Our global operations help combat illicit drug flows
We coordinate global operations and support investigations led by national or international agencies. Such collaboration helps disrupt the movement of illicit drug flows and share intelligence on the modus operandi of criminal networks involved.
Operation Lionfish
Operation Lionfish targets drug trafficking networks along air, land and maritime routes, resulting in arrests and major seizures. International police cooperation allows member countries to exchange vital information and dismantle criminal organizations. The first LIONFISH Operation dates back to 2013 when INTERPOL organized an event in Latin America targeting cocaine trafficking. Since then, it has proven highly successful and we have deployed it to other regions of the world.
Cocaine trafficking was a key focus of Operation Lionfish - Asia-Pacific. In Southeast Asia, a trafficker who had swallowed dozens of capsules of cocaine was apprehended.
The INTERPOL-coordinated Operation Lionfish – ASEAN, which involved more than 2,000 police and customs officials across 14 countries, revealed a network of West African and Asian organized crime groups behind trafficking in methamphetamine.
The seizure of more than 55 tonnes of drugs in Operation Lionfish III across Latin America and West Africa underlines the massive scale of activities of transnational organized crime groups.
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