Containerised maritime cocaine trafficking

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The aim of the product is to introduce main modi operandi and routes of trafficking cocaine through licit maritime container transport. The module addresses involvement of organised crime groups, crime scripts, risk analyses, seizures, controlled deliveries, investigation tactics, prevention, administrative approach and international cooperation. This module aims furthermore to contribute to the realisation of the objectives of the European Ports Alliance.

Target audience: Law enforcement officers, public prosecutors and judges involved in combatting the trafficking of cocaine and other drugs, especially on licit maritime container shipments.

Learning outcomes:

• Explain the benefits of investigating cocaine trafficking using crime scripts, list its phases and summarise each of the phase’s main points.
• Describe in detail the elements of law enforcement actions and judicial measures in tackling cocaine trafficking on licit maritime container shipments:
  [a] intelligence;
  [b] risk analysis;
  [c] customs control and seizures;
  [d] international case cooperation: controlled delivery, dry seizures and building a picture;
  [e] investigation and building a criminal case;
  [f] modi operarandi; and
  [g] prevention.
• Explain the concept of the administrative approach to combat the disruptive impact on the legal economy by illicit activities.