| NCJ Number: |
182377  |
| |
|
| Title: |
Arms Management Programme: Operations Rachel 1996-1999 |
| |
|
| Author(s): |
Martinho Chachiua |
| |
|
| Date Published: |
1999 |
| |
|
| Page Count: |
58 |
| |
|
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Institute for Security Studies
Halfway House, 1685 |
| |
|
| Sale Source: |
Institute for Security Studies
P.O. Box 4167
Halfway House,
South Africa |
| |
|
| Type: |
Program/Project Description |
| |
|
| Format: |
Document |
| |
|
| Language: |
English |
| |
|
| Country: |
South Africa |
| |
|
| Annotation: |
Recognizing that arms caches in Mozambique have been a main
source of arms being smuggled into South Africa, those two countries established joint operations (known as "Operation
Rachel") to find and destroy weapons within Mozambique left over
from the civil war; this booklet traces the history,
characteristics, and effectiveness of Operation Rachel, which was
begun in 1995.
|
| |
|
| Abstract: |
Operation Rachel has been intelligence-driven. Both the
Mozambican and the South African police forces gather information on
cache locations. A team of Mozambican and South African police
destroy the weapons on site. South African pays the bulk of the
costs of the operations and provides expertise on weapons and
explosives disposal and destruction. Private companies have also
become involved, giving incentives to informers who provide
information on the location of arms caches. By September 1998,
three major operations had been conducted; they destroyed more
than 300 tons of firearms and approximately 4 million rounds
of ammunition. As a result of these successes, a fourth operation
was undertaken in October 1998. This operation went into the
central Sofala Province. More than 30 bomb, explosive, and firearm
disposal experts of the South Africa Police Service and 12
Mozambican experts were involved in the operation which destroyed
more than 100 tons of illegal weapons. If these operations
continue to be successful, it is anticipated that most caches in
Mozambique will be destroyed, and along with it, one of the
sources of illegal weapons. Reasons for the program's success are
outlined. 5 tables and 74 notes
|
| |
|
| Main Term(s): |
Foreign police |
| |
|
| Index Term(s): |
Crime specific countermeasures; Illicit firearms; Interagency cooperation; International cooperation; International police activities; Mozambique; Smuggling/Trafficking; South Africa |
| |
|
| Note: |
Institute for Security Studies Monograph Series, No. 38, June 1999 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=182377 |
| |
|
