Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08LONDON1478
2008-05-28 15:35:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy London
Cable title:
UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 001478
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR FOR MICHAEL FORTIN AND GIOVANNI SNIDLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/28/2018
TAGS: MOPS PREL PTER UK XL MASS
SUBJECT: UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS
REF: STATE 51747
Classified By: Poloff Leslie Tsou, reason 1.4, b/d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 001478
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR FOR MICHAEL FORTIN AND GIOVANNI SNIDLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/28/2018
TAGS: MOPS PREL PTER UK XL MASS
SUBJECT: UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS
REF: STATE 51747
Classified By: Poloff Leslie Tsou, reason 1.4, b/d.
1. (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy assesses that
HMG has shown long-standing support for Caribbean regional
integration to tackle transnational crime, terrorism and
natural disasters, believing that Caribbean countries are
more likely to build effective capacity together than
separately. FCO has promoted this effort in the EU-Latin
America framework.
2. (C) The Royal Navy deploys ships to the area on a routine,
but not continuous, basis, routinely deploying a BAYLEAF
class logistics ship and a frigate to support the UK
interests in the area. Although British ships are not
deployed for a specific Counter-Narcotics (CN) mission, they
conduct regular surveillance patrols and assist with CN type
operations when possible. MOD also deploys NIMROD Maritime
Surveillance aircraft when available. The next NIMROD
deployment is in June 08. The NIMROD is the best platform to
detect semi-submersibles which have recently been deployed to
move illicit drugs.
3. (C) The UK Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) has a
liaison officer with Joint Interagency Task Force - South
(JIATF-S) to coordinate Law Enforcement information and
operations, and UK MoD also has a liaison officer assigned to
JIATF-S to coordinate operational issues. The UK is anxious
to stem the flow of illicit trafficking (drugs, personnel,
and weapons) into the UK, but MoD assets are limited and the
CT and CN missions are law enforcement missions, not MoD
missions. MoD has no dedicated or structural partnership for
resources to support the law enforcement missions of SOCA,
Met Police, and MI6, including in the Caribbean. With
respect to piracy, MoD would like to have authority to
intervene anywhere at anytime but needs international
legitimacy (e.g. UNSCR, SOFA) before it can act in
territorial waters.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Unit ed_Kingdom
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SIPDIS
WHA/CAR FOR MICHAEL FORTIN AND GIOVANNI SNIDLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/28/2018
TAGS: MOPS PREL PTER UK XL MASS
SUBJECT: UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS
REF: STATE 51747
Classified By: Poloff Leslie Tsou, reason 1.4, b/d.
1. (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy assesses that
HMG has shown long-standing support for Caribbean regional
integration to tackle transnational crime, terrorism and
natural disasters, believing that Caribbean countries are
more likely to build effective capacity together than
separately. FCO has promoted this effort in the EU-Latin
America framework.
2. (C) The Royal Navy deploys ships to the area on a routine,
but not continuous, basis, routinely deploying a BAYLEAF
class logistics ship and a frigate to support the UK
interests in the area. Although British ships are not
deployed for a specific Counter-Narcotics (CN) mission, they
conduct regular surveillance patrols and assist with CN type
operations when possible. MOD also deploys NIMROD Maritime
Surveillance aircraft when available. The next NIMROD
deployment is in June 08. The NIMROD is the best platform to
detect semi-submersibles which have recently been deployed to
move illicit drugs.
3. (C) The UK Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) has a
liaison officer with Joint Interagency Task Force - South
(JIATF-S) to coordinate Law Enforcement information and
operations, and UK MoD also has a liaison officer assigned to
JIATF-S to coordinate operational issues. The UK is anxious
to stem the flow of illicit trafficking (drugs, personnel,
and weapons) into the UK, but MoD assets are limited and the
CT and CN missions are law enforcement missions, not MoD
missions. MoD has no dedicated or structural partnership for
resources to support the law enforcement missions of SOCA,
Met Police, and MI6, including in the Caribbean. With
respect to piracy, MoD would like to have authority to
intervene anywhere at anytime but needs international
legitimacy (e.g. UNSCR, SOFA) before it can act in
territorial waters.
Visit London's Classified Website:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Unit ed_Kingdom
TUTTLE