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08-08-2011, 02:40 PM
The Expert Group on Maritime Narco-Trafficking of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission is in Santo Domingo to discuss recommendations on "go fast" boats, the high-powered speed craft that drug traffickers often use in the Caribbean and Pacific to outrun police and coast guards.
The group is also focusing on policy guidelines on the control of trafficking over lake and river systems, and standardization of data collection on seizures and other outcomes stemming from counterdrug operations.
The event is chaired by the government of the Dominican Republic in collaboration with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), a specialized department of the Organization of American States.
As reported in Diario Libre, speaking yesterday during the opening of the meeting, chief of the Dominican Navy, Vice Admiral Nicolas Cabrera Arias said that traffickers are tending to prefer maritime transport. He said the country needs to purchase speedboats, radars and new technology to combat trafficking. Anibal Henriquez, ambassador to Cicad, said that maritime traffic now demands more responsibility from Customs and maritime interdiction entities. He said that traffickers constantly modify their tactics to make prosecution increasingly difficult.
National Drugs Council president Mabel Feliz says that the Caribbean region is porous and easily vulnerable to trafficking.
The experts met in Santo Domingo from 1-4 August to study the feasibility of adapting drug treatment courts as an alternative to incarceration for drug-dependent offenders. A workshop examined the institutional and legal implications of applying this model, as well as for public health policy and services. Specialists from Chile, Canada, Costa Rica, Colombia, Spain and the United States shared their experiences.
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The group is also focusing on policy guidelines on the control of trafficking over lake and river systems, and standardization of data collection on seizures and other outcomes stemming from counterdrug operations.
The event is chaired by the government of the Dominican Republic in collaboration with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), a specialized department of the Organization of American States.
As reported in Diario Libre, speaking yesterday during the opening of the meeting, chief of the Dominican Navy, Vice Admiral Nicolas Cabrera Arias said that traffickers are tending to prefer maritime transport. He said the country needs to purchase speedboats, radars and new technology to combat trafficking. Anibal Henriquez, ambassador to Cicad, said that maritime traffic now demands more responsibility from Customs and maritime interdiction entities. He said that traffickers constantly modify their tactics to make prosecution increasingly difficult.
National Drugs Council president Mabel Feliz says that the Caribbean region is porous and easily vulnerable to trafficking.
The experts met in Santo Domingo from 1-4 August to study the feasibility of adapting drug treatment courts as an alternative to incarceration for drug-dependent offenders. A workshop examined the institutional and legal implications of applying this model, as well as for public health policy and services. Specialists from Chile, Canada, Costa Rica, Colombia, Spain and the United States shared their experiences.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)