Transcript Border control in the MENA region

Countering Illicit Drugs
Drug trafficking is an organized crime
Transnational
organized crime
Illegal trade
• Trafficking in persons
• Trafficking in arms
• Trafficking in drugs
• Smuggling of migrants
• Smuggling of artifacts
• Smuggling of cultural
antiquities
• Smuggling of narcotics
• Smuggling of wild life
• production of and
trafficking in fraudulent
medicines
Corruption
• Yields of crime
• Money laundering
Terrorism
Border control in the MENA region
Thousands of Kms of borders; some located in
remote, desert areas
UNODC Approach to Border
Control
At the national level
2) Information
collection
capacity
3) Capacity to
feed in-depth
investigations
1) build
identification
capacity
Fourtrack
Approach
At the regional &
International levels
4) International
Cooperation
Countering Illicit trafficking
750 million container movements in 2014 - 90% of
global trade – less than 2% inspected
Container Control Programme Focus
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Creation of Joint Port Control Units in sea and dry ports (air
and land in the future) – multi agency working approach (e.g
Customs, Police, Intelligence, Anti-Narcotics Departments)
Local Steering Committees
Capacity building/training, basic, practical, specialized
Strengthening of infrastructure
Information exchange/regional and international cooperation
Mentorship
Programme Benefits
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Increased coordination, synergy and staff capacity
National ownership and control
Multi focus and approach of capacity building
Membership in global enforcement community
Strengthened institutional capacity to carry out pre/post
seizure investigations
Increased customs revenues
Facilitation of compliance and trade
Enhanced knowledge about organized crime and illicit
trafficking and capacity to respond to threats
Programme achievements
Established in 2005, the CCP has celebrated its 10th Anniversary last
December. Now, it covers 22 countries around the globe.
The total amount of Seizures made under CCP till 2015 is as follows:
• 101 Tons of Cocaine
• 2.9 Tons of Heroin
• 59.5 Tons of Cannabis
• 1274 Tons of Precursors.
• 160 Tons of Tramadol in West Africa in 2014
In addition to many seizures of counterfeits, CITES and Cigarettes.
AIRCOP
Airport Communication Programme (AIRCOP)
UNODC
Objective
WCO
Interpol
Disrupt the illegal networks
that are disseminating drugs
and other illicit products
through smarter, more
effective, well-connected,
intelligence led counternarcotic activities.
The Afghan Opiate trade project
Analyze, improve
knowledge-base and
increase awareness
on the global threat
of Afghan Opiates
trafficking on public
health and security.
The project also
supports national
and regional drugrelated organizations
in establishing/
enhancing their
research, monitoring
and reporting
capacity.
Research capacity
building aims to
increase availability
of data for the main
beneficiaries and
stakeholders to
design evidence
based policies and
strategies.
• UNODC is providing ongoing assistance to Member States in
research and data collection in the field of drug trafficking.
Two research studies on Opiates trafficking being
undertaken are:
• The Southern route Report; and
• Opiates in Africa report (To be
published 2015).
Main partner
Masood Karimipour
Regional Representative
UNODC Regional Office
for the Middle East and
North Africa