Special Team Six

Special Team 6 is a multinational police force formed after the Kosovo conflict. The unit forms a part of the United Nations Police and every member country of the United Nations can apply personnel to the unit. Their main task is simply to be police officers and handle dangerous situations caused by Albanian and Serb ethnic violence in Kosovo. High-risk arrests is also a task for ST6 along with security of diplomats. Other than this, tasks include that of what police special operation units normally are trained to do, hostage rescue for instance.

Members

Every country member of the United Nations can apply personnel to the unit. They have to have background from police special forces. Countries that have or have had personnel in ST6 include:

Austria: EKO Cobra
Canada: Toronto Police Service and Emergency Task Force (TPS)
Croatia: ATJ Lučko
Czech Republic: Útvar rychlého nasazení
Germany: GSG 9 and SEK
Iceland: Víkingasveitin
Norway: Emergency Response Unit
Slovenia: Specialna Enota Policije
Sweden: Nationella Insatsstyrkan and Piketen (Malmö and Gothenburg)

Sources

(in Norwegian) Kosovo.pdf
(in Norwegian) Risikerer livet på hemmelig oppdrag (Oppdatert: 11.01.06 kl. 20:52 Publisert: 11.01.06 kl. 20:50) TROND EIDE
Sveriges erfarnaste operatörer - Malmöpiketen

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