UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme

🌍 Get a glimpse of @UNODC_MCP's priorities to ensure a full-fledged criminal justice response to maritime crimes. #BorderManagement

@UNODC_MCP's Training of Trainers (ToT) course m launched today in Cox’s Bazar,🇧🇩! Led by #GMCP Expert. MLE 👮 from 🇱🇰 🇲🇻 🇧🇩 are enhancing their capacity on- ✅ CSI Training design & methodology ✅ Developing effective CSI training materials ✅ Planning CSI exercises & scenarios

Working in the prison service has allowed me to give back helping prisoners change their lives for the better. Capt Abdi is building dignity through second chances in 🇸🇴 with @UNODC_MCP support. This #MandelaDay the path out of poverty starts with dignity. shorturl.at/20QjI

"I became a pirate out of sheer desperation. The promise of escaping poverty was too tempting to resist," said Malik Ali. With @UNODC_MCP support, he mentors youth towards hope and opportunity. This #MandelaDay the power to end poverty is in our hands. 👉 shorturl.at/GhClP

@UNODC_MCP conducted a 5️⃣day Pierside Vessel Search Techniques (#PVST) course in 🇱🇰 for 1️⃣6️⃣Sri Lanka Customs officers. The training 🎯focused on vessel search operations, concealment methods & evidence handling to combat maritime trafficking. #MaritimeSecurity #BorderManagement

🌐 Chaired by Ambassador Jardine @USEmbassyMoris & hosted by #UNRC Lisa @Simrique Singh the 🇲🇺DPG Working Group on Maritime Security continues its regular dialogue 🤝reinforcing partnerships & advancing shared priorities for a secure Western Indian Ocean.🛟🌊

@UNODC_MCP réunit les acteurs judiciaires CMR pour échanger sur la nécessité d’étendre la compétence des juridictions aux trafics de drogues/d’armes pour une répression effective de la #CriMar, financé par l’UE via le projet #SafeSeas for Africa » @UEauCameroun #BorderManagement

@UNODC_MCP is conducting a 2-week Basic VBSS Course for civilian MLEAs from 🇧🇯 🇨🇲 & 🇳🇬 aimed at improving their capacities to individually and jointly enforce the law @ sea 🌊 for improved security in #GoG Funded by #DKinGoG @DkambNigeria #BorderManagement

@UNODC_MCP, with support from @StateINL, successfully convened the 4th Heads of Maritime Police Units (HPMU) regional meeting yesterday, bringing together MLE chiefs from 11 Pacific Island Countries to advance maritime crime response, AIS expansion, and operational coordination.

Today marks the closing of the ToT 📚by @UNODC_MCP! The course was designed with blended, hands-on approach to groom #future_CSI_trainers! 6⃣ officers from 🇱🇰🇲🇻🇧🇩 refined #adult_learning_principles, #design_tailored_training_plans & lead #demo_sessions with expert feedback!

The Tabletop Exercise under @UNODC_MCP’s Law of the 🌊 course wrapped up today with 1⃣3⃣ dedicated participants in Dhaka 🇧🇩. The session sharpened #legal_responses to maritime crime, reinforcing #UNCLOS implementation & #interagency_coordination ⚖️🌊

As part of @UNODC_MCP's Online Law of the 🌊course, a Tabletop Exercise happens today with 1⃣1⃣ participants at Dhaka,🇧🇩. The TTX enhances institutional capacity to operationalize #UNCLOS, jurisdictional clarity and legal finish in maritime crime case in the country!

@UNODC_MCP is working with 🇱🇾 LCG, GACS, AGO, Customs and Military Prosec. on the development of Monitoring & Reporting SOPs for all maritime operations. Thanks to @EUinLibya's support 🇪🇺 #Libya #MaritimeSecurity #CapacityBuilding

@UNODC_MCP concluded a legal training to guide Mozambican 🇲🇿 judicial authorities through a simulated trial designed to test national legal frameworks, investigative & prosecutorial preparation & court procedures using maritime crime case scenarios. Funded by @JapanMissionVie

📣@UNODC_MCP en partenariat avec #ISMI# renforce les capacités des acteurs #AEM du #GoG face aux menaces à la sécurité & sûreté 🌊 ds une approche globale de lutte efficace contre le crime 🌊 & pr garantir la sécurité 🌊, grâce au projet "SafeSeas for Africa", financé par l’UE.

@UNODC_MCP was invited to present at the Global Maritime Security and Sanctions Enforcement Conference co-hosted by the US and MOWCA in Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮

@UNODC_MCP conducts training of VBSS Trainers for navies from 🇧🇯 🇨🇲 & 🇳🇬, as part of efforts to ensure sustainability of capacity building initiatives to further enhance maritime security in #GoG. Funded by #DKinGoG. @UNODC_WCAfrica

O @UNODC_MCP apoia a Marinha de Guerra de Angola no desenvolvimento de um manual de procedimentos operacionais harmonizados para a coordenação sincronizada das acções do Centro de Operações Marítimas, de forma a garantir uma resposta eficaz ao #CriMAR. #GestãoDeFronteiras

10 years ago the #MandelaRules were adopted, setting a global standard for the humane treatment of prisoners. As custodian of the rules, @UNODC works to bring Mandela’s legacy to life in 50+ countries, to ensure dignity & humanity for all prisoners. #PrisonersMatter #MandelaDay

Strengthening vigilance at sea! 1⃣4⃣ 🇵🇰officials from @anfpak @PreventiveServc @pakcoastguards & @PMSAHQ trained in Seychelles under UNODC’s @StateINL funded project. The course blended theory & practice to enhance operational readiness. #VBSS #StopDrugTrafficking @UNODC_MCP

The Indian Ocean faces increasingly sophisticated sea-based threats linked to organized crime & smuggling of weapons & narcotics. With Japan’s support, we’re training Maldives coastguard & police in the use of underwater drones to boost maritime security & combat crime at sea.