Activities

COPOLAD participates in the Annual Seminar of RIOD that in this edition deals with "Intervention in drugs from ethics, quality and methodological rigor" approaching the theme of "Ethics, quality and rigor in the attention of problems derived from the use of drugs".

This seminar is a follow-up opportunity to continue the exchange of information/intelligence opened in C1 regarding exchanges of best practices in the area of money laundering from drug trafficking, asset investigation and the role of Asset Recovery Offices, as well as recycling the proceeds of crime into national drugs control structures. All those aspects are key to analyse emerging trends and best approaches to face all challenges in this field. In C2, special emphasis is be placed on National Legislation; the roles of Police and Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding seizure, precautionary and provisional measures and confiscation; money and other assets seizure, its legal nature and registration aspects; the identification of best practices for managing seized assets and legal tools; computerized systems for registering, informing and managing as well as the importance of international, multilateral and bi-lateral cooperation in order to locate, recover and confiscate assets.

At this third annual edition, the progress achieved by the four working groups is presented: Early Warning Systems; Studies to evaluate and validate scales and indicators of “Problematic Drug Use" (PDU); Production of National Drug Reports; and New Methods for Detecting and Confronting problematic use and new threats.

Leading CELAC countries participating in the Cooperation Programme between Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union on Drugs Policies, COPOLAD II, will be presenting examples on how coordination between different institutions is a basic strategy for developing effective policies on drugs, in line with the Development Goals 2030. The panel will be co-shared by Spain and the European Commission (as leading country and financial source of COPOLAD II). 

The objective of this activity is to promote regional networks and strengthen the roles of the participants. To this end, the exchange of experiences and communication in the exchange of maritime data relating to cocaine trafficking through case studies will be encouraged.