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Pakistan: Anti-terror Drill Against Taliban Militants

Pakistani rangers take part in an anti-terror drill in Lahore in December 2011. Pakistan diverted troops to battle Taliban militants, who are increasingly seen as a threat to national security in northwestern Pakistan. A campaign of suicide attacks and bombings in Pakistan blamed on the Taliban a...

United Kingdom: Sniffer Dogs Find Hidden Money

A money sniffer dog that works for the United Kingdom Border Agency at Gatwick Airport, London’s second largest airport, detects money on passengers and their luggage. In 2011, dogs used to fight smuggling and the movement of drug money around U.K.’s airports and ports sniffed out nearly 10 milli...

Mexico: Reducing Arms

Effective January 25, 2012, Mexico became the 41st participating state to join the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies. To be admitted, a country must produce/export arms or sensitive equipment and maintain nonproliferation policies a...

Thailand: Seven Nations Participate in Joint Training Exercise

Thai Soldiers participate in an amphibious assault military drill as part of the annual combined military exercise Cobra Gold 2012 at a Navy base in Sattahip in February 2012. About 13,000 military personnel from seven nations — Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and the...

Sweden: Major Shippers Unwittingly Help Traffickers

A new study on sea trafficking reveals that a majority of ships involved in the illegal transfer of weapons, drugs and banned missile equipment are owned by major shipping companies in Germany, Greece and the United States.

Afghanistan: Surveillance System Promotes Partnering

French Soldiers prepare a medium-range interim tactical system unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a reconnaissance mission over south Kapisa province, Afghanistan, at Tora camp, east of Kabul, in September 2011. UAVs are an important tool for a coalition of nine NATO countries that share surveilla...