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ORGANIZED CRIME THREAT ASSESSMENT ON PORT FACILITIES IN AFRICA PROJECT ENACT Crime at sea: the threat to the West African coast and European Union responses – Brussels – Feb 12, 2020 INTERPOL For official use only INTERPOL For official use only

Scope & Objectives INTERPOL For official use only

Data & Information ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZED CRIME AT PORTS ANALYSIS (INTEGRATION OF ALL DATA SOURCES) INTERPOL Criminal Semi-structured NCB Information System interviews: QUESTIONNAIRE RSOs, missions, INTERPOL OPEN SOURCE (NOTICES AND DIFFUSIONS) specialized units, DATA DATABASE conferences INTERPOL For official use only

Results Police reports Public reports “ Sanitization ” Removing police information -Nominal data -Case information 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Types of Trafficking - Drug Trafficking - Pharmaceutical Trafficking - Stolen Motor Vehicles Trafficking - Wildlife Trafficking - Weapons Trafficking - Cigarettes Trafficking 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Working Hypothesis on Organized Crime at African Ports Hypothesis : Criminal networks with smuggling expertise are expanding along key hubs and supply lines in Africa 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

General Trends - Less than 2% of containers are checked - OCGs are both foreign and local - Increase use of informal landing spots 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

General Trends - New maritime trafficking routes ( Tanzania → Mozambique) - Evolving modus operandi (tampering of seal containers) - Altering of Bills of Lading - Increase in co-mingling of illicit/licit commodities (timber & ivory) 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Drug Trafficking - Italian Mafia: Ports in West Africa/East Africa for cocaine trafficking (Port of Abidjan and Port of Malindi) - Increase volume of cocaine through North Africa’s ports (Port of Casablanca) - Heroin shipments via Ports in South Africa (Port of Durban, Johannesburg’s City Deep Dry Port, and Port of Cape Town) 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Pharmaceutical Trafficking - Trafficked/counterfeit pharmaceutical products come from China and India - Ports in Egypt are hubs to and from the Middle East for fake and unauthorized medicines (Port of Alexandria, Port of Said, Port of Cairo, Port of Damietta, Port of Dekheila) - Ports in North and West Africa are hubs for tramadol trafficking (Port of Tangiers, Port of Lomé, Port of Cotonou and Nigerian Ports) 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Stolen Motor Vehicles Trafficking - Hotspots in West, East and Central Africa (Port of Dakar, Port of Douala, Port of Pointe Noire, Port of Matadi, Port of Mombasa, Port of Zanzibar and Port of Dar es Salaam) - “Chop - shops” dismantle vehicles, then shipped to Africa, reassembled or sold as parts Concealed in containers and - imported as consolidated cargo 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Wildlife Trafficking - Trafficking routes of ivory, moving away from East African ports to West African ports - Increase in combining shipments containing ivory and pangolin scales. - Criminal syndicates set up front companies to book shipments 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Other Commodities Trafficking - Firearms trafficking from Turkey to Nigeria (Tin-Can Island Port and Apapa port) - Cigarettes through free-trade zones in Dubai. Heading to Europe/West Africa. 2/11/2020 INTERPOL For official use only

Challenges - Lack of expertise in identifying counterfeit goods, drugs, concealment methods, etc… (name brands, flora/fauna) - Lack of cooperation between LE and private sector - Investigations tend to stop at smuggler - Lenient penalties INTERPOL For official use only

ENACT Project Questions? INTERPOL For official use only