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Yugoslav 'Old Guard' still in place The 'old guard' in the Yugoslav security services essentially remains in place, according to the latest Yugoslavia update for Jane's Sentinel. 23/01/01  
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ARTICLES:Singapore's SIGINT upgrade SIGINT strengths form a vital part of Burma's military muscle India extends its nuclear reach India’s test flight of the nuclear-capable 2-2,500km range Agni II missile on 17 January has increased the need for a greater appreciation of how New Delhi’s advanced ballistic missile programme will affect the region's stability. 18/01/01
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INFORMATION:Indian and Pakistani missile range map Ranges and current status of Indian, Pakistani and Chinese missile programmes RELATED ARTICLES: Jane's Catalogue: Indian Defence and Security Special Report Jane's Catalogue:Ballistic Missile Proliferation Special Report Organised crime in 2001: the corruption of the world continues THEY came last month from 154 countries to Palermo with the best of intentions, signed a new UN convention against transnational organised crime - the result of six years' hard work by the UN's Vienna-based Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention headed by Pino Arlacchi - and went home. But will it amount to anything more than a list of good intentions? 17/01/01 
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ARTICLES:The new world of organised crime War on crime in Eastern Europe Cole attack highlights inadequate security  Before
the 12 October attack on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
USS Cole (DDG-67), US forces in the region were not sufficiently protected,
a US Department of Defense (DoD)-appointed commission has found. 16/01/01
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ARTICLES:US Navy personnel killed in attack on USS Cole in Aden ATTACK ON US SHIP SHOWS VULNERABILITIES FARC: finance comes full circle for bartering revolutionaries DURING the latter half of the twentieth century, Colombia suffered three major periods of conflict. The first, la violencia, was a result of a polarised political system and involved what, in effect, was a protracted but low-grade civil war. The second was the 'war' against the Colombian state launched by Pablo Escobar of the Medellin cartel and other drug traffickers. With assistance from the United States and the Cali cartel, this challenge was defeated and Escobar was killed. The third and, arguably, the most serious outbreak of violence revolves around the current insurgencies, especially that of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). 16/01/01  RELATED
ARTICLES:Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia FARC Profile Colombia: why doesn't the war end? Kidnapping crisis: groups behind abductions in the Philippines The abduction of six-year-old Eiman Grant from her home on the Philippine island of Basilan on 10 January was the latest in a series of kidnappings in the fractious southwestern islands. Jane's Sentinel examines the background of those groups involved in the alarming escalation of insurgent activity in the region. 12/01/01
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ARTICLES:Balkans Sentinel Risk Pointers - Romania Suicide in Romania UK intelligence services under fire for ‘cyber spying’ Following on the controversy surrounding its Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act, the UK’s intelligence services have come under increasing criticism for attempting to enhance their powers, partly under new legislation, to intercept telephone, e-mail and other data communications across the Internet. 09/01/01 RELATED
ARTICLES:US DoD clamps down on threats over the Internet E-Intifada: political disputes cast shadows in cyberspace Taiwan upgrades cyber warfare KFOR contains conflict in Presevo Fighting between ethnic Albanian insurgents and Serbian security forces on the Serbia-Kosovo border that erupted last November seems to have been contained by joint measures agreed between the two sides and the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR). A series of meetings culminated in an encounter between the leading Serbian government official in the region, Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic, and the commander of the Albanian insurgents. 08/01/01 RELATED
ARTICLES:Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments: The Balkans Serbian murder raises questions Jane's Catalogue: Sentinel Security Assessments - The Balkans After Milosevic... What? Local authority 'Police officers may as well retire and let volunteers from the community do the work'. This comment by John Harrison, chairman of the national Federation's Sergeants' Central Committee, was his reaction to the news of the latest community initiative to take to the streets of West Yorkshire. 11/01/01 
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Editorial: Community Spirit Stabbing sparks new call for body armour THE chairman of the West Midlands Police Federation is calling for the immediate introduction of stab-proof vests after a Coventry officer survived a stabbing incident because she was wearing armour bought for her by her parents. 11/01/01
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Market Review: Police and Security Equipment 2000-2001 - Stab resistant personal protection Federation concern surrounding extension of MDP jurisdiction THE chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said he is concerned at moves by Home Office and Government ministers to extend the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). 11/01/01
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Cautious welcome for MDP plans 'One in a million'  At
an awards dinner held in London's Merchant Taylors' Hall on 20 December,
UK Police Constable Anthony Sweeney was named as the UK's Community Police
Officer of the Year. Police Review Deputy Editor Carol Jenkins profiles
PC Sweeney and the difference he's made to his local beat in Lincoln Green,
West Yorkshire. The award was co-sponsored by Jane's Police Review and
Eagle Star Insurance.05/01/01
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Community Officers of the Year Editorial: Community Spirit After Saddam, who will take power in Iraq? An unconfirmed report that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein suffered a stroke while observing a military parade in Baghdad on 31 December has focused attention once more on what would happen if he dies or becomes physically incapacitated -- even though claims that Saddam is seriously ill have long been denied by Iraq. 04/01/01 RELATED
ARTICLES:Sentinel Risk Pointers: Gulf States Suffering Saddam? Future challenges to military might of USA The USA will remain the world's strongest military power for at least the next 15 years but will face new challenges to its power, a new unclassified study by the US National Intelligence Council has found. 03/01/01
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ARTICLES:Bush 'a boon for the US defence industry' E-Intifada: political disputes cast shadows in cyberspace Intelligence gathering asymmetric threats Attack on ship shows vulnerabilities A Balkan disaster in the making The fact that ethnic Albanian separatist guerrillas have finally turned their weapons against American and Russian troops in Kosovo should come as no surprise to regular readers of Jane's Intelligence Digest (JID). Our leading Balkan analyst examines the escalating risk to the whole UN mission. 21/12/00  RELATED
ARTICLES:Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments: The Balkans After Milosevic... What? Interview: Kostunica: is he really good news? Jane's Catalogue: Sentinel Security Assessments - The Balkans Lockerbie trial on hold till January With the Lockerbie trial having been adjourned once again pending the arrival of hitherto unknown documentary evidence from Syria, speculation continues to mount that one or both defendants standing before the court charged with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103 may actually be innocent. 22/12/00 RELATED ARTICLES: Lockerbie trial may be in serious trouble The Lockerbie Disaster Tales of spies, spies and even more spies dominate the Lockerbie Trial The Lockerbie Legacy Barak needs a deal AS WE PREDICTED last week, Ehud Barak, the Israeli prime minister, has made a gamble and called for an early direct election of the head of government according to the country's peculiar constitution. Barak is now, as we also reported, working very hard on a formula for victory: the release of three Israeli soldiers and a civilian businessman with links to the government now held by the Lebanese fundamentalist organisation Hizbullah. 20/12/00
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ARTICLES:2010 - The Challenges to Global Security: Ehud BARAK Out of sight? Home Office research, like ACPO vice conferences, are always a good source of news copy -- and this week is no exception. A study produced as part of the Policing and Reducing Crime Unit's series of publications outlines how unofficial regulation of brothels in two particular areas of the county resulted in many of the problems associated with street prostitution and pimping being reduced. 15/12/00
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Police should support brothels, says report 'Contracts to ensure equal opportunities' NEW contracts being considered by the Met will ensure equality of opportunity for black and Asian police officers is legally binding and no longer left to chance, according to the Black Police Association. The BPA passed proposals for the contracts to senior Met officers earlier this week and now hopes to have the contracts introduced to ensure the Met delivers on its own promises and those made by the Home Office to ensure the force offers equal opportunities to ethnic minorities. 15/12/00
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BPA membership 'not a quick path to promotion', says chief The successor to 'Carlos' may strike an Israeli target ACCORDING to an unconfirmed report by Israeli military sources, Imad Mughniyeh, a master-terrorist also known as the "Lebanese Carlos", visited France and Germany last month to meet with his agents, who have been inactive, awaiting orders (such agents are known in the West as sleepers). He is said to have provided them with a plan to hit prime Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe and the financial resources to carry out such attacks, according to these sources. 14/12/00
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ARTICLES:Special Report: Peace process slams into the walls of Jerusalem Enhanced mobility for police officers Ford's 'Crown Victoria' has long been the favoured police interceptor vehicle in North America and at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) exhibition in San Diego in November Ford unveiled a range of enhancements to the ubiquitous 'Crown Vic'. 14/12/00 
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Market Review: Police and Security Equipment 2000-2001 Non-Lethal Weapons 2000 fosters lively international debate in Edinburgh How police and military personnel handle urban peacekeeping operations and crowd control, and whether the use of non-lethal weapons (NLWs) is favourable or not, was the topic of discussion last week at the Jane's Non-Lethal Weapons 2000 conference in Edinburgh. 12/12/00 RELATED ARTICLES: Special Report: Non-Lethal Weapons: Technological and Operational Prospects and Introduction to the report and it's table of contents. Less lethal weapons and forcible entry Russia's arms for Iran With Russia seemingly determined to abandon its once secret deal with the US to end arms exports to Iran, JID investigates how Moscow's need for cash is helping to fuel a dangerous arms race in the Middle East. 08/12/00 RELATED
ARTICLES:Iran plans military axpansion Sentinel Security Assessments: Iran Iran now able to deploy Shahab-3 Bibi's Comeback ACCORDING to well placed Israeli political analysts for both the ruling Labour party and the opposition Likud Block, the return of the controversial former prime minister, Benjamin ('Bibi') Netanyahu, to the political arena and to his old job is inevitable. These sources also say they believe that Ehud Barak, the present prime minister, is politically finished. A secret opinion poll commissioned recently by the Labour party leadership indicated that if a direct election for prime minister (according to Israel's eccentric system) were to be held now, Netanyahu would win easily with 15% more votes than Barak. (Netanyahu lost to Barak in May 1999.) 08/12/00
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ARTICLES:Europe's help for Palestine Israelis, Palestinians negotiate summit terms Innovations in detection equipment A number of innovative detection devices were on show at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) exhibition in San Diego in November. The first, a vibrating metal detector, is an unobtrusive hand-held device developed to assist officers' search for concealed firearms, knives and other metallic objects in operational situations. 05/12/00
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Market Review: Police and Security Equipment 2000-2001 Patrolling dilemma Delegates to the Jane's non-lethal weapons conference in Edinburgh this week will have seen a presentation by Insp Neil Haynes from the Metropolitan Police which examined some of the issues surrounding this year's May Day protests in London. By way of an introduction, the inspector, who is currently head of the Safety Unit at New Scotland Yard, showed his audience a couple of pictures which he believed dated back to the time of Jack the Ripper. 08/12/00
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SUPPLEMENT: Righting a wrong RELATED ARTICLES: 'UK-wide solution to post-1994 calamity' New allowance proposed for post-1994 recruits Proposed allowance scheme branded 'complete drivel' Hampshire pulls out of group proposing allowances for forces outside the capital Money talks Chairman's concern over low morale The current level of morale in the service is so low that it is reminiscent of the mood which led to the police strike of 1918, according to the chairman of the Police Federation. Fred Broughton said: 'There is a serious sense of unease in our police service that reminds me of 1916 and 1917; the years that led to the police strike.' He warned that the abolition of the housing allowance was a 'plan gone wrong' and had resulted in police pay standards falling behind the cost of living by an 'alarming extent'. 08/12/00
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'UK-wide solution to post-1994 calamity' New allowance proposed for post-1994 recruits Federation calls for clearer definition of community policing COMMUNITY policing cannot be measured solely by performance indicators, according to the Northern Ireland Police Federation. Following research based on a recent survey of officers and the Federation's joint evidence to the Patten Commission on policing in Northern Ireland, the Federation has called for the role of a community constable and definition of community safety to be more clearly explained. 08/12/00
'International criminals using Canada to smuggle goods into Britain' INTERNATIONAL criminals are using Canada as an entry point to the US to smuggle people, drugs and firearms, some of which may end up in Britain, Federation officials were warned. This is because Canada's borders lack resources and technology to adequately inspect the large quantity of goods and people entering the country daily, a Canadian Federation chief told the 2000 meeting of the International Law Enforcement Council meeting in London, last week. 01/12/00
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