The International Meeting on Chemical Safety and Security

Tarnow, The Republic of Poland

8-9 November 2012

INTERPOL’s

CBRNE Terrorism Prevention Programme

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Organisation

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Overview

• Introduction to INTERPOL

• INTERPOL’s CBRNE Terrorism Prevention

Programme

• Chemical and Explosives Terrorism Prevention

(ChemEx) Unit

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Prevention is key

PROBLEM: High cost programs + other priorities

for national police = This is where INTERPOL

can help

INTERPOL CBRNE TERRORISM

PREVENTION PROGRAMME

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Costs Associated with CBRN incidents

• Chernobyl: US$ 13 billion

Open source reporting

• US chlorine train accident:

US$ 35 million

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Costs Associated with CBRN incidents

• US Anthrax Case: US$ 1 Billion

Open source reporting

• Tokyo subway Sarin Attack:

US$ 27.5 million

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Methodology

Threat-based, Intelligence-driven, Prevention-oriented

Committed to an inter-agency approach

• CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS

• CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING COURSES

• OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

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INTERPOL’s CBRNE Programme

. . . Consists of three specialized prevention units

I – Bioterrorism Prevention Unit (BioT)

II – Radiological & Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Unit (RN)

III – Chemical and Explosives Terrorism

Prevention Unit (ChemEx)

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The Bioterrorism Prevention

Unit

• Senior program since 2005 with focus on

capacity building

• Moved under the INTERPOL CBRNE

Programme’s umbrella in 2010

• Has since been expanding into Intelligence &

Operational Support areas

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The Bioterrorism Prevention Unit

I. Intelligence and analysis:

• INTERPOL CBRNE Intelligence Report

• Bio-crimes Database

II. Bio-Terrorism Prevention Trainings

• TTT

• TTEX

• Specialised trainings

III. Operational support

• Prepared to deploy to an IRT or IMEST

IV. International cooperation

• World Health Organisation (WHO)

• European Centre for Disease Control

(ECDC)

• World Organisation for Animal Health

(OIE)

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Radiological and Nuclear

Terrorism Prevention

Unit

• Founded in 2010 and officially launched in

2011

• Strong analytical component: Project

Geiger

• Has been expanding into Capacity Building

and Operational Support areas

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The Radiological & Nuclear

Terrorism Prevention Unit

I. Intelligence and analysis:

• Project GEIGER Database

• INTERPOL CBRNE Intelligence Report

II. Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Trainings

• Law Enforcement community

• Public Health

• Customs and border control

• Regulatory commissions

III. Operational support

• IRT/IMEST

• Operation FAILSAFE

IV. International cooperation

• 1540 Committee

• IAEA

• GICNT

• NSS

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• 2011:

• Terms of Reference & Feasibility Study

completed

• 2012:

• 8-9 February - Lyon, France:

Stakeholders Meeting for the creation of

a Chemical and Explosives Terrorism

Prevention Unit at INTERPOL

• 18-19 September – Tallinn, Estonia:

INTERPOL Chemical and Explosives

Terrorism Prevention Global Conference

(Official launch of the Unit)

• Co-finansing of EEODN activities 2012

Chemical and Explosives

Terrorism Prevention Unit

(ChemEx)

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ANALYTICAL

SUPPORT

• Chemical Terrorism

Intelligence Report

published in 2012

• Quarterly report

• As of October 2012:

Part of the CBRNE

Intelligence Report

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ANALYTICAL

SUPPORT

• INTERPOL CBRNE

Intelligence Report

• Consolidated

Intelligence Report

• Published on a monthly

basis

• Incorporating the Bio

Quarterly Report, the

Project Geiger Monthly

and the Chemical

Intelligence Report

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ANALYTICAL

SUPPORT

• INTERPOL Orange

Notice (ON) published

for an ICD: The

Mubtakkar Device

• ON: Issued to all

INTERPOL’s 190

member countries

• Purpose: to warn law

enforcement of a new

threat

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TRAINING SUPPORT

ChemEx supported training activities

2012:

• 24-25 September 2012: EEODN Meeting

on CBRNE, Nicosia, Cyprus

• 23-24 October 2012: EEODN course for

bomb technicians on improvised

explosives, Madrid, Spain

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ChemEx: Planned Training

Courses

E-learning modules

• E-learning module on chemical terrorism prevention

• E-learning module on explosives terrorism prevention

Basic courses

• Basic course on chemical terrorism prevention

• Basic course on forensics related to chemical terrorism

• Basic course on bomb scene management

• Basic course on improvised explosives

TRAINING SUPPORT

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OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• INTERPOL Major Events Support Teams (IMESTs)

• Incident Response Teams (IRTs)

BURGAS BOMBING IN

BULGARIA 2012

BOMBING OF UN

BUILDING IN ABUJA,

NIGERIA, 2011

KAMPALA BOMBING

IN UGANDA 2010

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The Chemical and Explosives

Terrorism Prevention Unit

I. Criminal intelligence analysis:

• INTERPOL CBRNE Intelligence Report

• Chem-Crimes Database

II. Capacity building

• E-learning courses

• Training courses

• Publishing SMART cards and CIRG

III. Operational support

• Prepare to deploy to an IRT or IMEST

IV. International cooperation

• World Customs Organisation (WCO)

• EUROPOL

• International Bomb Data Centre

Working Group (IBDCWG)

• Organisation for the Prohibition of

Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

The International Criminal Police

Organization

Thank you

Bjorn McCLINTOCK

Assistant Criminal Intelligence Analyst

CBRNE Terrorism Prevention Programme