Sub-Working Group 1.2

Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs

Sub-Working Group 1.2, Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs, focuses on building states’ capacities to counter the trafficking of synthetic drugs within their countries, across shared borders, and around the globe. Participants will hear presentations designed to connect them the with tools and knowledge necessary to do so, including countering trafficking across land, air, and sea, at ports or points of entry, via the postal system, communication and information-sharing with other states, and more.

July 2024

Agenda

East

  • Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities Strategy
  • The Precursors Incident Communication System (PICS)  

West

  • Canada: Project Guardian
  • Mexico: SEMAR Experience in Countering Synthetic Drug Trafficking
  • How Belgium is addressing the issue of synthetic drug trafficking through postal shipments

June 2024

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.
Remote video URL
All SWGs | Announcement | June 2024

May 2024

Agenda

Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 [EAST]: Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs | May 2024
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 [WEST]: Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs | May 2024

April 2024

Agenda

Remote video URL
East SWG 1.2 April
Remote video URL
West SWG 1.2 April

March 2024

At the Mid-Term Coalition Working Group Meeting, Co-Chairs and Sub-Working Group co-chairs presented on the progress of Sub-Working Groups during Phase II: Sharing Best Practices and Models, Identifying Intervention Points, Deliverables and Commitments. Each Working Group reviewed recommended areas of work and began planning for the next stage of the Coalition, Phase IV: Action Planning, Implementation.

Remote video URL
WG 1 [East]: Preventing the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs
Remote video URL
WG 1 [West]: Preventing the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs [March, 2024]

February 2024

  • CrimJust & Crime Scene Investigation Work of LSS
  • Homeland Security Investigations and Strategic Coordination
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 [EAST]: Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs | February 27th, 2024 |

January 2024

  • Private Sector Engagement
  • Interdiction
  • The Global Postal System
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 East - January - Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 West - January - Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs

December 2023

  • Cross National Operations Infrastructure Development
  • Cross National Operation for Coalition
  • Provision of Specific Tools
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 East - December - Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 West - December - Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs

November 2023

  • Border Security Drug Identification Equipment, Concealment and Methods of Trafficking, Identification
  • Strengthening Capacity of Border Management to Intercept and Interdict Trafficking
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 East - November - Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 West - November - Trafficking Of Synthetic Drugs

October 2023

  • Framing the Issue
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 East - October - Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs
Remote video URL
SWG 1.2 - West - October - Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs