Bob Van den Berghe

• Deputy Head, Passenger and Cargo Control Programme
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Mr. Bob Van den Berghe is a Law Enforcement Expert, Deputy Head, working for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Border Management Branch,  ‘Passenger and Cargo Control Programme’ (PCCP) in Vienna in Austria. PCCP is operational in more than in 86 countries. Bob brings a wealth of law enforcement expertise and experience, as well as a proven track record of implementing large scale projects in the Latin American and Caribbean region and the Southeastern Europe region.  For more than 30 years, Bob served in various positions in the national government and UNODC. He joined UNODC in 2014 as the Regional Coordinator in charge of implementing the Container Control Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean based in Panama.  Before joining UNODC, Bob worked for the federal judicial Police in Belgium. From 2000 to 2014, he was part of the federal anti-narcotic team from the federal judicial Police at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium, considered the most important port in Belgium, and the second major commercial port in Europe. He has a lot of experience in international cooperation to improve port security, to fight organized crime and to assist the Governments to maintain and strengthen maritime, border and air container cargo controls so as to prevent illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, precursor chemicals, biological, radioactive or nuclear (CBRN) materials, protected wildlife and other illicitly trafficked goods such as IP and contraband.