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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 Ecuador GuatemalaGuyanaJamaicaPanama # ParaguaySuriname
20 operational countries
Benin Ghana Senegal #Togo
AlbaniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaMontenegroPakistan #
Afghanistan #ArmeniaBosnia HerzegovinaKazakhstanMoldovaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistan #
Cape VerdeEgypt #IraqIvory CoastMoroccoOmanYemen
ArgentinaBrazilChile
BangladeshIndia #IndonesiaMalaysiaNepalPhilippinesThailand #Vietnam
Regional structure- Staff #
Kenya #TanzaniaUganda
MaldivesSri Lanka
30 funded countries
CanadaEuropean Union/ECFranceGermanyItalyJapanThe NetherlandsNorwaySpainSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUSA
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
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
- 2 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
Forensics
Training Cycle
Theory
Practical
Specialist
Operational
2 weeks practical
Work study tour3 weeks advanced
Operational exchanges Mentors
Strategic Export Control trainingDrug & Explosives precursor trainingInvestigation case file management - COPESIntelligence trainingIPR trainingCITES / hazardous waste
Training elements
RESULTS in the UNODC/WCO
CONTAINER CONTROL PROGRAMME
COCAINE
23218 kg seized by JPCUs in 2013+
226 kg seized outside CCPbased on CCP info in 2013
Since start of programme 90.000 kg cocaine seized by JPCUs
HEROIN
1276 kg seized by JPCUs 2013
+80 kg seized outside CCP
based on CCP info
Since start of programme 2650 kg heroin seized
CANNABIS (2013)
3236 kg Marijuana
+
3186 kg Hashish
Counterfeit goods: in 2013 in total 113 containers detained by the JPCUs
To date > 350 containers
MEDICINES (2013)
60883 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+
725 kg ivory seized in 2013
MISCELLANEOUS 2013
10 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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