Maldives: Interagency session on ensuring legal finish of maritime crime 

Male, Maldives/06 June 2022: An interagency discussion on ensuring legal finish of maritime crime was hosted by the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Four officers from Marine Police, four - from Coast Guard and three public prosecutors participated, discussing issues related to comprehensive approaches to maritime security, overview of priority maritime threats in Maldives and understanding maritime law enforcement challenges, specifically drug trafficking, illegal finish and environmental protection.

This activity is in line with the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme’s (GMCP) maritime domain awareness capacity-building support to the Government of Maldives.

This activity contributes to SDG 14 and SDG 16: https://sdg-tracker.org/

(Supported by United States of America)