Press Release

Interagency session on ensuring legal finish of maritime crime

06 June 2022

  • Male, Maldives/06 June 2022: An interagency discussion on ensuring legal finish of maritime crime was hosted by the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Four officers from Marine Police, four - from Coast Guard and three public prosecutors participated, discussing issues related to comprehensive approaches to maritime security, overview of priority maritime threats in Maldives and understanding maritime law enforcement challenges, specifically drug trafficking, illegal finish and environmental protection.

This activity is in line with the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme’s (GMCP) maritime domain awareness capacity-building support to the Government of Maldives.

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Enrico Boninsegna

UNODC
Head of Office a.i.
enrico.boninsegna@un.org
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Mr. Enrico Boninsegna started his assignment with UNODC in May 2020, supporting activities carried out in the field of preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Prior to his current position, Mr. Boninsegna worked for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe as a Monitoring Officer in Donetsk (Non-Government-Controlled Areas of Ukraine), and as a Human Rights Officer on Countering Terrorism in Warsaw (Poland). Additional professional experiences include working as an Associate Expert for UNODC’s Regional Office for Central Asia (2010-2012) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and as a defence Case Manager at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (2009-2010) in The Hague, Netherlands. Mr. Boninsegna holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Bologna (Italy) and a LL.M. from the University of Turin (Italy).

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