SICA-CASAC Hold Inter-sectorial Regional Seminar on Dismantling Firearms Trafficking Criminal Structures

13/06/2016
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17/06/2016
Activity description

The purpose of this regional seminar, organized in collaboration with the Central American Program for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (CASAC, for its inititals in spanish) was to bring together judges, prosecutors, police investigators, and government representatives from all Central American States member of SICA to address illicit firearms trafficking from an integrated approach. The overall aim was to define combat mechanisms to counter illicit trafficking departing from regional instruments, harmonization and modernization of legal frameworks, good practices in police and judiciary matters and dismantling firearms trafficking organized criminal structures.

Project description

The purpose of the Programme to Support the Central American Security Strategy (ESCA, for its initials in Spanish) is to promote regional security and development processes by combating crime, preventing violence, promoting penitentiary security, rehabilitation and reinsertion, and strengthen institutional capacity to combat transnational organized crime. This strategy also aims to orient coordinated actions on regional security matters.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Border controls
Diversion
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Transfer controls
Partners
Belize
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Implementers
Central American Integration System (SICA)
Programa Centroamericano para el Control de Armas Pequeñas y Ligeras (CASAC)
Donors
Spain
European Union (EU)
Contact Details

Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA)
Address: Final Bulevar Cancillería, Distrito El Espino, Ciudad Merliot, Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, El Salvador
Phone: (503) 2248-8800
Email: info@sica.int
Website: https://www.sica.int/