Training to enhance maritime security in Kenya

摘要

Maritime law-enforcement officials from Kenya took part in a two-week training course on best practices for visiting, boarding, searching and seizure of vessels, in Mombasa, Kenya (11-22 February). The multi-agency course brought together 30 officials to learn skills for effective coordination in combating maritime crimes and procedures used to successfully board and search a vessel of interest. The training was part of IMO's support for implementing the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct 2017, a regional agreement against maritime crime in the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean area, which IMO helped to establish. Implementation of the code of conduct is supported by a range of international partners including United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Police Organization (INTERPOL), Mohammed Bin Naif Academy for Maritime Science and Security Studies (Saudi Arabia), United States Coast Guard, US Naval Forces Africa, Canadian Coast Guard, British Peace Support Team (Africa), NATO Maritime Interdiction Training Centre (NMIOTC) and others.