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Centre de Coordination de la Lutte Anti drogue en Méditerranée

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The Centre de Coordination de la Lutte Anti-drogue en Méditerranée or Mediterranean area anti-drug enforcement coordination centre (CeCLAD-M) is an international anti drug trafficking agency based in Toulon (France) set up in 2008 to coordinate anti-drug trafficking operations and intelligence in the Mediterranean. It is closely modeled on the MAOC-N based in Lisbon.

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Members

Set up on 1 December 2008 and headquartered in the French Navy base at Toulon it hosts liaison officers from six Mediterranean countries:

  • Spain,
  • Greece,
  • Italy,
  • Morocco,
  • Portugal,
  • France.

    • In addition four other countries have made public their intention to participate as observers:

  • UK, Cyprus, Malta and Senegal

    • Mission

    The Centre aims to combat maritime and air drug trafficking activities through better intelligence coordination. The main tasks of the centre are:

  • Contribute to better information exchange between the signatories
  • Act as central repository and to analyse the information provided by the signatories
  • Relay all useful information to the relevant forces in the signatory countries to enable effective identification, and interception of ships and planes transiting the Mediterranean.
  • Support the forces concerned in decision making

    • Results

    Since its inception the centre has coordinated the surveillance of 23 ships and seizures of 3 tonnes of Cannibis from ships involved in trafficking.

    References

    Centre de Coordination de la Lutte Anti-drogue en Méditerranée Wikipedia
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