08/05/2019
El PAcCTO supports the strengthening of cross-border cooperation through the implementation of Latin American Police Cooperation Centres
Photograph taken during the meeting
12/11/2018
22/11/2018
Buenos Aires hosted a meeting attended by representatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay to examine the political, legislative, geographical and operational conditions relating to the implementation of Latin American Police Cooperation Centres (CLCP, in its Spanish acronym). The objective of the centres is to exchange information between police services, customs and gendarmeries to strengthen the fight against transnational organised crime.
Likewise, this meeting, which was coordinated by the police cooperation component of EL PAcCTO, made it possible to create a work schedule, to programme precise activities and define priorities for each country in order to fulfil commitments that strengthen cross-border cooperation.
Furthermore, this meeting deepened knowledge regarding European Police and Customs Cooperation Centres (CCPA, in its Spanish acronym) that serve as a cooperation platform between two or more neighbouring countries. In addition, best practices were presented in relation to implementing the CLCP that is to be inaugurated shortly in Paso Canoas, on the border between Costa Rica and Panama.
El PAcCTO has made it possible to adapt the European experience with CCPAs with a view to strengthening the exchange of information and trust between the Costa Rican and Panamanian police institutions.
CLPCs are adapted to the needs of each border point through activities such as identification and cooperation in migration matters, in ordinary border crime that affects bordering countries, such as arms trafficking, trafficking in human beings, drug trafficking, contraband and environmental crimes, among others.
EL PAcCTO is a programme financed by the European Union and implemented by FIIAPP and Expertise France, with the support of IILA and Camões. Covering the penal chain as a whole, its main objective is the fight against transnational organised crime and the strengthening of the institutions responsible for guaranteeing citizen security in 18 Latin American countries.
