Regional law enforcement cooperation.Regional law enforcement cooperation.

Different models. Potential and capacities of the regional

law enforcement cooperation structures

(such as CARICC, GCIC, JPC, others)

Tofiq Mürşüdlü (Tofik Murshudlu, Mr.)Chief, Implementation Support Section

Organised Crime Branch, UNODCtofik.murshudlu@unodc.org

Figure for thought:

� Global value of opiate market ≈ $ 68 bln;

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The ProblemsThe Problems

�� Organised crime (including drug related) Organised crime (including drug related) -- serious threat serious threat

to regional stability and security.;to regional stability and security.;

�� InterInter--agency, regional and intraagency, regional and intra--regional informationregional information--�� InterInter--agency, regional and intraagency, regional and intra--regional informationregional information--

sharing is limited;sharing is limited;

�� Difficulties in organising and conducting crossDifficulties in organising and conducting cross--border border

operations.operations.

Regional cooperation bodies: why & benefits

� All competent bodies involved – Police, DCAs, Customs, Security Services, Border Guards;

� In many cases no restriction for membership or observer status;

� Regional focal point for operations and information exchange;

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� Seconded liaison officers from member states and observers;

� Close cooperation with Interpol, Europol, WCO and others

� In some instances strict procedures for selection of staff

Outcome - More effective regional law enforcement cooperation

Joint Planning Cell (Tehran, Iran)

� Afghanistan

� Iran,

� Pakistan

– Liaison officers from all three countries

– Real time information exchange

– Simultaneous operations

Gulf Criminal Intelligence Centre to Combat Drugs (GCIC) Doha, Qatar

� six Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC):

– Bahrain,

– Kuwait, – Kuwait,

– Oman,

– Qatar,

– Saudi Arabia and

– the United Arab Emirates

CARICC member states

Possibility of observer status

� Observers (CARICC example):

–Afghanistan, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Pakistan, Romania, Turkey, UK, USA, Romania, Turkey, UK, USA,

– Interpol, WCO, SELEC,

Main functions

� Ensuring exchange of criminal intelligence

� Coordinating multilateral operations� Coordinating multilateral operations

Collecting and collation of information on drug related organised crime forthe use of the law enforcement agencies.

Services of these CentresServices of these Centres

Helping the member countries to exchange information and collect it in the

…

Helping the member countries to exchange information and collect it in thecommon databases (if so needed)

Assistance in acquiring information on targeted persons and their criminallinks.

Assistance in dissemination of information on wanted persons (whenneeded).

Services of these CentresServices of these Centres:

Organising working meetings of the case officers involved in investigationswith potential linkages.

Organising working meetings for planning and coordination of themultilateral operations including controlled deliveries.multilateral operations including controlled deliveries.

Developing recommendations based on the outcomes of the operations.

…

Acting as a full time coordination centre in the course of multilateraloperations;

These Centre can use following sources of information::

• Own databases;

• Databases of other internationalorganisations such as Interpol,WCO etc,

open sources of information. Москва

Киев

Ирландия

Бишкек

Real case example:

links of the leader of the criminal group

• open sources of information.

The Centres provide platform for information exchange and coordination of information

MeetingsMeetings ofof thethe representativesrepresentatives ofof thethe lawlaw enforcementenforcementagenciesagencies toto identifyidentify targetstargets

The parties agree of the target and focus their efforts

As a result of concerted actions the criminals’ whereaboutsand their links are identified, which lead to their arrest

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

Multilateral International OperationMultilateral International Operation

“Black Tulip”“Black Tulip”“Black Tulip”“Black Tulip”

“Black Tulip”“Black Tulip” --

Operation “Black Tulip”Operation “Black Tulip”

- is long-term multilateral international operation aimed at

suppressing the activities of African transnational drug trafficking groups, which has established a sustainable

delivery channels of Afghan opiates through the territories of CARICC member states

Detentions of members of the African drug trafficking groupsDetentions of members of the African drug trafficking groupsduring during 20082008--20102010 in CARICC member statesin CARICC member states

Almaty

� In Kazakhstan and China, as a result of multi-wayjoint operation, 19 members of drug traffickinggroup were detained, of which :

- 4 citizens of Mongolia;

�In Dushanbe, by 6 cases of interdiction of

the smuggling of drugs, there were detained :- 4 citizens of the South Africa;

- 7 citizens of Philippines;

Baku

Shanghai

Guangzhou

Beijing

Dushanbe

- 5 citizens of Afghanistan;- 1 citizen of Ghana;- 7 citizens of Nigeria;- 1 citizen of Uzbekistan.15 kg of heroin were seized.

�In Kyrgyzstan, by 4 cases, there were detaineddrug traffickers :- 1 citizen of Nigeria;- 1 citizen of Sierra Leone.9.187 kg of heroin were seized.

- 7 citizens of Philippines;

- 1 citizen of Nigeria;- 1 female citizen of Uganda.84 kg 993 gr of heroin were seized.

� in Baku, by 5 cases of interdiction of the smuggling of drugs, there were detained : - 3 citizens of Azerbaijan;- 2 citizens of Nigeria;- 1 citizen of Bulgaria;- 4 citizens of Pakistan;- 1 female citizen of Uzbekistan.54 kg 937 gr of heroin and 3 kg 62 gr of cocaine were seized.

Link chart of P. and his friend C.Link chart of P. and his friend C.

Operation “Black Tulip” Operation “Black Tulip”

KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstanAzerbaijanAzerbaijan

ChinaChina

KazakhstanKazakhstan

RussiaRussia

Working group

USAUSA

TajikistanTajikistan

TurkeyTurkeyUzbekistanUzbekistan

LithuaniaLithuania

LatviaLatvia ItalyItaly

InterpolInterpolAfghanistanAfghanistan

Networking the Networks

WCO

APICC

CARICC

GCIC

JPC

SELECInterpol

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