UNODC Border Management Branch

🌍 Get a glimpse of @UNODC_MCP's priorities to ensure a full-fledged criminal justice response to maritime crimes. #BorderManagement

@UNODC_BMB is delivering practical, hands-on training to @kefs_kenya & @OfficialKCGS officers on the maintenance and repair of small boats and marine engines, strengthening operational readiness & maritime security capabilities in Kenya. Funded by @JapanMissionVie @JapaninKenya

@UNODC_BMB, les Garde-côtes d’#Haïti (@pnh_officiel) 🇭🇹, le @MOFABahamas & @TheRBDF 🇧🇸 se sont réunis pour examiner les opportunités de cooperation visant à de renforcer les capacités tactiques et améliorer les réponses opérationnelles en mer 🌊, avec l’appui de @GAC_Corporate 🇨🇦

@UNODC_BMB brought together maritime, security, & law enforcement stakeholders to strength maritime border management, address emerging maritime threats, and support the protection of Kenya's maritime domain. Funded by @StateINL, @USEmbassyKenya

From chart work to on-water operations, maritime law enforcement officers are strengthening their ability to plan, direct and execute vessel boarding operations through practical exercises delivered by @UNODC_BMB in Dar es Salaam.

Exploring GMDSS in action in🇲🇿! Through @UNODC_BMB  activities funded by @StateINL, PCLF and INAMAR visited the Port of Maputo, the MRCC, and the NJOC to gain first-hand insight into the coordination and operation of GMDSS systems supporting maritime safety and security.

Boat Crew Engineering Training successfully conducted in Pemba under @UNODC_BMB activities, funded by @StateINL, to strengthen participants’ technical competencies in vessel engineering, maintenance, safe maritime operations, operational readiness and maritime safety in 🇲🇿.

Women belong in every part of the maritime sector. 🌊 @UNODC_BMB concluded an all-female Seamanship, Navigation and Safety at Sea training in Bosasso under the Women in the Maritime Sector Initiative, funded by @DKinSomalia. Read story here: shorturl.at/B9IxF

@UNODC_BMB wraps up MDA Workflow & Coordination 🇲🇻📡 boosting information fusion 🔗, coordination 🤝 & intel‑to‑evidence ⚖️ with @MNDF_Official @PoliceMv @CustomsMv 🌊🚢 to strengthen maritime responses Supported by 🇺🇸 @StateINL

@UNODC_BMB launches 1st near‑shore security series in 🇲🇻 bringing @Portmv @MNDF_Official @ImmigrationMV @CustomsMv @PoliceMv @NDMAmv @MoEDmv @MetMaldives @MFAORmv together to boost early warning & cooperation against maritime crime 🌊🚢 Supported by 🇺🇸 @StateINL

Strengthening maritime governance in the Indian Ocean, @UNODC_MCP, RCMS & Max Planck Foundation launched Int'l Law of the Sea training in 🇱🇰 to build capacities of regional practitioners 🇧🇩🇮🇳🇲🇻🇱🇰to tackle maritime crime. Funded by @StateINL & @Dutch_MFA #UNCLOS #BorderManagement

Intl Law of the Sea training in Colombo by @UNODC_BMB, RCMS & Max Planck Foundation shows how coastal states 🇧🇩 🇮🇳 🇲🇻 🇱🇰 can convert MDA derived intelligence into court admissible digital evidence for #LegalFinish. Supported by @StateINL & @DutchMFA #MaritimeSecurity

The ocean’s vastness and weak governance make it vulnerable to organized crime, threatening biodiversity, economies and security. Tackling these risks requires coordinated law enforcement and justice systems equipped to hold offenders accountable. #OOC11 #endENVcrime

Roughly two-thirds of the world's ocean lies beyond national borders and belongs to no single country. Protecting these shared waters requires countries to improve maritime law enforcement and work together against organized crime that exploits the ocean. #OOC11 #endENVcrime

Protecting marine biodiversity requires coordinated action. UNODC & @IUCN support the implementation of the agreement to protect marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) and strengthen the enforcement of marine protected areas. #OOC11 #endENVcrime

@UNODC_BMB delivered an MDA course on detecting dark vessels 🇲🇻📡, strengthening analytical capacity of @MNDF_Official & @PoliceMv to identify suspicious vessel behaviour, integrate data & enhance coordinated maritime responses 🌊 Supported by 🇺🇸 @StateINL 🤝

14 🇱🇰agencies joined an integration & awareness session on the Information Fusion Center by @UNODC_BMB in SL to enhance coordination & info sharing for stronger maritime domain awareness and responses to maritime crime. Funded by @StateINL #BorderManagement #MDA #MaritimeSecurity

This week, @UNODC_MCP commenced ToT for Mil MLE personnel from 🇨🇮 & 🇬🇭 to enhance local training capacities in #GoG. Funded by #DKinGoG, @DKinGhana @UNODC_GHANA @UNODC_WCAfrica #BorderManagement

Today, I had the privilege of representing @UNODC @UNODC_ENV @UNODC_BMB @UNODCEastAfrica at the Our #Ocean Conference high-level plenary on Building National and Global Capacity for Effective Maritime Domain Awareness. My message was simple: the future of ocean protection lies not only in detecting crime at sea, but in turning detection into justice.

Renforcer la coordination & la réponse aux événements en 🌊! @ONUDC forment les acteurs #AEM du Golfe de Guinée afin de promouvoir des 🌊 plus sûres, sécurisées et résilientes face à la crimalité 🌊 , grâce au projet "SafeSeas for Africa", financé par #UE. #BorderManagement

@UNODC_BMB has launched a Training of Trainers programme, funded by @DKinSomalia, for women maritime professionals from Somalia 🇸🇴. The course is turning skills into leadership, preparing women to teach, mentor and inspire others across Somalia’s maritime sector.