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Fostering Cross-Regional Cooperation to Prevent and Counter Terrorism
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Extremists and terrorists threaten to tilt the precarious security balance and derail peaceful development, making the lives of millions worse.</p> <p>To support countries in Eastern and Southern Africa tackle this threat, UNODC together with its partners in two regions - the <a href="https://eapcco.org/">Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPPCO)</a> and its <a href="https://eapcco-ctcoe.org/">Counter-Terrorism Centre of Excellence (CTCoE)</a>, and the <a href="https://www.sadc.int/">Southern African Development Community (SADC)</a> organized a cross-regional workshop in Maputo, Mozambique, hosted by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic of Mozambique (PGR). </p> <p>Attended by forty law enforcement officials from fourteen countries in both regions, the workshop stimulated the exchange of good practices and information to enhance cooperation.</p> <p>Participants learned from the Northern and Western Africa experience in establishing judiciary and law enforcement cooperation networks facilitating direct peer-to-peer contact between investigators and prosecutors working on terrorism-related cases. Bringing an array of experts from within the continent and beyond, the workshop presented examples of effectively streamlining cross-border investigations.</p> <p><img class="aRight" src="/images/easternafrica/organized-crime/Second_pic_ladies_translating.jpg" border="0" width="300" />Understanding the threat picture is equally important. At the margins of the workshop, the EAPCCO CTCoE launched <a href="https://eapcco-ctcoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EAPCCO-CTCoE-Issue-Paper5-2022.pdf">a new publication exploring the linkages between terrorist groups in Eastern and So<ins cite="mailto:Carine%20Giraldou" datetime="2022-11-16T12:14">u</ins>thern Africa</a>. “Links between terrorist organizations exist on an individual and group levels,” explains Dr. Anneli Botha, a terrorism prevention expert and the author of the publication, “with the local groups deriving a number of benefits from association with, or allegiance to the established terrorist groups.” Allegiance means training, intensified movement of fighters, and finances – “threats that cannot be taken on by any single country alone and which require initiative-taking preventive action, intensified cooperation, and strengthening of the border management measures,” concludes Dr. Botha.</p> <p><img class="aLeft" src="/images/easternafrica/organized-crime/Fourth_pic_the_issue_papers.jpg" border="0" width="200" />The workshop resulted in the adoption of a set of recommendations for the consideration of the EAPCCO and SADC respective technical organs. The recommendations focus on harmonizing the national and regional legislative frameworks, multi-agency cooperation, mainstreaming gender dimensions, and strengthening the collaboration between the EAPCCO CTCoE and the SADC Regional Counter-Terrorism Centre (RCTC).</p> <p>The workshop and Issue Paper launch was delivered within the framework of UNODC projects funded by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on <a href="/easternafrica/what-we-do/terrorism-prevention/supporting-the-eapcco-counter-terrorism-centre.html"><em>Supporting the EAPPCO and its Regional Counter-Terrorism Centre of Excellence to Prevent and Counter Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime in Eastern Africa</em></a>and on <em>Assisting Mozambique to Strengthen Rule of Law-based Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism and Violent Extremism (Phase III)</em>. </p> <p><strong>For more information, please contact:</strong></p> <p>Ms Carine Giraldou (carine.giraldou@un.org)<br />Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer<br />UNODC Regional Office for Eastern Africa</p></div></div></div><div id="footer"><ul class="toolbarlist"><li><a href="/easternafrica/en/index.html">Home</a></li><li><a href="/easternafrica/en/site-map.html">Sitemap</a></li><li><a href="/easternafrica/en/contact-us.html">Contact Us</a></li><li><a href="https://www.unodc.org/frontdoor/">Login</a></li></ul><p>Copyright<span>©</span>2024<span> </span>UNODC, All Rights Reserved, <a href="/easternafrica/en/legal.html" class="legalnotice">Legal Notice</a></p></div></div></body><script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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