Royal Canadian Mounted Police Technical Support to Counter-Nuclear Smuggling - Caribbean

This project supports the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) in the delivery of the tabletop exercise “Operation STONE” (Stop Trafficking of Nuclear Elements) by providing technical support from subject matter experts of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to a counter-nuclear smuggling capacity in the Caribbean. It aims to strengthen national capacities in the Bahamas Jamaica and Panama to detect and respond to security incidents involving nuclear or radiological materials. Project activities include: (1) delivering training to law enforcement customs nuclear regulators and other stakeholder agencies; and (2) facilitating national efforts to establish inter-agency working groups to better prepare for a possible security incident involving nuclear or radiological materials.

The expected outcome of this project is greater awareness and increased preparedness by stakeholder agencies of Panama Jamaica and the Bahamas of the threat presented by the illicit trafficking of nuclear or radiological materials through these major seaport countries.