On 28 November 2019, representatives of 19 Firearms Focal Points (FFP) from the European Union (EU) and the Western Balkans, together with representatives of the United Nations Office on Drugs and ...
12th Regional Meeting of the South-East Europe Firearms Experts Network
The 12th Regional Meeting of the South-East Europe Firearms Experts Network (SEEFEN) took place in Novi Sad, Serbia, on 26-27 November 2019. The meeting gathered investigators, prosecutors, ...
12th Meeting of SALW Commissions in South East and East Europe
The 12th Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Commissions Meeting was organized in Tirana on 22 November 2019. The SALW Commissions meetings gather arms control policy-makers from South East and ...
SEESAC supports first firearms destruction event in Kosovo*
589 confiscated firearms were destroyed by the Kosovo Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on 14 November 2019, during an event organized with the support of UNDP, through the Kosovo Safety ...
Upgrade Improves Security at the Central General Police Inspectorate SALW and Ammunition Storage Facility and Two Evidence Rooms
A SALW and ammunition storage location and two evidence rooms in Moldova were brought to international security standards, resulting in improved security of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and ammunition stockpiles in the country and the region.
The upgraded General Police Inspectorate (GPI) main storage facility at the Mesager Street in Chisinau, and two evidence rooms of the Police Directorates of Balti and Cahul were handed over today, 29 ...
Moldova Destroys 2,200 Pieces of Small Arms and Light Weapons
2,200 confiscated and voluntarily surrendered small arms and light weapons were destroyed at the JST “ARES UT” smelting facility in Chisinau, on 28 October, by the General Police Inspectorate of the ...
Regional Training on Open Case File
On 21 October 2019, SEESAC in cooperation with UK’s National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) organized the Regional Training on Open Case File addressed to ballistic experts from South East ...
42 firearm-related incidents took place in the region last week
The Armed Violence Monitoring Platform (AVMP) recorded 42 firearm-related incidents that took place in the region from 7 to 13 October 2019.
These are some of the incidents captured on our platform: About the AVMP The AVMP monitors firearms-related incidents happening in South East Europe. Established in 2014, the ...
Practitioners from the Albanian State Police enhanced their knowledge on the physical security and stockpile management of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition
On 18 October 2019, twenty experts from the Albanian State Police (ASP) completed a week-long targeted National Course on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) of Small Arms and Light ...
Eleventh workshop of the Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction
About 40 physical and stockpile security management (PSSM) practitioners from South East Europe attended the Eleventh workshop of the Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction to discuss and share good practices on progress and challenges related to conventional weapons and munitions stockpile reduction in South East Europe.
The RASR initiative has been established in 2009 by the US State Department and currently funded by the European Union under the framework of the EU COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/2356. It aims for a ...