Sub-Working Group 1.2

• East:
  • Australian Attorney General’s Department’s  Transnational Crime Branch – Scheduling of Synthetic Drugs in Australia
  • Randox Toxicology Solutions
  • Enhancing Security in General Aviation Against Drug Trafficking
• West: 
  Meeting Topics
  • Indonesian Narcotics Interdiction
  • Morocco’s Strategy in the Fight Against the Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs

• East:
  • Cryptocurrency's Role in the International Synthetic Drug Market
  • Increasing NZ Communities Resilience to the Harms of Organised Crime
• West:
  • Canada: Project Guardian
  • Mexico: SEMAR’s actions to reduce the production of synthetic drugs
  • How Belgium is addressing the issue of synthetic drug trafficking through postal shipments

Open Discussion on Global Coalition Working Groups

• Q&A Session questions regarding the Coalition’s next steps, action reports, navigating the website, recommendations, initiatives, etc.

• East:
  • WCO, Canine Synthetic Drug Detection Project
  • Regional Transnational Organised Crime Disruption Strategy
  • New Zealand Police efforts to counter TNOC at the regional level
• West:
  • UAE Efforts to Combat Synthetic Drugs
  • European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) on New Psychoactive Substances/Synthetic Drugs

• East: 
  • Final Review of Recommendations
  • INTERPOL Database
• West:
  • Final Review of Recommendations
  • INTERPOL Database
  • Customs and Border Protection Panel

• East:
  • Working Group Meeting
• West: 
  • Working Group Meeting

• East:
  • "CrimJust & Crime Scene Investigation Work of LSS. Having the Right Evidence to Support Criminal Justice Systems to Address Organized Crime
  • Initiatives: Operation Hydra and Operation Pelican Bones (OPB)/Bone Collector
• West:
  • Aviation and Air Cargo Security – International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • UNODC Tools for Combating Synthetic Drug Trafficking
  • Operation Hydra and Operation Pelican Bones (OPB)/Bone Collector – Homeland Security Investigations

• East:
  • UNODC: Global Cybercrime Programme
  • WCO: Canine Drug Detection
  • WCO: Postal Synthetic Drug Detection Project
• West:
  • WCO: Canine Drug Detection
  • WCO: Postal Synthetic Drug Detection Project
  • UNODC: Global Cybercrime Programme
  • Testimonials:
    • Paraguay
    • Uruguay
    • Colombia

• East:
  • UNODC: ROSEAP Border Management Programme
  • Interpol Synthetic Drug Operation (2024)
• West:
  • UNODC: CRIMJUST Operation Azure II
  • Interpol Synthetic Drug Operation (2024)

• East:
  • UNODC: Expanding Capacity Building Programs on Safe Handling and Early Identification of Substances
  • WCO: The Abuse of General Aviation by OCGs for Trafficking Synthetic Drugs
  • UNODC: Scientific and Forensic Services Manufacture of Synthetic Drugs.pptx

• West:
  • Expanding Capacity Building Programs on Safe Handling and Early Identification of Substances
  • WCO: The Abuse of General Aviation by OCGs for Trafficking Synthetic Drugs
  • Country Testimonial: Brazilian Receita Federal (Brazil Customs Service) at Garulhos Airport, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  

Global Landscape and Challenges in the Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs