EL PAcCTO, Assistance Programme Against Transnational Organised Crime

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18/07/2022 The Convention for the Protection of Women in Latin America, a step forward for the region

EL PAcCTO has collaborated in the drafting and approval of the Agreement on Protection Measures for Women in Situations of Gender...

08/06/2022 Europe and Latin America launch justice and security initiative to address common challenges

FIIAPP deepens international cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean with the launch of the Team Europe Justice and Security initiative...

24/05/2022 EU helps Ecuador to alleviate its prison crisis

The EU has approved aid to improve prisoner classification and prison staff...

31/03/2022 Guardia Civil and FIIAPP present a campaign with Latin America to prevent cryptocurrency scams

The Guardia Civil, 16 Latin American countries and the European Union, together with FIIAPP and EL PAcCTO, present a campaign to raise awareness of...

02/03/2022 The FIIAPP participates in the 50th anniversary of the Conference of Ministers of Justice of Ibero-American countries

The COMJIB is a reference entity for public policy dialogue on justice in the region, bringing together institutions from 22 countries, including...

26/01/2022 EL PAcCTO shows the results of the cooperation programme

The European cooperation programme shows not only its results, but also the most significant advances it has made using dynamic and interactive...

11/11/2021 Latin America and the European Union pledge to work together to combat the financing of organised crime

150 experts from European and Latin American public institutions meet in Panama to highlight specific policies to dismantle the economics of...

19/10/2021 The cooperation works to combat the criminal use of cryptocurrencies

Latin America and Europe discuss the problem of cryptocurrencies, cybercrime and money laundering in a workshop for police and prosecutor networks...

01/10/2021 The EU Commissioner to former gang members: ‘The world needs your courage’

The European Commissioner for International Associations has spoken with former gang members who are leading the fight against crime within the...

09/08/2021 Further institutional coordination to combat human trafficking in Bolivia

El PAcCTO promotes the creation of a specialist multidisciplinary team including the police and prosecutor's office to combat human trafficking in...

03/06/2021 Specialised teams against environmental and tax crimes in Panama

EL PAcCTO supports the creation of two Specialised Multidisciplinary Teams to strengthen institutional coordination in Panama...

26/05/2021 Legal cooperation to combat trafficking of cultural property

EL PAcCTO organised an online event to discuss this type of crime and its relationship with criminal organisations...

19/04/2021 The gender perspective in the fight against organised crime

The EL PACcCTO project has held the first meeting of 'La Hora de EL PAcCTO', a programme to address the relevance of women in the fight against...

09/03/2021 Cross-border judicial cooperation in Latin America

The Latin American Prosecutor’s Offices and Eurojust agree to establish contact points to strengthen cross-border judicial...

14/10/2020 Fighting organised crime in indigenous communities

Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, together with the European project EL PAcCTO, are studying the impact of organised crime on indigenous communities...

24/09/2020 Justice institutions unite in the fight against transnational crime

The Minister of Justice, Juan Carlos Campo, attended the event between European and Latin American institutions organised by EL...

05/08/2020 The European Union acknowledges the work of EL PAcCTO during the pandemic

At a virtual meeting, the project Steering Committee assessed the latest activities and presented new objectives...

06/07/2020 Coordinating the fight against crime through a security committee

EL PAcCTO has presented an initiative to create a Latin American Committee on Internal Security to 11 Latin American...

24/06/2020 Sentencing in Latin America during the pandemic

The use of new technologies and cooperation in the administration of justice facilitates work during confinement...

04/06/2020 The most common crimes during COVID19

The European EL PAcCTO project highlights an increase in cybercrime through online fraud and the theft of personal...

03/06/2020 Alternative measures to prison: essential for cooperation

The European Union regional programmes, EL PAcCTO EUROsociAL+ and COPOLAD II, analyse alternative measures to prison in times of COVID19...

29/10/2019 EL PAcCTO organises the second regional seminar on environmental crimes

This event sought to strengthen the joint work between security forces and public ministries in the fight against environmental...

14/10/2019 EL PAcCTO and EU-Bolivia join forces to fight against human trafficking

In order to carry out inter-institutional and inter-country coordination, two FIIAPP projects are working together in the fight against human...

06/11/2019 EL PACCTO organises a regional workshop on Cybercrime

Santiago de Chile has hosted this the specialised seminar to improve the skills of the police force and other specialists in Latin America and...

08/08/2019 Paraguayan public prosecutors and police join forces against economic crime

Paraguay becomes the first Latin American country to agree to form a specialist multidisciplinary team against corruption, money laundering and...

02/08/2019 EL PAcCTO is also fighting organised crime in prisons

Through an experience exchange workshop, it is about finding formulas to jointly address the infiltration of crime in...

04/03/2019 EME: A new way to fight organised crime

The EL PAcCTO programme plans, throughout 2019, to support the creation of 9 Specialised Multidisciplinary Teams (EMEs) in Latin America...

20/04/2020 Latin America and Europe share information to fight against COVID-19

The European EL PAcCTO project has launched a COVID channel to share information between Europe and Latin...

02/08/2018 Agreement combating organised crime in Latin America

The European Union supports the signing of a police cooperation agreement between 5 countries through the AMERIPOL support project...

29/01/2020 Latin America closes ranks on organised crime

The EL PAcCTO project: Support for AMERIPOL organised a meeting to strengthen police cooperation through the Police Information...

29/05/2018 Latin America studies alternatives to imprisonment

12 Latin American countries met in Panama to study alternatives to imprisonment for minor...

12/11/2018 Latin America combats money laundering

EL PAcCTO has organised a workshop to strengthen coordination between Latin American countries in their fight against money...

08/05/2019 Latin America fights against cross-border crime

El PAcCTO supports the strengthening of cross-border cooperation through the implementation of Latin American Police Cooperation...

07/06/2018 Latin America is interested in how European justice functions

Latin American judicial representatives have visited different European and Spanish judicial bodies, as well as...

16/07/2019 Bolivia and the EU join forces against human trafficking and smuggling

The Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency of Bolivia and FIIAPP sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in projects...

27/03/2018 International cooperation to effectively fight corruption

The international experts agreed on strategies to combat cross-border corruption at a meeting organised by EUROsociAL+, Transparency International...

22/11/2018 Costa Rica and Panama strengthen their border security

El PAcCTO is sponsoring an agreement to strengthen border police cooperation in the fight against petty and organised...

05/04/2018 PAcCTO supports Latin America in combating human trafficking and smuggling

The latest activities of the EU-funded programme have focussed on information exchange and regional cooperation in relation to the...

23/01/2020 El PAcCTO sees 2020 as a key year for cooperation in Latin America

“Specialised cooperation networks involving both police and prosecutors aim to further consolidate this...

07/06/2019 A European-Latin American space of shared values

Working meeting between the European Commission’s cooperation and development office and FIIAPP’s Latin America...

02/04/2018 Working together for more effective cooperation

FIIAPP leads a working group to promote participation by public experts from member states in EU cooperation...

19/07/2017 First meeting of Focal Points of the EL PAcCTO programme

Representatives of 15 Latin American countries involved in the fight against organised crime have reaffirmed their commitment to the EU...

10/04/2018 Presentation by EL PAcCTO on the fight against transnational organised crime

18 countries in Latin America took part in the official presentation of the programme to support the fight against trans-national organised crime,...

03/01/2018 Pact for the humanisation of deprivation of liberty systems in Colombia

Up to 24 organisations committed to the cause have participated in a discussion in favour of restorative justice, which was attended by...

16/10/2018 Penitentiary intelligence, key in the fight against organised groups

Thirteen Latin American countries work on investigative procedures in prisons at a workshop organised by EL...

20/07/2018 Corruption and organized crime, themes of the annual EL PAcCTO meeting

Deontological codes and working groups in the programmes´ roadmap funded by the European Union, which shared experiences of Latin America and the EU...

27/08/2018 The Uruguayan Agency for International Cooperation visits FIIAPP

Ambas instituciones han reflexionado sobre la necesidad de un modelo de cooperación que se adapte a las necesidades de los países...

18/11/2019 EUROsociAL + and EL PAcCTO participate in the XXVII General Assembly of the AIAMP

The XXVII General Assembly of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP), held in Asunción, Paraguay is committed to the creation...

24/10/2017 EL PAcCTO brings together 12 Latin American countries to look at practices to combat the sexual abuse of minors

The programme, which is funded by the European Commission, held its first workshop against cybercrime in Quito, focusing on the fight against sexual...

25/05/2020 Institutions make coordinated efforts to fight organised crime

The EL PAcCTO project has carried out remote consultancy to improve inter-institutional coordination in Latin America...

05/02/2018 EL PAcCTO takes part in the second EU-CELAC Seminar on Public Safety

The programme fighting organized transnational crime presented its progress to date and the activities it has planned for 2018 at the...

04/12/2017 THE PAcCTO combating organised crime presents its 2018 Action Plan for Latin America

One of the highlights of these activities was the launch of the programme in the 18 countries where priorities have been...

Videos

Cryptocurrency scams: How to prevent them?
01/04/2022

Cryptocurrency scams: How to prevent them?

Guardia Civil and FIIAPP present with 16 Latin American countries a campaign to prevent...

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What is EL PAcCTO?
23/02/2018

What is EL PAcCTO?

El objetivo del programa financiado por la Comisión Europea es fortalecer la lucha contra el...

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FIIAPP videos: What is an ECI?
31/01/2020

FIIAPP videos: What is an ECI?

And how do you combine the efforts of two or more countries in the fight against organised...

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FIIAPP videos: Alternative measures to imprisonment
15/11/2019

FIIAPP videos: Alternative measures to imprisonment

In this video, specialists and members of three European cooperation projects analyse the reality...

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Blog

02/09/2021 #PublicExpertise: ‘I am proud to be working together with Mexico against arms trafficking’

'International cooperation is the basis for strengthening the fight against organised...

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05/08/2021 #PublicExpertise: strengthening ties between Prosecutors’ Offices

We spoke with Rosa Ana Morán, Prosecutor of the International Cooperation Chamber about her...

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25/11/2020 ‘Violence against women is not something some group made up’

The 25 of November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women At the...

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14/05/2020 “The Internet has no borders and criminals find a way to attack” 

On 17 May, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is held and FIIAPP is working on...

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16/04/2020 FIIAPP puts its efforts into fighting the health crisis

FIIAPP shows its commitment as a key actor in cooperation to respond to the...

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19/09/2019 COPOLAD, EL PAcCTO, EUROsociAL+ and the value of joint work in Latin America and the Caribbean

These projects, financed by the European Union and in whose management the FIIAPP participates,...

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22/08/2019 Women and criminal gangs in Central America

Sandra Zayas, prosecutor of Guatemala and EL PAcCTO collaborator talks about developments in the...

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28/03/2019 8 de marzo: en busca de la igualdad

International Women’s Day has become one of the most strongly supported international days of the...

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Radio

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13/11/2017

Project on the radio

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21/07/2021

The fight against environmental crimes

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01/07/2020

What are cyber patrols?

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17/01/2020

What is computer forensics?

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29/11/2019

Alternative measures to imprisonment in Latin America