Fostering regional cooperation to support the detection of terrorists using passenger data: Meeting of the Western Africa Regional Informal Working Group (IWG)

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), through its flagship Countering Terrorist Travel (‘CT Travel’) Programme, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s Airport Communication (AIRCOP) Programme, organized a Director-level coordination meeting on the implementation of Passenger Data Systems in West Africa, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 14-15 May. The meeting gathered more than 40 delegates from law enforcement, counter-terrorism, security, and civil aviation agencies of 19 countries across West African. The event was organized as part of the West Africa Informal Working Group (IWG) on Passenger Data.

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