UNODC Maritime Crime Programme Honolulu, 31 March 2015 Support to - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

UNODC Maritime Crime Programme Honolulu, 31 March 2015

• Support to piracy prosecution centres • Capacity building in Somalia • Heroin trafficking and other maritime crime • IOFMC

Support to Piracy Prosecution Centres

Prisoner Transfers

Somali Maritime Law Enforcement

Indian Ocean Forum on Maritime Crime Purpose: To assist states of the Indian Ocean Region to coordinate their responses to maritime crime

Aims • To promote a shared understanding of regional maritime crime issues • To formulate strategies to combat maritime crime • To enhance the sharing of intelligence related to maritime crime • To enhance coordination on investigating and prosecuting maritime crimes • To develop the capacity of states to combat a range of maritime crimes

Technical Level Meetings Improving information sharing and law enforcement cooperation through the formation of: • Regional Prosecutors Networks • Regional Transnational Law Enforcement Networks

Three Main Pillars • Drug Trafficking • Trafficking in People and Smuggling of Migrants • Wildlife Crime • Also Somali charcoal ban and Fisheries Crime

Strategic Level Meeting • Annual regional meetings – To formulate proposals for action and cooperation – To identify other maritime crimes areas that are threatening the IOFMC community and make recommendations – To endorse the work plan for the IOFMC

shamus.mangan@unodc.org