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Safe Airports for a Safer Iraq: AIRCOP webinars on pre and frontline identification of suspicious passengers

Baghdad, Iraq - 14 April 2021

Terrorist organizations and organized criminal groups have long focused on using borders to move suspicious passengers and illicit goods without being detected such as through aircrafts, ships, or containers. It is thus key to hold effective tracking and identifying mechanisms and to adopt a layered approach to aviation security in international airports.

With this approach in mind, UNODC and Interpol, as part of the AIRCOP project and thanks to funding from the Government of Japan, have delivered a series of virtual trainings to around 70 law enforcement officials operating at Iraqi international airports on tools and techniques to identify suspicious passengers and goods.[Read More]

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Libya enhances its ability to investigate and prosecute corruption

Cairo, Egypt - 14 April 2021

Corruption is a complex social, political, and economic phenomenon that affects all countries. Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development, and contributes to governmental instability.

People are at the heart of combatting corruption such as authorities who are designated with daily anti-corruption efforts. UNODC, in collaboration with the Egyptian Administrative Control Authority (ACA)'s training arm, the Egyptian Anti-Corruption Academy, organized training for the Libyan national authorities to support Libya in strengthening its criminal justice response to corruption.[Read More]

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UNODC supports Iraq's Border Management in Trebil

Trebil, Iraq - 4 April 2021

A unique and strategic point, the Trebil border crossing point (BCP) is the only official entry point to Jordan from Iraq. Trade movements at BCP came to a complete stop as a result of the conflict with the terrorist organization the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) and started again in 2017. An enhanced and stronger Trebil border crossing point means increasing legitimate trade, preventing cross-border movement of illicit goods, and countering transnational organized crime. Rebuilding the BCP is a government priority as Iraq pursues sustainable development. [Read More]

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