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Addresses Alumni event attended by 43 from 32 countries

Task force leader addresses alumni civil security workshop

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Parliamentarians meet at Marshall Center

Tailored seminar provides forum for Southeast European leaders

Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia leaders meet

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Workshop galvanizes agenda for new counter trafficking course

Workshop galvanizes agenda for new counter trafficking course

GCMC public affairs staff report

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- The global nature of illicit trafficking and how to address the transit of illicit goods took center stage during a workshop here April 30 and May 1 bringing together three combatant commands and a member of the Turkish National Police Academy.

U.S. Africa, Central, and European Commands gathered at the Defense Department’s George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies here to select and validate course curriculum for the center’s newest course called Countering Narcotics and Illicit Trafficking.

The workshop focused on the transit of goods as they make their way from source countries in the AFRICOM and CENTCOM countries to receiver countries in EUCOM.

“Discussions were aimed at aligning course material to meet the most pressing counter narcotics and illicit trafficking challenges in each of the three combatant commanders’ areas of responsibility,” said Joseph Vann, professor of national security studies, U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service faculty chair and director of the new Marshall Center course.

Vann said one of the highlights of the workshop was the participation of Dr. Onder Karakus, assistant Professor at the Turkish National Police Academy in Ankara, Turkey. “Dr. Onder’s contributions in the workshop marked the first step in academic cooperation in furtherance of the recently signed memorandum of understanding between the Marshall Center and the Turkish National Police Academy,” Vann said.

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Crime, border security lead discussion in Slovenia

GCMC public affairs staff report

sloveniaGARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- Organized crime and border security provided a basis for discussions at a conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia April 9-11 featuring staff and faculty from the Defense Department’s George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.

“Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Enhancing Border Security Processes” gathered 38 participants from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey. Three professors from the Marshall Center took part as did the Eugene Young, the deputy chief of mission for U.S. Embassy Slovenia, and Werner Burkart, the German ambassador to Slovenia.

The event met the Office of the Secretary of Defense objectives to “create collaborative communities of interest to enhance regional security and examine security challenges” and to “promote critical thinking on global security challenges.”

The two-and-a-half day event included six panels and two presentations. Stanislav Veniger, director general of the Slovenian police, also attended as did other experts to provide viewpoints from across the region.

“There was an active discussion and the participants agreed that trafficking of people, firearms, drugs, stolen vehicles, money laundering and money counterfeiting are some of the most serious challenges for the region of Southeast Europe,” said German army Lt. Col. Arne Lossmann, nonresident program manager for the Marshall Center’s Southeast Europe team and conference organizer.

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