Belgium Dog
Europe and Central Asia
AlbaniaI. Summary Drug trafficking is a significant problem in Albania, which is a major transit country for heroin from Afghanistan and Turkey destined for markets throughout Europe. Organized crime groups use Albania as a transit point for drug and other types of smuggling due to the country’s strategic location, weak police and judicial systems, and porous borders. The most common illegal drugs are heroin, marijuana, and to a lesser extent, cocaine. Heroin is typically transported through the "Balkans Route" of Turkey-Bulgaria-Macedonia-Albania, and on to Italy, Greece and the Netherlands. Cocaine is smuggled from South America, via the United States, Italy, Spain, Greece or the Netherlands, and ... [Read More]
NATO: Coalition Contributions to the War on Terrorism
Albania: Provided elite commando detachment under Turkish command to ISAF. Donated small arms and ammunition, as well as mortars and shells, to equip one battalion of the Afghan National Army. Bulgaria: Provided a nuclear, biological, and chemical decontamination unit to Afghanistan as part of ISAF. Hosted the deployment of six U.S. KC-135 aircraft and 200 support personnel at Burgas, the first stationing of foreign forces in Bulgaria since WWII. Don ... [Read More]
Europe and Central Asia
Albania I. SummaryDrug trafficking is a significant issue for Albania. Organized crime groups use Albania as a transit point for drug and other types of smuggling due to the country's strategic location, weak—though improving—police and judicial systems, and porous borders. The most common illegal drugs are heroin, marijuana, and to a lesser extent, cocaine. Heroin is typically transported through the “Balkans Route” of Turkey-Bulgaria-Macedonia-Albania, and on to Italy and Greece. Cocaine is smuggled from South America, via the United States, Italy, Spain or the Netherlands, and then passes through Albania before distribution throughout Western Europe. Marijuana is produced domestically, and there is evidence that is distributed to other part ... [Read More]
2003
1111--10/21/03 South-East Europe Mine Detection Dog Center Opens ... [Read More]
Milestones in Humanitarian Mine Action
1996 - Sweden establishes the Swedish EOD and Demining Center (SWEDEC) in Eksjö with responsibility for training Swedish and foreign personnel in all aspects of military explosive ordnance disposal and in conducting research and development. SWEDEC staff have deployed to support humanitarian mine action programs in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Eritrea and Sri Lanka. SWEDEC helped establish Cambodia's mine detection dog program. To learn more, visit www.swedec.mil.se. ... [Read More]
USIA, U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, July 1998 --Matthew F.Murphy, "Humanitarian Demining in Rwanda: A SuccessStory"
In 1997, the demining program emphasized providing deminingequipment -- as well as dogs and dog handlers -- for support oftheU.S.-trained deminers and to complement the training of a fourthdemining platoon. ... In May 1995, U.S. military personnel from the European Commandestablished a training program for the Rwandan People's Army,whichalready had very capable combat engineers, many of whom hadreceived training in mine-clearing from either the United StatesorBelgium. Within six months, U.S. soldiers had trained 85 Rwandanmilitary personnel in demining techniques and arranged to providethemwith 18 "sniffer" dogs to locate mines. The United States alsoprovided 250 mine detectors for the program. ... [Read More]
Remarks
1111--01/14/04 Private Donation of Mine Detecting Dogs for Sri Lanka; Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs and Special Representative for Mine Action; Delegates Lounge, U.S. Department of State; Washington, DC ... 1111--09/12/02 Major Private Donation for Trained Mine Detection Dogs for Armenia; Robert W. Maggi, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks at Embassy of Armenia Ceremony; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
Daily Press Briefing for June 20 -- Transcript
MR. REEKER: I have certainly been watching on television and seen pictures of Duane "Dog" Chapman, but I don't have any information I can share with you. ... 121American Citizen Duane “Dog” Chapman ... [Read More]
2003
1111--03/13/03 Ceremony Marking Mine Detection Dog Partnership; Donald F. "Pat" Patierno, Director, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs; Remarks at the Residence of the Ambassador of the Royal Thai Government; Washington, DC ... 1111--03/13/03 Ceremony Marking Mine Detection Dog Partnership; Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Mine Action; Remarks at the Residence of the Ambassador of the Royal Thai Government; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
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