Försvarsmakten: Co-operation is the key to success

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In the scenario for the ongoing C-IED exercise Bison Counter, there is so much more than just the physical handling of explosives. Just to find and dispose a home-made bomb demand hours and hours of scouting and gathering of information to be able to put the pieces of puzzle together that finally leads to a breakthrough in the discovery of the criminal individuals behind the bomb.

The smuggling of illegal weapons and explosives are for obvious reasons not done in the spotlight. But this time, thanks to thorough reconnaissance work, the exercise participants have spotted a transport of illegal goods in to Karlskrona. And indeed, on board the M/S Sydfart the boarding crew found at least one homemade bomb and other materials that are now taken care of for further analysis. The ship crew was overpowered and handed over to police.

It is likely that the ship would unload the material in an inconspicuous place for some kind of developing or assembly, and then transport it further up the country.

All material found on board and at other places are sent to a mobile laboratory with all the necessary equipment to make detailed analyzes.

The lab will categorize everything that comes in and together it can provide important clues to find the networks behind the illegal activities.

In the laboratory experts are working to map materials and methods, eg, how the igniters are built, if there is DNA or other traces of the perpetrators to find patterns that link the findings.

For instance, if there are indications that the same approach has been used for the manufacturing of bombs that have been found in different places, scouts will monitor the areas and can thus try to box in the bomb builder.

It is a genuine co-operation where reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, data collection and analysis hopefully will result in the discovery of a criminal network.

 

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