During the action week, the involved authorities carried out checks on passengers and their luggage, as well as on parcels and cargo shipments, at 61 major airports. The checks aimed at detecting the possession or trafficking of drugs, especially cocaine, originating from Latin America. Another objective was to enhance the cooperation between police and customs authorities on both sides of the Atlantic.The operational phase, focusing on intensification of security at airports, was prepared during a preliminary intelligence phase. This led to an analysis of relevant information related to drugs trafficking flows, the identification of possible suspects and modus operandi besides the development of coordinated activities to be carried out during the action week.Arrests and seizures during the operation:46 arrests356 464 kg of cannabis354 209 kg of cocaine37 kg of synthetic drugs101 559 kg other drugsEuropol facilitated the exchange of information and provided continuous analytical support during the action week.Airports covered during the operational activities:Europe (29):Austria: Vienna International AirportBelgium: Brussels Airport Zaventem, Brussels South Airport Charleroi, Liege Bierset AirportBulgaria: Sofia AirportCzechia- Vaclav Havel Airport PragueGeorgia: Tbilisi International AirportFrance: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly AirportGermany: Frankfurt Airport, Leipzig/Halle Airport, Cologne/Bonn AirportIreland: Shannon Airport, Cork Airport, Dublin AirportItaly: Roma-Fiumicino Airport "Leonardo Da Vinci"Luxembourg: Luxembourg AirportNetherlands: Amsterdam Airport SchipholNorth Macedonia: Skopje International AirportPoland: Warsaw Chopin AirportPortugal: Humberto Delgado AirportSlovenia: Ljubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSpain: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport and Barcelona-El PratSweden: Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Malmö Airport Toftanäs terminal, and Gothenburg-Landvetter AirportSwitzerland: Zurich Airport, Geneva AirportUnited Kingdom: Heathrow AirportAfrica, Americas & the Caribbean (32):Argentina: Ministro Pistarini International AirportBenin: Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International AirportBolivia: El Alto International Airport, Viru Viru International AirportBrazil: Guarulhos/São Paulo International Airport, Viracopos/Campinas International Airport, Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, Fortaleza–Pinto Martins International AirportCape Verde: Nelson Mandela Praia International AirportColombia: El Dorado International Airport, Jose Maria Cordova International Airport, Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International AirportDominican Republic: Punta Cana International Airport, Santo Domingo Las Américas International AirportEcuador: José Joaquín de Olmedo, Mariscal Sucre International AirportGambia: Banjul International AirportGuinea-Bissau: Osvaldo Vieira International AirportIvory Coast: Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International AirportJamaica: Norman Manley International Airport, Sangster International AirportNigeria: Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Murtala Muhammed AirportPanama: Tocumen International Airport, Enrique Malek International Airport: David, Panamá Pacífico International Airport, Albrook Gelabert Airport.Peru: Jorge Chávez International AirportTogo: Gnassingbé Eyadéma International AirportUnited States: Miami International Airport, John F. Kennedy International AirportParticipating countries:EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden.Non-EU countries: Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea Bissau, Jamaica, North Macedonia, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Togo, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United StatesAgencies: Europol, Frontex, INTERPOL through project AIRCOP

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