Atlantic Strategy Group - Illicit Flows Across the Atlantic: Building a Cooperative Maritime Response

By invitation

The Atlantic Strategy Group (ASG) aims to strengthen the ability of countries around the Atlantic basin, north and south, to assess shared challenges and to achieve common objectives.

This 6^thedition of the ASG, organized by the German Marshall Fund of United States in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South, will take place in Miami, on November 4-6, 2019, under the theme "Illicit Flows Across the Atlantic: Building a Cooperative Maritime Response".

Mr Mohmed Loulichki, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, will be delivering the opening remarks and will shed the light on the Value of a Wider Atlantic Dialogue.

While a lot of attention is paid to tracking and countering illicit flows, effective policies must also take account of the effects on Atlantic societies, including island states and coastal cities. What are the direct and indirect consequences for human security and prosperity? And what are the new dynamics? M. Rida Lyammouri & Ms Len Ishmael, Senior Fellows at the Policy Center for the New South will tackle these questions under the theme: “The Impact of Illicit Trafficking on Atlantic Societies and Human Security”.

The following session entitled “ Perspectives and Approaches to Countering Trafficking at Sea” will allow stakeholders from both sides of the Atlantic to share their national experience countering criminal activity in a maritime setting. How do diverse national authorities see the evolution of challenges in this area? What are the success stories and best practices? Where are the gaps in policies and capabilities? Among others, Mr Khalid Zerouali, Director of Migration and Border Control at the Ministry of Internior of the Kingdom of Morocco will participate at the discussion focusing on the case of Morocco.