EULEX IG
Active2008 - present
ST6 1999 - 2008
CountryMultinational
AgencyEuropean Union EULEX
TypePolice tactical unit
Operations jurisdictionKosovo
HeadquartersMitrovica
Structure
OperatorsSeconded from police forces

Special Team 6 (ST6) was a European multinational police tactical unit that was formed after the Kosovo conflict in 1999 by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).[1][2] The unit's size was 21 operators seconded mostly from various European police tactical units.[1] The unit formed a part of the United Nations Police and every member country of the United Nations could contribute to the unit. They acted as police officers and handled dangerous situations caused by Albanian and Serb ethnic violence in Kosovo. Special Team 6 handled high-risk arrests, security of diplomats, and hostage rescue.

In December 2008, Special Team 6 was renamed the EULEX IG (Intervention Group) when it transferred to the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) from the UNMIK and is based in Mitrovica.[1]

Members

ST6 personnel had to be experienced police tactical unit operators. Units that had personnel in ST6 include:[2][1]

Units or countries that have or have had personnel in EULEX IG include:[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ireneusz, Chloupek (16 April 2014). "Eulex IG". Special Ops magazine (in Polish). No. 1/2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Special Team 6 - Cobra im Kosovo" [Public Security the magazine of the Ministry of the Interior] (PDF). Öffentliche Sicherheit das Magazin des Innenministeriums (in Austrian German). No. 3/4 2007. Austrian Ministry of the Interior. OCLC 310973747. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ Vojković, Ana Marija; Matijašević, Ivana (2017). Hrvatska policija u mirovnim misijama od 2005. do 2017 [Croatian police in peacekeeping missions from 2005 to 2017] (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Croatian Ministry of the Interior. p. 59. ISBN 9789531613057. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b Wilderäng, Lars (9 July 2012). "Sveriges erfarnaste operatörer - Malmöpiketen" [Sweden's most experienced operators - Malmö picket]. Cornucopia (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ Ireneusz, Chloupek (16 April 2014). "Eulex IG". Special Ops magazine (in Polish). No. 1/2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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