The EU Global Threats programme supports a range of projects that tackle complex security challenges worldwide. These initiatives address issues such as terrorism, organised crime, CBRN risks, critical infrastructure protection, and climate-related security threats.
Since its launch, the programme has funded over 80 projects in 130 countries, working closely with governments, civil society, regional organisations, and international partners. Each project is designed to strengthen resilience, promote cooperation, and deliver practical solutions tailored to local and regional needs.
By combining specialised expertise from diverse sectors the EU Global Threats programme provides effective and sustainable responses to interconnected security threats.
Explore our interactive map to see the geographical coverage of our projects
Projects (16)
RSS
This project aims to address the global knowledge and analysis gap to enable a better understanding of and response to countering transnational organised crime threats.
- Project locations
- Benin, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Togo
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- GI-TOC
- INTERPOL
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore-Transcrime (UCSC)

This project aims to support the disruption of illicit trafficking via containers, and the establishment and strengthening of Port Control Units (PCUs) in West Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Project locations
- Benin, Brazil, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Morocco, Panama, Senegal, Togo
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- UNODC
- World Customs Organization (WCO)

This project aims to improve access to electronic evidence held by foreign service providers during criminal investigations and proceedings, by responding to the needs of law enforcement and judicial authorities.
- Project locations
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iraq, Kenya, Kosovo, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Panama, Peru, Serbia, United Arab Emirates
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- EUROJUST
- EUROPOL

This project aims to make explosive ordnance (EO) detection, identification, recognition, mapping, and data collection more accurate, safer, and more effective through the application of new AI and computer vision technologies.
- Project locations
- Syria
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Tech 4 Tracing (T4T)

This project aims to reduce Small Arms and Light Weapons trafficking and related organised crime and terrorism activities globally.
- Project locations
- Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- INTERPOL
- UNODC

This project aims to contribute to the mitigation of the impact of drug trafficking and drug use in East and Southern Africa, including impacts on health, governance, development, security and the rule of law
- Project locations
- Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- GI-TOC
- Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
- INTERPOL

This project aims to strengthen the capacities of States worldwide to apply legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence, and to enhance their abilities for effective international cooperation in this area and foster South-South cooperation.
- Project locations
- Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, Kiribati, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Uruguay, Vanuatu
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Council of Europe Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC)
- INTERPOL

This project aims to support third countries in their efforts to prevent money laundering and cut off access to funding for individual terrorists and terrorist organisations, in line with international standards.
- Project locations
- Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Haiti, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, Oman, Paraguay, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Expertise France

Aims to contribute to the fight against illicit maritime trafficking and criminal networks in targeted countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa, consistent with human rights, to alleviate its negative impact on security, public health, the environment and socio-economic development.
- Project locations
- Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Gambia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Direction Générale des douanes et droits indirects (DGDDI) France
- Directorate of Security and Defence Cooperation (DCSD) France
- European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)
- Expertise France
- FIAP
- Maritime Analysis and Operation Centre Narcotics (MAOC-N)
- Polícia Judiciária (Portugal)

AIRCOP aims to strengthen the capacities of international airports to detect and intercept drugs, other illicit goods and high-risk passengers and to share real-time operational information between origin, transit and destination countries to disrupt cross-border illicit flows and criminal networks.
- Project locations
- Angola, Argentina, Barbados, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Jamaica, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Togo
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- INTERPOL
- UNODC
- World Customs Organization (WCO)

EU ACT aims to increase the effectiveness of efforts in combatting illicit trafficking, smuggling and organised crime as well as to disrupt the terrorist networks and bring criminals to justice while continuing to respect human rights, gender equality and the rule of law.
- Project locations
- Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Pakistan, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- Carabinieri
- CIVIPOL
- FIAP

ECO-SOLVE aims to support the disruption of illicit flows of environmental commodities globally using new and innovative technologies.
- Project locations
- Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- GI-TOC

ENACT aims to mitigate the impact of TOC on governance, development, security and the rule of law in Africa.
- Project locations
- Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- GI-TOC
- Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
- INTERPOL

AI-POL aims to further advance and globally embed the concept of responsible AI innovation in law enforcement.
- Project locations
- Brazil, India, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Oman
- Threat area
- Counter-Terrorism, Prevention of Violent Extremism
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- INTERPOL
- UNICRI

CRIMJUST aims to support Member States along supply chains of illicitly trafficked commodities to go beyond interdiction activities in order to disrupt and dismantle organised crime networks by strengthening transnational investigations and prosecutions and fostering international cooperation.
- Project locations
- Argentina, Barbados, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Senegal, South Africa, The Gambia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- INTERPOL
- UNODC

Strengthens the fight against organized crime networks using General Aviation in target regions, by improving security and stepping up international coordination and cooperation between Law Enforcement Administrations (LEAs), competent authorities and criminal justice institutions.
- Project locations
- Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, The Gambia, Togo, Uruguay
- Threat area
- Fight against Organised Crime
- Implementing partner(s) (alphabetical order, if multiple)
- World Customs Organization (WCO)