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PRECURSORS

Between 2009 and 2012 the Pompidou Group organised four conferences on the prevention of drug precursors diversion.(more)

On 13/15 November 2013 the Annual Meeting of the established Precursor Network "New threats challenges in the field of precursor diversion", will take place in Strasbourg.

The documents of these conferences are published on a restricted Precursor website, which are only accessible to participants in the Precursor Network. For queries please contact: audrey.tumulty@coe.int

Documents

"2013 Annual Meeting of the Precursor Network "New threats and challenges in the field of precursor diversion"
13/15 November 2013, Strasbourg (France)

Draft Programme

Previous Conferences

A second Conference on the Prevention of Drug Precursors' Diversion was held in Strasbourg on 30 September/1 October 2010. The aims of the Conference were:

- to examine into mechanisms and their operational modalities to improve information exchange and coordination among law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities on a national level;
- to raise awareness on opportunities for national regulatory and law enforcement agencies to use existing international cooperation tools in their efforts to prevent drug precursors' diversion;
- to contribute to the improvement of inter-agency cooperation on an international level through an open exchange of views on issues of concern to all.

On 13/14 October 2011, a conference on new threats arising in the field of precursor diversion was held in Strasbourg. The conference participants’ composition was tripartite and included representatives from law enforcement services, regulatory agencies and prosecutors/magistrates. The aims of the conference were:

- to raise awareness of new threats in the field of precursor diversion;
- to improve information exchange, coordination and networking among law enforcement agencies, regulatory authorities and prosecutors;
- to examine gaps in the judicial chain from the identification of suspects consignments, investigations and backtracking, evidence collection, up to prosecution and sanction;
- to contribute to the improvement of inter-agency cooperation on an international level.

On 28/30 November 2012 the Annual Meeting of the established Precursor Network "New threats challenges in the field of precursor diversion", took take place in Strasbourg. with the same objectives of 2011.