The Institute of Politics and Governance at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) organised a seminar on “Operational strategies and actions against drug trafficking” in which J. Antonio Díaz Bermúdez, Head of Isdefe’s Border Protection Department, gave a presentation on “Spanish Experiences on Technologies and Surveillance Systems for Border Control”, and Mariano Gómez Plaza, Isdefe consultant on surveillance strategies for public safety, spoke about “Technologies Applied to Intelligence-Led Policing Against Organized Crime”.