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Meeting to share intelligence regarding new cocaine trafficking routes in Latin America Representatives of the police forces of 14 Latin American countries met to exchange good practices and essential information on the situation of cocaine trafficking between both regions READ MORE   Latin America and Europe cooperate to fight drug trafficking The security forces of the European Union and Latin America exchange experiences through the Executive Secretariat of AMERIPOL and the ‘Support to AMERIPOL’ project   READ MORE

EL PAcCTO helps Ecuador to devise an action plan to address the prison crisis The EU programme travelled to Quito to meet the country’s authorities after the prison emergency last September READ MORE   Regional seminar on location, identification and confiscation of assets from crime The activity led to the countries reaching an agreement to step up cooperation and coordination between police and prosecutors   READ MORE

EL PAcCTO organises a meeting between the Eurojust Delegation and the Eurojust Contact Points of Latin American countries Lima was the chosen venue of a meeting to improve international legal cooperation in Latin America READ MORE   Latin America and Europe address the problem of cryptocurrencies, cybercrime and money laundering The contact points of the Uniting Europe and Latin America against Money Laundering (UELLA) and Cibel@ police networks, as well as of the CiberRed and the Working Group against money laundering of the Ibero-American Association of Public Ministries (AIAMP) discussed identified specific cases and improved capacities in matters of cryptocurrencies and money laundering   READ MORE

14 Latin American countries and the European Union explore new working methods to tackle human trafficking The workshop brings together police officers and prosecutors belonging to cooperation networks specialised in this type of crime. They are committed to creating Joint Investigation Teams to identify and save the victims READ MORE   Launch of the Higher Technical Institute of Penitentiary Education and Training in Paraguay The new institute will train senior technicians in prison management and will open the doors to those interested in working in the country’s prisons   READ MORE

The struggle against money laundering in Central America and the Caribbean With the support of EL PAcCTO, several Central American and Caribbean countries have come together to address the problem of the crime of money laundering in the region READ MORE   Representatives of prosecutors and police meet to strengthen work networks against environmental crime Opening the event, the European Union’s Ambassador to Mexico, Gautier Mignot, reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to environmental security to “protect all of humanity”   READ MORE

Technologies and challenges of the Prison System Thirteen countries in Latin America have expressed particular interest in technologies that make it possible to control the activities and communications of imprisoned persons READ MORE