SEESAC's Armed Violence Monitoring Platform serves as inspiration for the EU-wide Firearm Incidents Monitor

On 7 December 2023, the EU-wide digital platform www.gunviolence.eu, modelled after SEESAC's Armed Violence Monitoring Platform  (AVMP) was launched in Brussels at the conference organized by the ...

Workshop on the Outreach of the Firearms Focal Point and Ballistic Laboratory to the Prosecutors successfully held in Belgrade on 7-8 December

Last week, SEESAC wrapped up a two-day Workshop on the Outreach of the Firearms Focal Point (FFP) and Ballistic Laboratory of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia to the Prosecution ...

SEESAC’s contribution to EMAPCT Joint Action Days South East Europe 2023

SEESAC actively supported the coordinated EMPACT Joint Action Days South East Europe (EMPACT JAD SEE) from 13 to 18 November 2023. During this period, law enforcement authorities from 26 European ...

Regional Meeting of the Border Police and Customs Representatives

The Regional Meeting of the Border Police and Customs Representatives was held this year in Skopje on 21-22 November 2023 in cooperation with FRONTEX. The meeting gathered participants from six ...

The destruction of 820 pieces of SALW in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In order to sustain public safety and contribute to the prevention of illicit possession and misuse of firearms, authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina destroyed 820 pieces of weapons and 603 weapon ...

19th Regional Meeting of the South East Europe Firearms Experts Network

Senior police investigators, customs officials, prosecutors, ballistic experts, representatives of border police from six Western Balkan jurisdictions, Moldova and Ukrane, as well as representatives ...

200 representatives of the Ministry of Interior attended 4 trainings on Physical Security and Stockpile Management organized by SEESAC

In October, SEESAC concluded the last two in a series of four Workshops, which began in September, gathering the remaining 100 out of a total of 200 representatives of the Administrative Affairs ...

SEESAC and FRONTEX complete the joint Firearms Detection Courses with the training for Montenegrin Border Police

The Firearms Detection Course for the representatives of the Border Police of Montenegro was held at the Police Academy Training Centre from 23-27 October 2023 in Kupari, Croatia. This was the last in ...

July-September 2023 Quarterly Armed Violence Monitor draws attention to celebratory shootings during summer months

In its latest Quarterly Armed Violence Regional Monitor, SEESAC highlights trends regarding firearm incidents in South East Europe from July to September 2023. This quarter witnessed 953 firearm ...

Increasing the Quality of Investigations and Intelligence-led Policing through Enhanced Cooperation between the Firearms Focal Point, Prosecutors, and the Ballistic Laboratory In Priština

Last week SEESAC wrapped up a two-day Workshop on the Outreach of the FFP and Ballistic Laboratory to the Prosecution Office in Support of Firearms Investigations in Pristina, on 17-18 October. ...