MARKING OF FIREARMS, ESTABLISHMENT OF RECORDS, COLLECTING AND ANALYSIS OF DATA, TRACING WEAPONS AND REDUCTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING Anzian Kouadja,

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1 MARKING OF FIREARMS, ESTABLISHMENT OF RECORDS, COLLECTING AND ANALYSIS OF DATA, TRACING WEAPONS AND REDUCTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING Anzian Kouadja, Control specialist of ALPC-RSS DDR

2 Introduction Some storage sites present almost non-existent physical security conditions Firearms and ammunitions stock management does not guarantee their security Recording and tracing systems are almost non-existent 2

3 How record-keeping, marking and tracing, as well as data collection and analysis and the sharing of information, under articles 6, 7, 8 and 12 of the Firearms Protocol help reduce illicit trafficking in firearms? In other words, what are the preventive and control measures to reduce the illicit trafficking in firearms?

4 Plan I. Revision of stock management procedures II. Physical security of firearms and ammunition storage sites III. Marking, recording and establishment of databases IV. Collection, seizure and destruction of weapons V. Tracing weapons VI. Challenges

5 I- REVISION OF STOCK MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES Setting up a group of experts from different forces Audit of procedures and handbook for weapons and ammunitions stocks management Development of a Guide of procedures for weapons and ammunition stocks management Training

6 II. PHYSICAL SECURING OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION STORING SITES Rehabilitation/Building sites BEFORE AFTER

7 Example of a hold before rehabilitation Example of a hold after rehabilitation

8 STOCKS MANAGEMENT TOOLS

9 III- Marking, recording and creation of databases Marking Recording Computerized database Inventory

10 Marking of weapons Adoption of a unique codification 1. ECOWAS logo 2. Identification code of the country ISO (or alpha-2) ( CI ) 3. Identification of the institution using the weapons 4. Serial number 5. Identification of manufacturer 6. Identification of manufacture s country 7. Year of manufacture 8. Year of import

11 Example of transitional codification ECOWAS logo Country code Code of the institution using the weapons Serial number Com Terre FT Com Air FA Com Mer FM Unités rattachées UR CI Police Gendarmerie PN GN Douanes DN Eaux et Forêts EF Société privée de sécurité SP

12 Example of marked firearm 12

13 Recording and creation of databases Critical operations without which the marking is useless and the tracing impossible. Responsibility notions Make it possible to: Reduce the risk of weapons diversion Ensure a better control of the flow Facilitate the tracing of weapons

14 Software for recording and management of weapons movements

15 NETWORK 14 Gendarmerie squads interconnected to Superior command; 17 Army sites are being interconnected to the General Staff of the armies sites since February 2016 Grabo ARMY (FRCI) Korhogo Bouake ( 3) Daloa Yamoussoukro (2) Abidjan (9) Danané Man GENDARMERIE Korhogo Touba San Pedro Séguéla Daloa Yakro FERKE Bouake CSG Abidjan Bondoukou Daoukro Dimbokro Aboisso

16 POLICE NATIONALE 12 sites connected to the DGPN Korhogo Odienné Man Bouaké Bondoukou Daloa Yamoussoukro Abengourou Gagnoa San Pedro Abidjan Aboisso

17 Computerized databases Army register (FRCI) Water and Forest register Police register Gendarmerie register Central register Register of seized weapons Customs register Register of civilian weapons

18 IV- COLLECTION, SEIZURE AND DESTRUCTION OF WEAPONS Weapons collection Two operational modes in a community disarmament and re-socialization approach: Occasional collection operation Awareness followed by collection Installation of a permanent collection deployment Supporting measures as motivators for voluntary deposit of weapons

19 Weapons seizure Four actions planned: Building of storage sites for seized weapons Creation of databases Development of and training on data collection tools Use of electronic plugs as a system for securing seized weapons

20 Destruction of weapons Destruction of collected, seized and confiscated weapons Destruction of obsolete weapons Destruction of surplus weapons Destruction of ammunitions and explosives

21 Example of destruction machine

22 DESTRUCTION OF WEAPONS/MINES Presentation of the transparency report at the 12th congress of the States party of the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines Geneva 3-7 December 2012 Annual revision of the report

23 V- TRACING WEAPONS Sharing information Bilateral cooperation Interpol Intelligence of the database i-arms and consultation Forensic science department Recording of ballistic prints

24 VI- CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED Challenge Opposition «control measures» and «Defence secrecy»; Mobilisation of technical and financial resources and ownership.

25 Lessons learned Involvement of armed Forces through a working group (Example: PSSM); Awareness of High Commands in a sector-based way; Involvement of civil society through awareness raising and advocacy.

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