Officers of the SIS Antiterrorist Center organized training for the staff of Special Task Force “Pantera” of the National Agency of Penitentiaries of the Ministry of Justice. Prevention of radicalization and radical ideology spreading processes among prisoners, as well as aspects of the terrorist phenomenon evolution were topics of the training.
During the training session they discussed national mechanisms for interaction between law enforcement bodies in situations of terrorist crisis, tasks and duties of the operational departments during the antiterrorist operations, as well as actions of the authorities depending on the level of terrorist alert.
Also, theoretical and practical sessions contributed to the improvement of the competences of the employees of penitentiary administration system, familiarization of the staff with new tendencies in the evolution of the terrorist phenomenon, experience of other states in preventing the processes of radicalization and / or radical ideologies spreading among the prisoners, as well as to the exchange of information relevant to the professional activity of the involved parties.
The training sessions are part of the project of the SIS Antiterrorist Centelui Antiterorisr planned for 2020, which provides for the development and improvement of the national capacities to fight against extremist-terrorist manifestations. Also, organization of such events allows establishment of direct contacts in order to develop future inter-institutional cooperation.
03.03.2020
