar-powered lighting at the integrated compound of the
#SomaliaCustodialCorps
HQ & MPCC, enhancing security surveillance capabilities & sustainability at the facility
@UNODC_EA
#KeepingOceansSafe
! Members of law enforcement agencies from 🇧🇩🇲🇻🇱🇰 attend the first joint Visit, Board, Search & Seizure (
#VBSS
) Course for Boarding Teams to be held in Maldives to combat maritime crime, supported by
@MNDF_mv
Coast Guard!
Funded by
@StateINL
🇺🇸
@MiwaKatoEmpower
The 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (
#WinMLE
) held in Kuala Lumpur discussed challenges faced and the
#advancements
achieved by
#women
in 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.
Sharing MDA knowledge beyond Southeast Asia, GMCP delivering MDA Analytical Training to cohort from Bangladesh 🇧🇩, Maldives 🇲🇻, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and FRONTEX 🇪🇺 in Kuala Lumpur.
Head of
@UNODC_MCP
signed an MOU with SKYLIGHT of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) to strengthen cooperation on the adoption of algorithm-based MDA technology by maritime law enforcement agencies.
#BorderManagement
How do piracy networks in the Niger Delta operate? How are they structured?
@UNODC_MCP
is currently finalizing a study on
#Piracy
in the Niger Delta together with Nigerian partners - draft review on-going in Abuja.
@MiwaKatoEmpower
@UNODC_Nigeria
.
More results of capacity building!last week the
#Bossaso
Port and Maritime Police Unit (
#BPMPU
) officers conducted an operation,20 Nm East off Bossaso and intercepted Dushka machine guns,an electric generator, 16 drums of fuel and 8 skiffs with outboard motors
#Secureourseas
Towards legal finish in WA 🌊!
@ECOWAS
MSC @ ambassadorial level decided to send the draft Supplementary Act on transfer of piracy suspects to Council next week. Stay tuned for upcoming MSC and Summit for endorsement! Supported by
@UNODC_MCP
through
#EU
-funded
@SWAIMSProject
.
@UNODC_MCP
together with the JCG
@JCG_koho
, Heads of Fusion Centres from Indonesia 🇮🇩 Malaysia 🇲🇾 Philippines 🇵🇭 and Thailand 🇹🇭 attended at
@JAXA_en
for a deeper understanding on how satellite technology can strengthen MDA in the Southeast Asia region
#BorderManagement
#Capacitybuilding
!Determined to secure the coastlines along one of the world’s busiest shipping routes,
#Somaliland
Coast Guard entered the second week of
#VBSS
training at
#Berbera
port.This week covers practical procedures on boarding preparations & reports,& hidden compartments
Head of
@UNODC_MCP
paid a courtesy call to the Chief of Bakamla in Jakarta 🇮🇩 to review ongoing GMCP activities and strengthen bilateral engagement.
#BorderManagement
On 23 Feb 2019,
#Denmark
&
#UNODC
launched a new programme to counter TOC in the Horn of Africa.Particularly,it will support law-enforcement authorities to secure maritime borders & disrupt sea based TOC,including illicit activities that finance terrorist groups on land
@DanishMFA
Today marks the end of 3-weeks intensive training f. 15
#Maritime
#LawEnforcement
officers from
#Galmudug
in
#Bosasso
. Their accomplishments were marked in a ceremony at the Port Maritime Police Unit HQ. Col. Hashii: BPMPU Commander presented certificates with
#UNODC
MCP Mentors