EU-LAC joint operation ATLAS NEXUS dismantles dozens of criminal networks in the largest bi-regional operation

Operation ATLAS NEXUS, coordinated jointly by the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT MTCN, Operational Action 6.1), the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, (FRONTEX) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), facilitated by the European Union’s EL PACCTO 2.0 programme, resulted in the identification and dismantling of numerous transnational criminal networks and led to more than 490 people
arrested.