INCB-GRIDS Facilitates Working Visit for Viet Nam Law Enforcement Officers to Japan to Share Experiences and Enhance International Cooperation
Tokyo, Japan, November 20-22, 2023 - The International Narcotics Control Board's (INCB's) Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) Programme organized a three-day working visit for 6 Vietnamese Customs and Police officers (3 from the General Department of the Viet Nam Customs and 3 from the Ministry of Public Security) to Tokyo, Japan.
The delegation had meetings with the representatives of the Japan Customs, the Narcotic Control Department, the National Police Agency, and the Japan Coast Guard, and undertook a field visit to the Tokyo Overseas Mail Sub-branch of the Customs to gain experience in the prevention and interdiction of trafficking of new psychoactive substances (NPS), synthetic opioids, and other dangerous substances.
Photo: Meetings at Japanese Customs (left) and National Police Agency (right)
The meetings also provided an opportunity to enhance international cooperation between the two countries by sharing information and intelligence on incidents involving the trafficking of these substances.
Photo: Presentation on GRIDS programme by Regional Technical Officer
Mr. Long Nguyen, the GRIDS Regional Technical Officer for East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific presented the latest global and regional trafficking trends of dangerous substances, including NPS, synthetic opioids, and related chemicals with the INCB proprietary intelligence tools - Project ION Incident Communication System (IONICS) and GRIDS Intelligence HD. At the end of his presentation, the Japanese representatives expressed their interest in learning more about the INCB intelligence tools.
The Board's Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) Programme and Project ION and OPIOIDS Project support Governments' capacity to respond to changing trafficking, illicit manufacture, marketing and sales of NPS, non-medical synthetic opioids and fentanyl-related substances by providing real-time communication, facilitating information exchange and intelligence development that interdict distribution of dangerous substances.
These events were made possible through generous support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Department of State, U.S. Government.
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