IPR Operational Assistance, Services & Infrastructure Support for Africa Police Officers (OASIS)

IPR activities through OASIS Africa

The catalyst for launching these significant enforcement operations is the INTERPOL OASIS-Africa programme, whose goals are to build capacity, develop infrastructure and support police operations in Africa. Operation Mamba is the first in a series of activities addressing transnational organized criminal attacks on intellectual property rights within the OASIS programme.  These successes provide a firm platform to launch further operations in the future.

As part of the Capacity Building approach for OASIS, INTERPOL IPR Unit in conjunction with Kenya Police co-hosted Crime Training & Operational Workshops in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2008.

123 police officers and a further 15 representatives of customs and drug regulatory authorities received high-quality training on transnational IP crime. Please see the below results.  

IPR Programme Manager, Mr John Newton greeting the Head of CID, Kenya, Mr Simon Karanja Gatiba	Group Picture

Press releases/Web stories

Speeches