Inspector Borris George at Symposium for Public Prosecutors on Maritime Crimes. Photo: Prime Minister’s Office
Inspector Borris George of the Royal Grenada Police Force represented Grenada at the 2nd Symposium for Public Prosecutors on Maritime Crimes, held from 7–8 October 2026 at the headquarters of the Portuguese Judicial Police in Lisbon, Portugal.
The symposium brought together participants from 20 Atlantic nations to strengthen cooperation in addressing maritime crime. The programme focused on the legal and operational challenges associated with drug trafficking, human trafficking, piracy, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and other forms of transnational maritime crime.
The central focus of the training was integrating legal expertise throughout the maritime law enforcement cycle from surveillance, detection and operational planning through evidence gathering and preservation, investigation and prosecution. For Grenada, this is particularly relevant because effective maritime enforcement depends not only on interdiction at sea, but also on ensuring that cases are supported by sound evidence and can be successfully carried through the justice system.
Inspector George participated in the working session on “Maritime Crime: Bridging Legal and Operational Perspectives” alongside representatives from Côte d’Ivoire, Belgium and São Tomé and Príncipe. The session provided practical exchange on operational and legal challenges and approaches to strengthening cooperation between law-enforcement and prosecutorial authorities.
“This training strengthens our ability to investigate and prosecute maritime crime and reinforces the importance of coordination between our operational officers, investigators and prosecutors. Building this specialised capacity is essential as Grenada responds to increasingly complex transnational threats within our maritime space.” — Commissioner of Police, Randy Connaught.
The symposium was organised by the Atlantic Centre in collaboration with the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre Narcotics (MAOC-N), EnMAR+, the Portuguese Judicial Police and the Portuguese Public Prosecution Service, with Caricom IMPACS among the partners supporting the initiative. Grenada’s participation was facilitated through Caricom IMPACS and the Atlantic Centre.
Grenada is currently formalising the process to become a member of the Atlantic Centre, building on ongoing engagement coordinated by Ambassador Enoe with the Centre and Grenada’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Membership would provide a structured platform for continued maritime-security cooperation, specialised training and technical exchange.
The training has broader relevance to Grenada’s maritime-security architecture. Stronger investigative and prosecutorial capability supports the Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard, Fisheries Division, Customs, Immigration and other agencies operating in the maritime domain. It also strengthens national capacity to address IUU fishing, trafficking and organised crime while protecting the maritime space on which Grenada’s fisheries, tourism, trade and wider blue economy depend.
“For Grenada, partnerships such as this provide practical opportunities to build the specialised capacity that small island states require to govern and protect increasingly important ocean spaces. As Grenada moves to formalise its membership in the Atlantic Centre, we see significant value in deeper cooperation, knowledge exchange and access to training that can strengthen our broader maritime security and blue economy agenda.” — Ambassador Jerry Enoe, Special Envoy for Oceans, Government of Grenada.
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