COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVED SALW STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN, DECISION 50, DATED 6 FEBRUARY 2019

SALW STRATEGY IS BASED ON THE GOALS AND KPI’S OF THE ROADMAP

WORKING ON INCLUDING IN THE SAME DRAFT-LAW “ON WEAPONS”

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/853 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ANDOF THE COUNCIL of 17 May 2017 amending Council Directive91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons

REGULATION (EU) No 258/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTAND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 March 2012 implementing Article 10 of theUnited Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of andtrafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition,supplementing the United Nations Convention against TransnationalOrganised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol), and establishing exportauthorisation, and import and transit measures for firearms, their partsand components and ammunition

COMMON MILITARY LIST OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON 18 FEBRUARY 2019 (EQUIPMENT COVERED BY COUNCIL

COMMON POSITION 2008/944/CFSP DEFINING COMMON RULES GOVERNING THE CONTROL OF EXPORTS OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT)

(UPDATING AND REPLACING THE COMMON MILITARY LIST OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON 26 FEBRUARY 2018 (1)

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NR. 91, DATË 27.2.2019

PËR MIRATIMIN E LISTËS SË PËRDITËSUAR TË MALLRAVE USHTARAKE DHE TË LISTËS TË ARTIKUJVE E TEKNOLOGJIVE ME PËRDORIM TË DYFISHTË, OBJEKT I

KONTROLLIT SHTETËROR TË TRANSFERIMEVE NDËRKOMBËTARE1

GOAL 2: BY 2024, ENSURE THAT ARMS CONTROL POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN ALBANIA ARE EVIDENCE BASED AND INTELLIGENCE LED

ALBANIAN STATE POLICE STARTED USING “I-ARMS”

10 cases of attempted trafficking in the first 6 months of 2013;

with 13 people involved

Police Forensics Institute cooperates with NABIS;

ONGOING PROJECT WITH UNDP for Police Forensics Institute

Outcome 1: Capacity Building for CSI Units

Result 1.1: Revise and Harmonize Procedures in Place

Result 1.2: Enhanced Capacities of CSI Units

Outcome 2: Strengthen the Efficiency of the Albanian Ballistic Sector

Result 2.1: Development of Evidence Management Systems

Result 2.2: Equipment Upgrade for Ballistic Sector

GOAL 3: BY 2024, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE ILLICIT FLOWS OF FIREARMS, AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES (FAE) INTO, WITHIN AND BEYOND ALBANIA

MAIN AIMS OF OPERATION WITH FRONTEX

GOAL 4: BY 2024, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE SUPPLY, DEMAND AND MISUSE OF FIREARMS THROUGH INCREASED AWARENESS, EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY

GOAL 5: BY 2024, SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASE THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FIREARMS IN ILLICIT POSSESSION IN ALBANIA

165 firearms were seized in the first 6-months of 2019

In the first 10 months 433 firearms, 19199 pieces ofammunition

Registration started November 2017, all firearms are beingregistered in the Information System of Managing theFirearms (SIMA)

As of 28 October 2019; 47.292 firearms or 45.33 % ofhunting riffles have been registered in SIMA

GOAL 5:.

GOAL 6: SYSTEMATICALLY DECREASE THE SURPLUS AND DESTROY SEIZED SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION, ADHERING TO ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

MoD/Military has SOP for destroying firearms and ammunition

Activities of periodically destroying firearms and ammunitions afterconfiscation or revision of institutional needs

There are military factories certified for the destruction of firearms andammunition as well as areas to destroy explosives

During 1 January 2019 – 30 June 2019, MoD destroyed:

9492 pieces of SALW

6800 pieces of ammunition

8.84 ton of ammunition

DESTROYING SURPLUS; FOR PARTNERS TOO

3 Police storage facilities were reconstructed in 2018 bySEESAC, with EU funding

1 Police tunnel storage in 2019

2 Military storage facilities will be reconstructed in 2019, withUS State Department funding

GOAL 7: SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE RISK OF PROLIFERATION AND DIVERSION OF FIREARMS, AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES

DATA FROM THE COURTS FOR 2018: ARTICLE 278 “MANUFACTURE AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION”ARTICLE 278/A “TRAFFICKING OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION”

ARTICLE VERDICT OF

GUILTY

VERDICT OF

NOT GUILTY

CEASING

VERDICT

RETURNED TO

COMPLETE

INVESTIGATIONS

INCOMPETENCY TOTAL

278/1 84 1 1 1 1 88

278/2 28 1 0 2 0 31

278/4 5 0 0 0 0 5

278/5 2 0 0 0 0 2

278/6 4 0 0 0 0 4

278/a 1 0 0 0 1 2

BORDER EQUIPMENT ARE THE NEXT PRIORITY:

-Equipment for detection, analysis, identification andinvestigation of FAE in the green border

-Equipment for blue border surveillance

-Developing and implementing procedures on detection, analysis,identification and investigation of FAE

-Trainings on detection, analysis, identification and investigationof FAE for law enforcement institutions and customs

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