The GPTOC West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors (WACAP) convened its Tenth Plenary Meeting in Dakar, Senegal from 8 to 12 November 2021 in cooperation with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). The contact points and law enforcement officers from 15 countries of West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Chad, and Mauritania) participated in the event. [Read more]
With the support of the Ministry of Justice of The Gambia, UNODC through the West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors (WACAP) organized a two-day retreat for National Assembly Members and other stakeholders to discuss the Mutual Legal Assistance Bill on 10 and 11 September 2021 that is due for consideration at the National Assemble this September. [Read more]
Organized Crime: West African Response to trafficking (OCWAR–T) organized a regional consultation workshop in collaboration with the West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors (WACAP) on the development of model guidelines, revision of existing legal frameworks, and strengthening regional judicial cooperation networks. The participants of the workshop were WACAP focal points, representatives of West African Police Chiefs Committee (WAPCCO), ECOWAS Commission, GIZ/OCWAR-T, GIZ police program, and several UNODC officials. [Read more]
On 27 and 28 May 2021, UNODC Corruption and Integrity Section and WACAP network jointly conducted the workshop on strengthening judicial integrity in West Africa through the Sahel Judicial Platform. The aim of the workshop was to promote the application of the code of judicial ethics for a better implementation of Article 11 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as well as to define best practices across the region for strengthening the codes of judicial conduct.[Read more]
On 20 May 2021, the UNODC Global Programme on Strengthening Capacities of Member States to Combat and Prevent Transnational Organized and Serious Crime conducted the side event “Towards a Global Network of Regional Judicial Cooperation Networks” on the margins of the 30th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The meeting stems from a project introduced in ... [Read more]
The Global Programme for Strengthening Capacities of Member States to Prevent and Combat Transnational Organized and Serious Crime (GPTOC) conducted a special event on the promotion of judicial cooperation networks in the margins of the 14 UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress electronically on 9 March 2021. The goal of the event was to raise awareness about the operational work of judicial cooperation networks; discuss how to strengthen the connections between them and to launch the newly established South East Asia Justice Network...[Read more]
West Africa and the Sahel region are exposed to constant security threats that hamper the social and economic development of the countries and undermine the peace and stability in the region. Over the past decade, West Africa and the Sahel have been the scene of deadly violence related to terrorism and violent extremism. [Read more]
On 14 October 2020, the Global Programme for Strengthening Capacities of Member States to Prevent and Combat Transnational Organized & Serious Crime (GPTOC) conducted the side event “Virtual Tour into UNODC networks on international cooperation in criminal matters” on the margins of the Tenth Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). [Read more]
Covid-19 has demonstrated the agility and adaptability that criminal organizations have when it comes to making profits. The spread of the virus quickly saw an increase in the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) across the world and organized criminal groups took advantage of this and the gaps in health and criminal justice systems to carry out acts of fraud and sell substandard and falsified medical products ... [Read more]
On 16 March 2020 UNODC in concert with the West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors (WACAP) held in Bamako, Mali, first dialogue session between the actors of penal chain and civil society of Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. Representatives from Nigeria and Chad participated as observers. [Read more]
West African Network of Prosecutors and Central Authorities (WACAP) held a Plenary meeting in Vienna, funded by the Government of France, to take stock of its achievements but also the existing challenges and gaps seven years after its inception and to reflect on possible ways for becoming more operational. Approximately 34 contact points who are prosecutors/investigating magistrates from central authorities and criminal justice institutions attended. [Read more]
