BRUSSELS GIVES EXTRA FINDS TO AIRCOP AIRPORT ANTI-DRUGS PROJECT
September 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced it will pay an additional EUR3 million to the Airport Communication Project (AIRCOP), financing its work to 2016. AIRCOP is run by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and Interpol, and aims to strengthen anti-narcotic detection, interdiction and intelligence capacities in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Participating countries currently include Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Togo and Senegal – in Africa; plus the ...
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