Stay informed with the latest from the EU Global Threats programme. This section brings together press releases, project highlights, newsletters, interviews and updates from the field. Whether it’s a new initiative, a successful training or a milestone in implementation, we spotlight the stories and achievements driving progress on the ground.
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Global cooperation at seaports, handling over 90% of world trade via maritime containers, enhances detection of illicit trafficking and enables real-time information sharing to disrupt cross-border criminal networks.
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Events
- EU Crime Fighting Week 2026
A Receita Federal officer and detection dog monitor the tarmac during Operation Paramuno at a Brazilian airport, with a light twin-engine aircraft under observation.
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Events
- EU Crime Fighting Week 2026
On 5 February 2025, French Customs officers in Nouméa, New Caledonia, carried out a major interdiction operation against the Tanzanian-flagged bulk carrier Kokoo, arriving from Taiwan.
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Events
- EU Crime Fighting Week 2026
From bio-risks to conflict-zone hazards, nations unite in Turin to strengthen cooperation against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks from 8 to 12 June 2026.
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- EU CBRN CoE Region
- AAF - African Atlantic Façade
- CA - Central Asia
- ECA - Eastern and Central Africa
- GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
- MIE - Middle East
- NAS - North Africa and Sahel
- SEA - South East Asia
- SEEE - South East and Eastern Europe
The EU Global Threats programme is consolidating GIFP-related work under its Fight against Organised Crime threat area, carrying forward its legacy in a stronger, integrated framework.
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
Senior Narcotics Officer Francisca Ziniel leads rummaging operations against maritime trafficking at Ghana's Tema Port. With SEACOP's support, she trains fellow officers and champions women in port security.
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Events
- EU Crime Fighting Week 2026
Senior Narcotics Officer Francisca Ziniel leads rummaging operations against maritime trafficking at Ghana's Tema Port. With SEACOP's support, she trains fellow officers and champions women in port security.
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Events
- EU Crime Fighting Week 2026
22 biosecurity professionals from 11 East and Central African countries faced together a scenario training as part of the Regional Field Training Exercise (FTX ECA 26) organised jointly by Projects 106 and 99 of the European Union CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative
- Threat area
- CBRN Risk Mitigation
- EU CBRN CoE Region
- ECA - Eastern and Central Africa
Maritime officers from Barbados, the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago trained side by side from 11 to 15 May 2026 in Santo Domingo, sharing a vessel, a methodology, and a common threat that ultimately reaches European shores.
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
From 27 April to 1 May 2026, Tashkent hosted the regional seminar “Complex exercises to test institutional preparedness”, organised by EU ACT (Action Against Organised Crime and Terrorism).
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime