INTERPOL National iARMS Training Course for El Salvador

INTERPOL National iARMS Training Course for El Salvador

22/08/2017

Activity description

A National iARMS Training User Course for El Salvador was organized by INTERPOL from 22 to 24 August 2017 in San Salvador, El Salvador. The training was attended by 24 participants representing different national law enforcement organizations and police units. The objectives of this training were to train law enforcement officers on the use of the iARMS database and to promote the use and benefits ofof INTERPOL Firearms Programme Policing Capabilities (iARMS, IFRT and IBIN) in the fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons Central America. During the second part of the training, appropriate iARMS user accounts were created for all participants in view to upload real lost/stolen firearms records into the database and send trace requests.

Project description

Funded by the European Union, the INTERPOL Illicit Arms Records and tracing Management System (iARMS) is a platform that facilitates information exchange and investigative cooperation between law enforcement agencies in relation to the international movement of illicit firearms. Countries are encouraged to upload records of lost and stolen firearms in iARMS. Consequently, in the case of a recovered firearm, the database is queried and the country can identify when and where the firearm was diverted into illegal possession. Should the query does not generate a positive result, the user can send a request to the country of manufacture, country of last legal import (if marked on the firearm) and to any country that may be connected to the case.

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