The first International Conference on “General Aviation – a blind spot in drugs enforcement !” organised by the “Pompidou Group – Council of Europe” and the “Dirección General de la Guardia Civil (Spain)” will take place Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th of April 2017 in Madrid. The meeting will be hosted by the Dirección General de la Guardia Civil, Room Cecorvigmar, Calle Guzmán el Bueno n°110, 28003 Madrid, Spain.

The overall aim of this first 2-day global event is to reduce illegal trafficking and prevent the abuse of General Aviation traffic. Non-commercial flights, ULM, private jets, helicopters and drones slip into countries, landing on secondary airports and occasional platforms to smuggle drugs, illegal immigrants, guns, etc. through General Aviation worldwide.

During several presentations different experts in the field of General Aviation from European countries and countries worldwide, will have an interactive exchange of information, in order to facilitate an increase of knowledge through risk assessment, awareness raising, exchange of information, sharing of best practice, networking and multidisciplinary cooperation.