Real time operational communication between international airports to fight transnational organized crime, including drug trafficking, and terrorism. Airport Communication Project (AIRCOP) AVSEC WORLD MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA 26-28 FEBRUARY 2019
THE AIRCOP PROJECT Funding A project funded by the European Union Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace.
AIRCOP JATFs Argentina Barbados Benin Bolivia Burkina Faso Cameroon 2 JAITFs Cape Verde Ivory Coast El Salvador Gambia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Jamaica Mali 2 JAITFs Niger Nigeria Panama Dominican Republic Senegal Togo 2 JAITFs 2 JAITFs
AIRCOP SEIZURES & RESULTS $ 7,6 tons of cocaine 6,2 tons of cannabis 2,3 tons of meth 423 kgs of heroin 114 kgs of amphetamine 13,4 tons of counterfeit and illicit medicine 1,5 tons of precursors 9,7 tons of tobacco products 14,7 million undeclared USD Activities 8 potential FTF 7 victims of human trafficking 662 kgs of Ivory tusks 1,2 ton of pangolin scales 300 trainings organized 4,600 personnel trained 20% of them women 15 trainers nationalities 26 joint operations (as of October 2018)
THE 3 PILLARS OF AIRCOP COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORISM 1 2 3 Establishment of Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITFs) Real time transmission and sharing of information National and regional training and mentoring activities Interpol I-24/7 WCO CENcomm National Databases
THEMATIC EXPANSION OF AIRCOP RISK ANALYSIS AND TARGETING TECHNIQUE Cocaine Route Programme Cocaine Other drugs and precursors Other forms of organized crime Terrorist threats Trafficking and smuggling of migrants, falsified medicines, undeclared currency, weapons and ammunition, wildlife, etc.
AIRCOP AND TARGETING Profiling and targeting of high-risk/suspicious passengers (including FTF) and cargo. CHECKS AGAINST I-24/7 AND NATIONAL DATABASES REVIEW OF THE PASSENGERS LIST/MANIFESTO REVIEW OF API/PNR DATA Electronically or Directly in the airline office on the airport platform IDENTIFICATION of KNOWN HIGH-RISK PASSENGERS IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWNS through broken routes, unusual purchase patterns, etc. While facilitating the smooth flow of air transport and taking into account legal and commercial concerns of airlines
TASK FORCES PARTICIPATION TO JOINT OPERATIONS 26 joint operations
AIRCOP COOPERATION NETWORK (I) SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INFORMAL NETWORK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS (13 nationalities) JOINT OPERATIONS
AIRCOP COOPERATION NETWORK (II) UNODC Thematic branches UNITED NATIONS INTERNAL COOPERATION
FUTURE AIRCOP DEVELOPMENT GEOGRAPHIC Further development in current and new regions THEMATIC Expansion of training curriculum to cover terrorism, TIP/SOM, CITES offences, etc.. COOPERATION Continued positive and fruitful cooperation with international/bilateral projects/agencies
CURRENT AIRCOP NETWORK IN THE LAC REGION Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Jamaica Barbados Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago Panama Colombia Ecuador Peru Brazil Bolivia JAITFs Operational (9) Under Discussion/Interest Expressed (6) Associate Countries (3) Paraguay Argentina
CURRENT AIRCOP NETWORK IN THE LAC REGION Operational JAITFs (9) Argentina Barbados Bolivia Dominican Republic (2) El Salvador Jamaica (2) Panama Associate countries (3) Brazil Colombia Peru
CURRENT AIRCOP Crime scope Migrant smugling Drug trafficking Arm Trafficking International Terrorism FTF Money Smugling Forgery of documents
THE EVOLUTION OF AIRCOP IN THE LAC REGION Further Geographic Expansion Partnerships Evolving Areas of Focus Technology and Tools Protection of Information ------- Human Trafficking ------ Air Cargo API/PNR MoU (ICAO/UNODC) (Go travel) ------- Facial Recognition
THREATS AND TRAFFICKING TRENDS IN THE LAC REGION COCAINE Increasing Cocaine flow due to an increase in cultivation in Colombia despite a decrease in Peru and Bolivia Terrorism (Foreign Terrorist Fighters) CANNABIS Increased % of AIRCOP Cannabis seizures in the region in 2018 Cash Smuggling WEAPONS The trafficking of small arms and light weapons continues to pose a threat to Member States in the region Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants
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Thank you! AIRCOP Communication Project ROPAN. Regional Office for West and Central Africa Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa unodc.org/aircop @UNODC_ROPAN Sergio Naranjo Regional project coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean. W/app + 34 609 11 40 54