INTERACTIVE DEBATE Presentation by Mr. Luis De Jorge Mesas Global Programme to Strengthen the Capacities of Member States to Prevent and Combat (transnational) Organized and Serious Crime (GPTOC) Regional judicial cooperation networks • WACAP: West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors • GLJCN: Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network • CASC: Network of Prosecutors and Central Authorities from Source, Transit and Destination Countries in Response to Transnational Organized Crime in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus How do they work? • Covering all serious crime: --Drug Trafficking, all forms of transnational organized crime and terrorism. • 2 or more designated Contact Points per country: – Officials of central authorities, judicial and prosecuting authorities -- Authorized to provide advice on cases and to facilitate contacts within their jurisdiction • Regular meetings of Contact Points: -- Advice, training and South-South cooperation -- Provide input for the development of practical practitioner tools and to the Networks’ websites and information sharing platforms Before Lack of knowle dge Lack of No direct institutionaliz communic ation of ation Central Authorities After CAs established, Direct Exchange Tailored More efficient institutionalized or contacts & of good training strengthened trust practices requests Obstacles More successful to Operational prosecutions & MLA/extradi cooperation proceeds of crime tion confiscated overcome CRIMINAL SUPERNETWORKS Several layers integrated: - Drug (other criminal commodity) production - Smuggling channels - Storage and distribution network - Financial infrastructure - Corrupted officials Building the networks • Prosecutorial and Central Authorities Networks • Law Enforcement networks • Networks of FIUs • Asset Recovery Networks (ARINs) NETWORKING THE NETWORKSNETWORKING THE NETWORKS INTERPOL EUROPOL AMERIPOL AFRIPOL ASEANAPOL WCO APICC ARINAP ARINSA ARINWA CARIN CARICC ECOPOL GCCPOL GCC-CIC JPC SELEC RRAG REFLECS3 WACAP FIU’s Networks Prosecutorial networks Mechanism of BLO operation BLO initiative BLO Composition Customs Border Guard Service Service Police Drug Control Service Agency Mechanism of BLO Operation Meetings of BLO BLO report Analysis of Exchange of officers information information BLO officers discuss Upon analysis of BLO reports are border security related The meeting results information received from accumulated at the issues, crime situation are sent by the BLO analysts provide and seizures. The head agency in charge recommendation to the responsible officer as responsible officer of BLO activity and management on possible a report in the agreed inputs information into analysts make actions. If necessary, the BLO format to the BLO database. Each BLO thorough analysis of neighboring country is has IBM “i2” software head agency in charge notified through the information provided installed and BLO of the BLO operation. official channels about the officers may analyze the by BLOs. possible risk of drug information within BLO. trafficking and joint operation. CRIMJUST INTEGRATED APPROACH • Enhanced • Enhanced capacity of law • Enhanced capacity of CSOs enforcement to capacity of the to identify, collect evidence monitor and judiciary to • Enhanced OUTCOME 1 OUTCOME for successful prosecute and propose measures OUTCOME 3 OUTCOME OUTCOME 2 OUTCOME integrity and prosecutions of 4 OUTCOME to address key adjudicate OC accountability of OC cases, integrity and cases law enforcement exchange data, accountability • Enhanced and the judiciary and conduct joint transnational challenges in investigations to judicial effectively tackle OC at the cooperation combatting OC in inter-regional criminal justice level sector PROJECT FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION – COCAINE ROUTE PROGRAMME CRIMJUST-PROMOTING EFFECTIVE RESPONSES Facilitate inter-regional knowledge exchange and identification of existing challenges Conduct follow-up Collaborate with Civil research to develop an Society and foster inter-regional baseline continues dialogue Strategic programming + for programming Efficient use of resources for lasting results Technical assistance at Engage in additional country level (incl. peer high level advocacy for learning) upon request the topic PROJECT FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION – COCAINE ROUTE PROGRAMME 1 4 LE TrainNet - Law Enforcement Training Network Various training/education institutions of: • police • customs • border guards • national security • specialised agencies • Others….. G L O U 6 1 - G l o b a l e L e a r n i n g P r o g r a m m e 15 1 6 LE TrainNet Our Goal THANK YOU United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Organized Crime Branch Section Division for Treaty Affairs Vienna International Centre PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria.