GUYANA INL CY-2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GEORGETOWN 000195 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR AFIN GY SUBJECT: GUYANA INL CY-2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT REF: 05 STATE 222564 -------------- Resources -------------- ¶1. Post's Military Liaison Office (MLO) provided a fast interceptor boat to the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard (GDFCG) in May 2005. Post did not provide any other new commodities or services to the GoG in CY-2005 under the international narcotics and crime program. -------------- Procedures -------------- ¶2. Post monitors resources supplied through conversations with and information requests to the relevant GoG agencies. The MLO, Regional Security Officer (RSO),and political section coordinate on this effort. -------------- Status -------------- ¶3. Computer Equipment. Almost all of the computer equipment purchased in CY-2003 for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is located at the FIU office, is serviceable, and is in use. This equipment consists of: two rack-mounted UPS', one rack-mounted network switch, one rack-mounted router, four HP XW4100 workstations with surge protectors, two network racks, two patch panes, ten network cables, two HP Laserjet 2300N Printers, one Proliant DL380 server, one HP D330 slim tower workstation, one HP Scanjet 550C scanner, one HP Scanjet 8250 scanner, one VS80E Surestore tape drive, and one photocopier. One HP 5550 printer and one fax machine are not in use. ¶4. Computer Equipment (continued). The computer equipment provided to the Guyana Defense Force (GDF), Joint Information Coordination Center (JICC),and Guyana Police Force (GPF) is not fully in use. One laptop computer, one fax machine, and one photocopier provided to the GDF are no longer serviceable. One Acer Acro 486SX computer with installed Oracle software is serviceable and in storage at the JICC. One fax machine is in use in the new JICC director's office. (Note: The JICC is not fully operational at this time.) One video camera and one compact recorder provided to the GPF are no longer in use. ¶5. Communications Equipment. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) continues to use the mobile communications system provided in 1998 on patrols at Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Five of the original twelve L- 2000 hand-held mobile radios are partially serviceable and in use, four are unserviceable, and three are lost. The two base station radios are both unserviceable. The two multi-radio chargers are serviceable and in use. Six single radio chargers are serviceable and in use; six are unserviceable. ¶6. Vessels. MLO donated a fast interceptor boat to the GDFCG in May 2005. The GDFCG conducts patrols with the interceptor boat, but has not yet interdicted any narcotics shipments. The GDFCG continued to use four ex- U.S. motorized life boats to conduct patrols in Guyana's maritime territory. MLO supports the maintenance and purchase of replacement parts for these boats as needed. ¶7. Uniforms and Field Gear and Miscellaneous Equipment. Six bulletproof vests are serviceable and in use, but are only effective against .32 or smaller caliber ammunition. Twelve narcotics test kits are no longer capable of testing marijuana and cocaine. Six night-vision binoculars are unserviceable. Six sets of handcuffs are serviceable and six are not. -------------- Problems -------------- ¶8. The GoG cooperated with Post's monitoring efforts, although staff turnover at GoG law enforcement agencies has interfered with the continuity of monitoring efforts. -------------- Impact -------------- ¶9. The program impact of support provided has been inconsistent. The donated vessels are integral to Guyana's efforts to patrol its maritime territory. The GDFCG has used these vessels to interdict illegal fishing trawlers and fuel smuggling boats that operate in Guyanese waters. However, lacking sources of actionable intelligence, the GDFCG was unable to use the donated vessels to interdict any significant narcotics shipments in 2005. The impact of the other donated equipment is limited by the fact that the FIU is not yet fully up and running, the JICC is currently not operational, and CANU is a flawed organization. BULLEN