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NBC News
The Coast Guard recently offloaded 27,300 pounds of cocaine and 11,000 pounds of marijuana seized in international waters in Florida. The Coast Guard Cutter James dropped bundles upon bundles of the seized drugs at Port Everglades on Monday morning. The seized cocaine is worth about $367 million, while the marijuana is worth just over $10 million, according to the Coast Guard. “The offload of over 13 tons of drugs represents the efforts of not only 10 Coast Guard cutters over 18 separate interdictions, but also the commitment and dedication of international allies and partners, like the Colombians, as we work together to disrupt the networks that profit from their them,” Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jason Neiman said in a statement.
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NMLEA
The National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) has been working with its state and local law enforcement partners nationally to better integrate their efforts into the larger maritime community. This collaboration revealed the need for training to expose state and local law enforcement analysts and officers to the intricacies of the maritime shipping industry. In response to that need, NMIO, with production assistance from the National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA), created a course, Introduction to Maritime Industry, for use by members of the global maritime community of interest.
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NMLEA
The Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence invite analysts who are U.S. citizens to apply for the 2020 Public-Private Analytic Exchange Program (AEP). Applicants from all industries are encouraged to apply but should have an interest and/or demonstrated expertise in at least one of the 2020 topics. Applicants are welcome to express an interest in up to three of the 2020 topics, but each selected program participant will only be assigned to one team. Applications from first-time participants will be given priority consideration over previous AEP participants. Selected applicants will be notified of their selection in November 2019 and will be expected to attend a kick-off meeting in Washington, D.C. January 2020.
The AEP Application consists of three items - applicants are requested to submit the Application along with a copy of their resume/CV, while applicants' supervisors should submit the Supervisor Endorsement Form. Both forms can be found online here. Please note - applications will only be considered if an application, resume, and supervisor endorsement are all provided by the deadline of' November 8th, 2019.
For more details on the program, click on this this link.
MultiBriefs
As a member of NMLEA, you have knowledge and expertise that we’d love to feature on MultiBriefs.com. If you’re interested in contributing your writing to The Academy Insider or other MultiBriefs publications, we can help. If you're interested in submitting an article, please contact Ross Lancaster to discuss logistics.
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Miami Herald
Police arrested a Key Largo, Florida, glass bottom tour boat captain this week following an investigation into an incident in July when witnesses say he sailed the large vessel too close to scuba divers and snorkelers. But the owner of the 65-foot boat stands by his captain and says the incident is reflective of an ongoing feud between dive boat captains and tour operators over access to the scenic and protected reef off the Upper Keys. “Thirty years of working together has gone out the window,” James Hendricks, owner of the Key Largo Princess II, said recently.
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Fox News
The Coast Guard recently said it was searching for a man who plunged into the Gulf of Mexico while the ship was about 47 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The ship, the Carnival Dream, left port at 3:30 p.m. on October 24, KHOU11 reported. The Coast Guard got the call at about 8:45 p.m. The person who fell overboard was described as a 26-year-old male. The ship was headed to Cozumel, Mexico.
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WCVB - TV
The Coast Guard said another man and a dog are also on the boat of a Rhode Island man who went missing on a sailing trip. Officials confirmed that Joshua Kane Cairone and a French bulldog named Louis are missing, along with 40-year-old Ryan Hollis. The Coast Guard shared a photo that Cairone posted to Facebook on Wednesday, which officials said was shared when they were 12 nautical miles south of Newport, Rhode Island. Coast Guard air crews are searching for them and urgent marine bulletins are being broadcast along the eastern seaboard, officials said.
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Military.com
A Coast Guard crew from Astoria, Oregon, has returned after a mission in which they seized nearly 4,000 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $54 million. The Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned recently following a patrol mission lasting over two months. The crew conducted counterdrug operations in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where teams seized the cocaine and detained six suspected drug smugglers.
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Portland Press Herald
Former commercial lobsterman Pete Morse is unlikely to forget May 13, 1994. That’s the date when he was involved in a maritime accident where the ship sank at sea. If it wasn’t for his lifeboat and survival suit, he said he wouldn’t be alive today. Morse, of Buxton, Maine, who now runs a deep-sea fishing charter business out of South Portland, Maine, said ever since he’s been adamant about taking extra precautions while at sea. However, he said many lobstermen are hesitant to follow Coast Guard recommendations when it comes to safety.
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The Epoch Times
After the Coast Guard recently seized an estimated $92 million worth of cocaine from boats in the Pacific Ocean and transported it to San Diego, the agency warned of an uptick in drug smuggling in the area. The boats were carrying roughly 6,800 pounds worth of cocaine and were interdicted by the Coast Guard Cutters Alert, Robert Ward, and Seneca off the coast of Mexico, Central America, and South America between the months of July and October. While the 2019 data has yet to be compiled, the Coast Guard confirmed that since 2013, there has been an upward trend in drug seizures in the Pacific.
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