Webinar 3035/2025/WEB 'Strengthening Ukraine's capacity to prevent and combat illegal firearms trafficking. The joint efforts of EUAM Ukraine and EMPACT FIA OAP'

The aim of this webinar is to raise awareness of the EUAM Ukraine and the EMPACT FIA OAP in their efforts to strengthen the capacity of Ukraine to prevent and combat the illegal trafficking of firearms.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: 

• explain how EMPACT FIA OAP, through its relevant OAs 8.4 and 8.5, contributes to the strengthening of Ukraine's capacity to prevent and combat illicit trafficking of firearms in line with the EU List of Actions on Firearms, Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) trafficking in the context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine;
• outline the lessons learned from illicit firearms trafficking from past conflict zones; the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina and how these lessons could be used to better address the situation in Ukraine;
• list the activities of EUAM Ukraine in accordance with its mandate to support the Ukrainian authorities in preventing and combating all forms of smuggling and trafficking of SALW;
• describe the role and capabilities of the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Eastern and Central Europe (RILO ECE) in the prevention of and the fight against the illegal trafficking of firearms from Ukraine to Europe.
  
   

EMPACT training activity

Combating new forms of organised crime requires more cooperation between police and gendarmes, customs officers, border guards, judges, and prosecutors. EU institutions, agencies and Member States work together to tackle organised and serious international crime through a permanent and key instrument: the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT).

CEPOL plays a crucial role in the EMPACT mechanism through the provision of specialised training and the identification of training needs within each common security threat. Every year, CEPOL provides a comprehensive training package for each common EU crime priority consisting of onsite, online and exchange training activities.

Check more of CEPOL's EMPACT training activities here.