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Guidelines for Drafting Weapon-Related Crime Strategic Analysis

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Suchanek P.

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2010

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tom 2(2)

181-194

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Author puts in his article the proposal how to prepare a comprehensive criminal strategic analysis report on weapon related criminality. He starts with the justification and objectives of arm crime analysis, explaining the European Union driven perspective resulting from the definition of weapon tracing. The content and methodology of possible criminal strategic analysis on arms crime are presented in paragraphs and sections what shall allow the analysts to follow the pattern suggested in the article. The complexity of the data to be gathered, cross-checked, analysed is significant, but the only purpose behind was the comprehensiveness of the future analytical reports. The analyses produced on the basis of the material, could be taken up on the district/city level as well as from the regional, state or international perspective. The proposed content and methodology for drafting the arms related crime should be adjusted to particular needs and tailored for the target group to whom, the conclusions will be addressed. One of the most important factors, stressed by the author, is that the analysis/report should always contain the conclusions and recommendations part, that shall allow improving the actions of the respective state agencies and law enforcement bodies or amending legislation. The article convinces also that using the information coming from tracing of weapons, allows not only tracing particular unit of weapons or ammunition, detecting the perpetrator and dissolving certain crime case, but also contributes to drafting the comprehensive criminal strategic analysis of the phenomena.

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European Union and United Nations Legal Framework for Tracing of Weapons

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Suchanek P.

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2010

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tom 2(1)

75-90

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The article focuses on the countermeasures that could be taken by international community and countries in order to tackle with the problem of illicit weapons trafficking and manufacturing. One of the most efficient tools in the field of preventing and combating the above phenomena is implementing the tracing of weapons. Tracing means systematic tracking the history of firearms and in certain cases also its parts and ammunition; checking the background of the weapon and its users in order to perceive the moment of shifting the weapon from legal into illegal market and detect the perpetrators operating in this shady business. Tracing concept is deeply rooted both in European Union and United Nations legal heritage and derives respectively from the so called EU Firearms Directives as well as UN Vienna Firearms Protocol and UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. Tracing is based on three linked pillars: marking of weapons and ammunition, exchange of information and record – keeping understood as registering all weapons and keeping track of production, import, sale, transfer from government stockpiles, deactivation, destruction. The exchange of information can be executed both domestically and internationally, including the intermediation with international institutions such as Interpol. Article also explains in detail the characteristics of weapon tracing instruments or manuals worked out both by European Union and United Nations, their inter-dependence and main differences as well as reasons behind applied approaches of both stakeholders.

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Armed Forces and Civil Security. Interdependence and Transformation in Face of Modern Threats

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Suchanek P.

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2009

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tom 1(1)

173-178

EN

Author starts the article with reminding the basic reasons why the states set up, maintained and expanded armed forces and civil security. The establishment and specialization of separate sectors was the authority’s response to tackle with the threats posed to the state itself and citizens. The development of armies and law enforcement bodies was usually independent, addressing particular needs descended from external and internal threats. Nowadays, western countries’ citizens experiencing long time of stability and peace on its own territory are likely to start questioning budgetary expenditures on army. Some of them raise that, the internal security should be the issue of major concern. At the very same time, the threats to the state and its citizens dynamically change forcing public administration to reconsider the structures responsible for preventing and counteracting them. Terrorism problem requires inter-agency approach and close cooperation between military and civil security sector. Crisis management system envisages common approach and joint reaction of almost all state and self-governed authorities. The change of domestic and international environment encourages to reconsider tasks and organization of modern armed forces and institutions responsible for safety and public order. According to author, it is worth considering further enhancement of double–use formations, common training, partially standardized procedures, mutual help, exchanging resources, legal provisions allowing the governments to use armed forces to take partial responsibility for maintaining public order in peace time. The final conclusion of the article encourages not only to tighten the cooperation between Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense, but also among particular institutions and services subordinated to those Ministries.

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Republic of Kosovo Regulations on Tracing of Weapons and Ammunition

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Suchanek P.

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2011

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tom 3(2)

45-54

EN

The article focuses on the regulations that have lately been introduced by the Republic of Kosovo in the field of the civilian market of weapons and ammunition control. Between 2009 and 2011, the comprehensive Law on Weapons and several subsequent sub-legal acts were established. The main objective was to enhance the control over the weapon market for civilian use, limit the illegal possession of weapon in Kosovo and improve the effectiveness of law enforcement bodies performance in the field of combating illegal weapon trafficking. This article highlights the foundations, structure and content of the administrative instruction on weapons and ammunition tracing from the perspective of EU acquis and policy. Tracing is a systematic tracking of the history of firearms and in certain cases also their parts and ammunition; checking the background of the weapon and its users in order to identify the moment of shifting the weapon from legal into illegal market and detect the perpetrators operating in this shady business. Its main purpose is to assist the law enforcement bodies in detecting, investigating and analysing illicit manufacturing and illicit trafficking of weapons and ammunition. The article describes the content and structure of the tracing regulations, recalling the EU and UN legal framework that served as the basis for new primary and secondary legislation in Kosovo. Moreover, the article takes note of the technical, organizational and forensic solutions applied by Kosovo’s authorities (with the help of international community) with the aim to strengthen the impact of the new legal framework in practice and make combating arms related crime more effective.