UNODC Training Course on Investigation and Prosecution of Firearms Trafficking - 2014

08/07/2014
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11/07/2014
Activity description

The United Nations Office in Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a regional seminar for exchange of good practices in investigation and prosecution of firearms and organized crime cases took place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in July 2014. This meeting was attended by 18 experts from Sahel countries and neighbouring countries in West Africa. Criminal justice practitioners and members of National Commissions presented and discussed national cases and identified a number of good practices and challenges.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Focus of Activity
Enforcement
Regional cooperation
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Transfer controls
Partners
Benin
Burkina Faso
Chad
Côte d’ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Mali
Niger
Senegal
Togo
Implementers
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Donors
Japan
European Union (EU)
Contact Details

United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 500
A 1400 Vienna
Austria
T: + (43) (1) 26060
F: + (43) (1) 263-3389
E: info@unodc.org
W: https://www.unodc.org/

Firearms Programme: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/firearms-protocol/gfp.html

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Regional Office for West and Central Africa
Immeuble Abbary
Almadies Extension, Zone 10, Villa 10 BP 455
18524 Dakar
Senegal
T: +221 33 859 9696
F: +221 33 859 9650
E: fo.senegal@unodc.org
W: www.unodc.org/westandcentralafrica