THE UNODC-WCO CONTAINER CONTROL PROGRAMME State of play of the programme Capacity Building Workshop on controlling illegal transboundery Shipments of hazardous and electronic wastes at seaports Tema, August 2014
2004: Start in 4 pilot ports in Ecuador, Ghana, Senegal and Pakistan
Costa Rica Dominican Republic EcuadorGuatemalaGuyanaJamaica Panama # ParaguaySuriname 20 operational countries BeninGhana Senegal # TogoAlbaniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaMontenegro Pakistan # Afghanistan # Armenia Bosnia Herzegovina KazakhstanMoldovaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraine Uzbekistan # Cape Verde Egypt # Iraq Ivory Coast MoroccoOmanYemen ArgentinaBrazilChile Bangladesh India # IndonesiaMalaysiaNepalPhilippines Thailand # Vietnam Regional structure - Staff # Kenya # TanzaniaUganda Maldives Sri Lanka 30 funded countries
Canada European Union/EC FranceGermanyItalyJapan The Netherlands NorwaySpainSwitzerland United Kingdom USA Donor countries of the CCP Beside the financial support from donors, countries and Organizations support the Programme by delivering expert trainers in the area of container targeting and profiling
Establishment of Container Profiling Units/ PCUs to identify high-risk containers Awareness raising activities to facilitate legal trade Cooperation among competent national authorities Regional / international cooperation among port control units and non participating ports (e.g. European Ports, Canadian etc.) Currently more than 40 Joint Port Control Units operational Main objectives
Formal Agreement between Government and UNODC Technical Needs Assessments Cooperative inter-agency agreements Regular monitoring of PCU performance Regular consultations with national stake- holders and Trade Mentoring training Sustainability Elements
Identify and examine high risk containers Sensitization activities to facilitate the flow of legal traffic Globally less than 2 % Of containers are examined Tasks
GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE FOR CONTAINER CONTROL Risk Analysis and profiling techniques Information from supply chain data e.g. Cargo manifest/Bill of Lading (pre-arrival phase) Customs import, transit and export declarations (arrival, departure and post arrival and post departure phase) Proactive use of Container Intelligence Systems (WCO - Cargo Targeting System) Use of intelligence and open sources Enhance cooperation with private sector stakeholders
- - 2 week initial training, incl. basic training week practical training Advanced / Specialized training - Mentorship/follow-up visits by trainers as seen necessary - Exchange of officials between operational units - Operational exercises - - Work Study Tour Training Cycle Theory Practical Specialist Operational 2 weeks practical Work study tour 3 weeks advanced Operational exchanges Mentors Strategic Export Control training Drug & Explosives precursor training Investigation case file management - COPES Intelligence training IPR training CITES / hazardous waste Training elements
RESULTS in the UNODC/WCO CONTAINER CONTROL PROGRAMME
COCAINE kg seized by JPCUs in kg seized outside CCP based on CCP info in 2013 Since start of programme kg cocaine seized by JPCUs
HEROIN 1276 kg seized by JPCUs kg seized outside CCP based on CCP info Since start of programme 2650 kg heroin seized
CANNABIS (2013) 3236 kg Marijuana kg Hashish
Counterfeit goods: in 2013 in total 113 containers detained by the JPCUs To date > 350 containers
MEDICINES (2013) kg Tramadol
July 2013: seizure of 25 containers with military equipment ex MV “CHONG CHON GANG” in Panama (assistance from PCU)
5 containers protected timber kg ivory seized in 2013
MISCELLANEOUS stolen vehicles, 2 motorcycles, cigarettes, spirits, misdeclaration and other fiscal fraud
Intensified use of WCO Regional Training Centers CCP expansion to Asia, East and North Africa Global expansion of ContainerComm to ports outside the CCP to enhance port- to-port cooperation at a global level Air Cargo Programme (pilot in preparation) Future CCP Strategy
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