7 April 2025 - Today, the Passenger and Cargo Control Programme (PCCP) released its2024Annual Report - Your Impact.The report highlights what Member States, donors, the private sector, international organizations, academia, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Customs Organization (WCO), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have achieved together.
Passenger flows and trade supply chains are vital to the global economy, yet they remain vulnerable to exploitation by illicit trafficking, organized crime, and terrorism. In response, there is a pressing need to strengthen border management cooperation and capabilities, and to adopt innovative, forward-looking solutions.
As a response in 2024, the Airport Communication Programme (AIRCOP) and the Container Control Programme (CCP) were merged into one programme - the PCCP. Building on the combined 34 years of experience between the two flagship UNODC programmes, AIRCOP and CCP, the new Programme offers a global and comprehensive border approach to passenger and cargo security and facilitation.
The PCCP operates in 89 countries and works with 192 national frontline law enforcement cargo and passenger control units at airports, dry ports, land borders, railway terminals, and seaports across 10 regions. The last years, the PCCP has expanded its work in countries with volatile security conditions or in conflict, contributing to secure humanitarian supply chains and expanding partnerships with other law enforcement agencies. This includes Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Ukraine. In 2024, 13 new national units were established by Member States in cooperation with the PCCP. 52 donors and in-kind contributing countries made this possible. The sustained commitment of Member States, their law enforcement agencies, and the Programme’s donors is instrumental to the continued success of the PCCP.
Ms. Cristina Iampieri, Head of the PCCP, highlighted that “in 2024, the national units supported by the PCCP intercepted 38 percent more high-risk passengers. They also made important and record-breaking seizures in a wide array of commodities, in particular cocaine, amphetamines, synthetic drugs, cannabis, cigarettes, currency, and fraudulent or stolen identification documentation, contributing to an overall increase by 17 percent in the number of seizures compared to 2023. These results have a higher goal - to contribute to the 2024 ‘Pact for the Future’ by safeguarding global security, health, environment, and economy through the protection and facilitation of international trade, transport, and travel flows”.
Looking ahead, the PCCP will be working to further secure international trade corridors and passenger routes. To this aim, the Programme looks forward to supporting initiatives such as the European and South American Ports Alliances, enhancing modernization and innovation, strengthening the partnership with the private sector, improving the quality of data collected and shared, and boosting women’s role in border management.
Access the full report here: https://t.ly/RXB3h
Contact:
Cristina Iampieri
Head, Passenger and Cargo Control Programme, UNODC
Email: iampieri@un.org
