Working Group on Firearms Trafficking

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Working Group on Firearms Trafficking
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Caricom Involvement

• Where appropriate and to the greatest degree
  possible, we invite the coordination,
  participation and leadership of CARICOM in these
  endeavours.

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Mechanisms Actions

• are described under 4 areas
• TRAINING
• RESOURCES
• COORDINATION
• DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS

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TRAINING (1)

• Conduct Information dissemination/ Awareness
  seminar(s) for decision makers on whole issue of
  firearms trafficking in Caribbean.
• Among this group, create support for
• The establishment of a regional model for data
  collection
• Commitment to data collection and analysis

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TRAINING (2)

• Broad-based multi-faceted training on firearms
  identification, investigation data collection.
• This will include
• Develop enhanced regional investigation
  capabilities on the identification of illegal
  firearms.
• Develop methods to combat firearm smuggling.

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TRAINING (3)

• Enhance training to improve/ increase gun
  seizures
• Enhance ballistic evidence processing procedures
• Develop improved systems to ensure sharing of
  arms related data

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RESOURCES

• Increase awareness of
• disposal mechanisms for firearms ammunition
• Facilities for the safe-keeping of arms
• Increase awareness of accessibility of technology
  on a regional scale

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COORDINATION

• Determine whether legislation is adequate, and
  improve where required
• Increase awareness of accessibility of technology
  on a regional scale
• Collect statistics, data intelligence on arms
  seizures arrests

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DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS (1)

• Improve the understanding of the illicit movement
  of firearms
• Establish a regional model for data collection
  instruments on firearms
• Conduct research to understand the relation
  between the movements of arms and persons within
  the region

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DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS (2)

• Determine number of illegal firearms in each
  country
• Collect data on arms seizures arrests