CIS Accord On Fighting Organized Crime
Abstract:
On 31 May 1995 in Gudauri, Georgia, security chiefs from the CIS signed an agreement on combating organized crime, which included protocols on nuclear smuggling, terrorism, drug trafficking, and 'illegal armed formations.'
Abstract Number: 19951230
Headline: CIS Accord On Fighting Organized Crime
Date: 2 June 1995
Bibliography: OMRI Daily Digest
Author: Penny Morvant
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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