AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoCustoms crackdown in French Guiana: France is stepping up its fight against drug trafficking, counterfeiting and illegal gold mining with the first phase of “Customs Plan 2030” starting in 2027, including 15 extra customs posts at the Grand Port Maritime de la Guyane, a leased Beechcraft aircraft for high-seas monitoring, and a high-capacity mobile scanner to scan all export containers more precisely. Health travel alert: UK-backed Travel Health Pro has updated malaria risk guidance and maps, listing French Guiana among 13 destinations where travellers should take extra precautions. Space for climate monitoring (Kourou): Avio is set to launch Copernicus Sentinel-3C from French Guiana on a Vega-C rocket in September, boosting ocean, land, ice and atmosphere monitoring; a second mission, ESA’s FLEX, will also lift off on the same flight. Regional tragedy update (Guyana): Recovery after the MV Barima ferry disaster continues with no new developments; divers have left, patrol boats and daily aerial surveillance remain, and authorities are weighing salvage versus preserving the wreck as a memorial. Caribbean governance & trade: CARICOM tax officials meet in Georgetown to push “smart, data-driven and AI-enabled” revenue systems, while regional ferry plans in Trinidad and Tobago are framed as trade infrastructure to cut intra-Caricom shipping costs.
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