Special Team 6 (ST6) was a

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an multinational

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that was formed after the

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in 1999 by the

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(UNMIK). The unit's size was 21 operators seconded mostly from various European police tactical units. The unit formed a part of the

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and every member country of the

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could contribute to the unit. They acted as police officers and handled dangerous situations caused by

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and

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. Special Team 6 handled high-risk arrests,

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, and

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. In December 2008, Special Team 6 was renamed the EULEX IG (Intervention Group) when it transferred to the

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(EULEX) from the UNMIK and is based in Mitrovica.

Members

ST6 personnel had to be experienced police tactical unit operators. Units that had personnel in ST6 include: * :

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* :

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* : ATJ Lučko * :

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, Zásahová jednotka KŘP Jihočeského kraje and Zásahová jednotka KŘP Plzeňského kraje * :

GIGN The GIGN ( ; ) is the elite police tactical unit of the National Gendarmerie of France. Among its missions are counterterrorism, hostage rescue, surveillance of national threats, protection of government officials, critical site protection (suc ...

* :

GSG 9 , formerly (), is the police tactical unit of the German Federal Police ''(Bundespolizei (Germany), Bundespolizei)''. The state police (''Landespolizei'') maintain their own tactical units known as the ''Special Deployment Commando, Spezialein ...

and SEK * :

Víkingasveitin The Special Unit of the National Police Commissioner (), more commonly referred to as the Viking Squad (), is the police tactical unit of the Icelandic Police. The unit is in many ways modeled on the Delta tactical unit of the Norwegian Police ...

* :

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* : SEP * :

Piketen Reinforced Regional Task Force ( sv, Förstärkt Regional Insatsstyrka), prior to 2015 officially known as Piketen (or Piketenheten) is a regional special operations asset of the Swedish Police Authority, similar to SWAT type units in the Unite ...

(

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) * : WSzR Sokił UBOZ Units or countries that have or have had personnel in EULEX IG include: * :

* : CGSU * * :

and

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* :

and SEK * :

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and NOCS * : Spec Kuopa VST * : DSI and

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* : SPAP * : DIAS * * : SEP * : NI and

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References

External links

* ''Politiforum'' magazine article January 200
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'' newspaper article 11 January 200
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* ''Flashbang'' magazine Spring 2017 issue
EULEX IG
Law enforcement in Kosovo Non-military counterterrorist organizations Police tactical units Rule of law missions of the European Union United Nations Mission in Kosovo