US embassy cable - 04BRATISLAVA552

UNCLAS  BRATISLAVA 000552 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE FOR NP-JOHN COFFEY 
CUSTOMS FOR BOBBY PICKETT 
PRAGUE FOR MARK CANNING 
VIENNA FOR KENNY MACDONALD 
BUDAPEST FOR KEITH MINES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KNNP, ETTC, PREL, LO 
SUBJECT: EXBS: MAY 2004 MONTHLY REPORT FOR SLOVAKIA, 
CZECH REPUBLIC AND HUNGARY 
 
 
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SLOVAKIA 
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On May 11, 2004, EXBS Advisor attended a Country Law 
Enforcement Working Group Meeting hosted by the 
American Embassy in Bratislava.  In attendance were Rob 
Myers, Embassy Regional Security Officer; Bill Flanagan 
and Daron Mrkva, Customs Attach Office Vienna; Jason 
Andrise, U.S. Secret Service; Deputy Director Imrich 
Schlosser, Border and Alien Police, Unit to Fight 
Against Illegal Migration; Captain Jan Minarovic, 
Diplomatic Police; Mgr. Alena Kurecova, Border and 
Alien Police Immigration Detention; Major Maria 
Buciova, Bureau of Justice & Criminal Police 
(Counterfeiting); and Captain Peter Sucha, Police 
Presidium/Anti-Organized Crime (Cyber Crime Unit). 
 
Each attendee described his/her duties and then broke 
into smaller groups to discuss specific issues and 
concerns with their counterparts.  EXBS Advisor met 
with Deputy Director Schlosser, Border and Alien 
Police, and discussed the upcoming RADACAD Training as 
well as equipment and training needs for the Border and 
Alien Police.  Deputy Director Schlosser is very 
interested in finding funding for English language 
training for his officers on the Shengen border. 
Later, the American contingent attended a luncheon at 
the DCM's residence to discuss our impressions from the 
meeting. 
 
On May 18, 2004, EXBS Advisor traveled with Slovak 
Directorate of Customs Director Eva Luteranova and 
Roman Marovec, Head of Border Crossing Control Section 
to Kosice Airport and the port of Vysne Nemecke on the 
Ukraine border.  The purpose of the trip was to observe 
the Customs operations and complete an assessment at 
those locations.  Photographs were taken of the 
Rapiscan Pallet X-ray System, for which EXRBS will be 
funding repairs and the Eberline Portal Monitors, for 
which EXRBS will be funding the upgrade to include 
Neutron detection capability.  We also visited the 
Kosice Regional Customs Office and met with Kosice 
Regional Director Viktor Lehotzky.  EXBS Advisor is 
currently preparing an assessment report for the Port 
of Vysne Nemecke. 
 
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HUNGARY 
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On May 23, 2004, EXBS Advisor traveled to Ljubljana, 
Slovenia to meet with TDY EXBS Advisor Kevin Cummings 
and pick up thirteen Panasonic Lap Top computers for 
delivery to Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia as a 
follow up to the NIPS training that was conducted in 
August of 2003. 
 
On May 25, 2004, EXBS Advisors Adkins and Cummings met 
with Charge-De-Affairs Janet Garvey and Keith Mines 
(Pol/Mil Officer) at the AMEmbassy in Budapest to 
introduce new EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins and discuss the 
status of EXBS Program in the Hungary.  EXBS Advisors 
and Mr. Mines then met with Hungarian Customs and 
Finance Guard Deputy Head of Department Adrienn Magyari 
where we delivered four laptop computers, with NIPS 
software, as part of the NIPS training that was 
conducted last August.  We also discussed having a 
press conference during the official delivery of the 
Mobile X-Ray Van that is to arrive in country on June 
14, 2004. Press conference and official delivery date 
will be in late June or early July 2004. 
 
EXBS Advisors and Mr. Mines met with Mr. Gyula Kocsis, 
Director General of the Hungarian Trade Licensing 
Office.  The purpose of the meeting was to introduce 
new EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins.  We discussed their use 
of the Tracker System and how they adapted the system 
to better meet their needs; the ICP training they 
received and their outreach program; and the Hungarian 
translation of the new EU laws governing export 
licensing.  Mr. Kocsis indicated that the translation 
was poorly done and stated that they are trying to find 
funding to have an NGO translate the new law into 
proper Hungarian.  EXBS should determine if any funding 
is available to help with this project. 
 
 
EXBS Advisors and Mr. Mines also met with Major General 
Jozsef Bendek, National Commander of the Hungarian 
Border Guard.  The purpose of the meeting was to 
introduce new EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins and deliver two 
laptop computers, with NIPS software, as part of the 
NIPS training that was conducted last August.  The 
Hungarian Border Guard requested any assistance we 
could provide in soliciting U.S. Border Patrol 
participation at the International Border Guard 
Conference to be held in Helsinki, Finland in 
September.  This event usually has over 40 countries in 
attendance and they would sincerely appreciate 
attendance by a U.S. Border Patrol representative. This 
information has been reported to the Customs Attach 
Vienna.  The Hungarian Border Guard has promised to 
provide additional details when they become available. 
 
 
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CZECH REPUBLIC 
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On May 27, 2004, EXBS Advisors Adkins and Cummings met 
with Mr. Mark Canning (Polec Officer) at the AmEmbassy 
in Prague, Czech Republic.  The purpose of the meeting 
was to introduce new EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins and 
discuss the status of the EXBS program in the Czech 
Republic. 
 
EXBS Advisors and Mr. Canning met with Deputy Director 
Vaclav Vosecky, Police of the Czech Republic, 
Directorate of Alien and Border Police.  The purpose of 
the visit was to introduce new EXBS Advisor Larry 
Adkins. 
 
EXBS Advisors and Mr. Canning met with Deputy General 
Director Vendulka Hola, General Directorate of Customs 
for the Czech Republic.  The purpose of the meeting was 
to introduce new EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins and deliver 
six laptop computers, with NIPS software, as part of 
the NIPS training that was conducted last August. We 
also discussed the possibility of a press conference 
for the official delivery of the Mobile X-ray Van 
during the last week of June 2004. 
 
NOTE: Every foreign agency representative that we met 
with on this trip expressed extremely high praise for 
the work and professionalism of former EXBS Advisor 
Kevin Cummings and the EXBS Program in general. 
 
Questions regarding this report can be directed to 
Larry Adkins, EXBS Senior Advisor, at AmEmbassy 
Bratislava at telephone no.: 421-2-5922-3375, fax: 421- 
2-5922-3044 or through email at adkinslh@state.gov. 
 
WEISER 
 
 
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