US embassy cable - 04BRATISLAVA925

UNCLAS  BRATISLAVA 000925 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR NP/ECC - PVANSON, ACHURCH, JOHN COFFEY 
DEPT FOR EUR/ACE - DMARTIN 
CBP/INA FOR PWARKER, BPICKETT 
USDOE/NNSA FOR TPERRY 
DOC FOR PETERSEN-BEARD 
PRAGUE FOR MARK CANNING 
VIENNA FOR KENNY MACDONALD 
BUDAPEST FOR JEFFREY IZZO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC, MNUC, PARM, PREL, KSTC, KNNP, ETTC, PREL, LO 
SUBJECT: EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE 
- SEPTEMBER 2004 
 
1.  BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY 
MANAGERS. 
 
A.   September 27-October 1 - The General Director of 
  the Directorate of Customs for the Slovak Republic, Mr. 
  Josef Gonczol, was in China this week finalizing a 
  written agreement that will enable the government of 
  China to deliver a stationary VACIS x-ray system to 
  Slovakia.  The VACIS was a gift from the President of 
  China to the President of Slovakia.  The VACIS will be 
  used at the Port of Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia's largest 
  land border crossing and only commercial truck 
  crossing, on their border with the Ukraine.  Expected 
  delivery date is unknown at this time. 
 
2.  COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. 
 
A.   SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING 
    PERIOD. 
 
     1)   September 27 - EXBS Advisor met with the Deputy 
         Director of the Slovak Border and Alien Police, Mr. 
         Miroslav Zaborsky, to discuss the purchase of two new 
         Skoda Fabia motor vehicles that should be delivered in 
         6-8 weeks and will be donated to the Border and Alien 
         Police in furtherance of the Export Control and Border 
         Security efforts.  We also discussed the upcoming 
         Indian Tracker Training to be conducted at Vysne 
         Nemecke on the border with the Ukraine.  It is hoped 
         that this training can take place during the month of 
         October 2004.  Mr. Zaborsky, was also interested in any 
         headway made in securing funding for English Language 
         Training we had discussed during a previous visit. 
 
     2)   September 30 - EXBS Advisor met with Deputy 
         General Director of the Slovak Directorate of Customs, 
         Mrs. Eva Borikova, and Director Vladimir Stasko, to 
         discuss the IBIT/RADACAD Training that was held in July 
         2004. We also discussed the Radioactive Materials 
         Search Techniques Training that is currently being 
         conducted at Bratislava Airport.  This training was 
         developed and presented by Mr. Roman Moravec, Service 
         Performance Department, from techniques he learned at 
         RADACAD Training.  This training will be delivered to 
         all Slovak Customs Inspectors. 
 
     3)   September 30 - EXBS Advisor, accompanied by 
         Customs Director Vladimir Stasko and Regional Director 
         Stefan Gerboc, conducted a site assessment of the 
         Customs facilities and procedures utilized at 
         Bratislava Airport. Overall, the facilities were quite 
         adequate and the procedures in place for passenger and 
         cargo clearance, both inbound and outbound, were 
         excellent.  A detailed report of the assessment will be 
         provided at a later date. 
 
B.   TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD. 
 
     1)   September 14-15 - Mr. Andrew Lamnea, L-3 
         Communications, provided training to 15 individuals 
         from the Hungarian and Finance Guard on the use of the 
         new X-Ray Autovan.  Twelve Customs Officers plus three 
         operations personnel were trained in operation of the 
         system.  The new X-ray Autovan was delivered to 
         Budapest in August 2004. 
 
     2)   September 9-10 - An Export Control specialist from 
         DOC/BIS/OIP assisted the Institut Prumysloveho 
         Management (IPM) Plzen, a Czech NGO, in presenting a 
         workshop on the deployment of Internal Control Program 
         (ICP) software for Czech enterprise representatives. 
         The workshop sought to advance industry export control 
         awareness and to foster compliance with national export 
 
 
         control laws and regulations following Czech accession 
         to the EU. 
 
     3)   September 20-24 - EXBS provided Cyber Crimes - WMD 
         Internet Investigations Training to 15 students from 
         the Police Presidium of the Slovak Republic.  The 
         training was conducted at the Police Academy in 
         Bratislava.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 
         Instructors Anthony Onstad and Michael Godfrey did an 
         excellent job of working around police academy 
         schedules and firewall problems, to present a balanced 
         and informative training program.  Members of the 
         Slovak Police Presidium Cyber Crimes Unit lauded the 
         training and complemented the trainers on their 
         knowledge and ability to teach new concepts. 
 
     4)   Slovak Customs has initiated Radioactive Materials 
         Search Techniques training for all of its Customs 
         inspectors.  The first class was conducted on September 
         28, 2004, at Bratislava Airport.  Customs officials 
         were able to utilize a commercial aircraft as their 
         classroom.  Mr. Roman Moravec, Head of the Division of 
         Prohibitions, Restrictions and CAP, Service Performance 
         Department, developed and presented the training.  Mr. 
         Moravec has incorporated procedures and training tools 
         he acquired at RADACAD training in July 2004.  Mr. 
         Moravec stated, "We want all Slovak Customs Inspectors 
         to benefit from the training we received at RADACAD." 
 
C.   EQUIPMENT DELIVERED DURING REPORTING 
 
     1)   Twelve Acer Laptop Computers along with carry 
         cases and various software, one Access Point Pro 
         Wireless LAN, one Laserjet 3700DN Color Printer, and 
         one LCD Projector were donated to the Institute 
         Prumysloveho Management (IPM), Plzen, Czech Republic. 
         This donation was made through a grant request that was 
         approved by the State Department.  The value of the 
         donated articles was $38,724.  IPM is an NGO that 
         provided an Internal Control Program training workshop 
         to Czech enterprise representatives for the Department 
         of Commerce.  The purpose of this training was to 
         advance industry export control awareness and to foster 
         compliance with national export control laws and 
         regulations following Czech accession to the EU. 
 
D.   IMMINENT TRAINING OR EQUIPMENT STATUS UPDATE. 
 
     1)   Tracker Training is scheduled to be conducted in 
         Slovakia during the last week in October 2004.  This 
         training will be provided to officers of the Border and 
         Alien Police at Vysne Nemecke, on Slovakia's border 
         with the Ukraine.  The instructors are Native American 
         Customs and Border Protection Patrol Officers from the 
         Tohono O'Odham Reservation in southern Arizona.  Twenty- 
         five Border and Alien Police officers will be trained 
         on signing and tracking techniques that will help them 
         track down and capture aliens, and possibly terrorists, 
         illegally smuggled into Slovakia. 
 
     2)   Two new Skoda Fabia motor vehicles for the Slovak 
         Border and Alien Police were purchased this month. 
         Delivery time to dealership is expected to take 6-8 
         weeks. 
 
E.  SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT CONTROLS, 
NONPROLIFERATION, OR RELATED BORDER SECURITY. 
None. 
 
3.  RED FLAG ISSUES. 
None. 
 
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- 
2-5922-3497 or through email at adkinslh@state.gov. 
 
WEISER 
 
 
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