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MAOC-N welcomed a FRONTEX delegation to its headquarters in Lisbon to discuss practical ways of strengthening operational cooperation in the maritime domain. The delegation included FRONTEX’s Director of the Operations Management Division, the Head of the Contingent Management Unit, and the Contingent Commander C5. The meeting focused on identifying concrete areas for closer collaboration, particularly…

MAOC-N is co-organising, alongside the Portuguese Polícia Judiciária and the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), the Maritime Illicit Trafficking Meeting, taking place this week in Lisbon. The event brings together representatives from USAFRICOM, the United States Coast Guard (USCG), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South), the U.S. Department of…

MAOC-N was pleased to welcome Lorraine Nolan, Executive Director of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), to its Headquarters in Lisbon, where she was received by the Centre’s Executive Director. The visit provided an opportunity to exchange views on the evolving drugs landscape and to reaffirm the strong working relationship between MAOC-N and EUDA. Both…

This week, a significant milestone was achieved in the efforts to enhance collaboration in the fight against illicit maritime trafficking as Rear Admiral Luciano Calixto de Almeida Junior, Commander of Maritime Operations and Blue Amazon Protection (COMPAAZ) in representation of the Brazilian Navy and MAOC-N’s Executive Director, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the…

The Executive Director of MAOC-N attended the official launch of Frontex Contingent 5 in Lisbon, Portugal. In addition to the Executive Director of Frontex, Hans Leijtens, the opening ceremony was attended by Luís Neves, the Portuguese Minister for Home Affairs, and Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish Minister of the Interior, underlining the importance of European cooperation…