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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2283/annex/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/2283",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2283 of 11 December 2017 in support of a global reporting mechanism on illicit small arms and light weapons and other illicit conventional weapons and ammunition to reduce the risk of their illicit trade (‘iTrace III’)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2283",
  "path": "annex/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.1.2",
  "heading": "Project activities",
  "text": "The project will deploy staff from its field investigation teams to instruct at progressively more technical levels, encompassing:\n(a) an introduction to weapon data collection, with reference to specific cases;\n(b) basic weapon identification and effective weapon documentation techniques;\n(c) evidence collection standard operating procedures and the evidentiary chain of custody;\n(d) the requirements of long-range, regional, and international investigations;\n(e) the implementation of the International Tracing Instrument;\n(f) international weapon tracing and weapon tracing systems (notably Interpol and Europol);\n(g) the use of ‘big data’ and trend analysis; and\n(h) avenues for technical assistance (international) and law enforcement intervention.\nThese activities will be conducted alongside iTrace field investigations—including joint investigations (mentoring) conducted with national government authorities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2283/annex/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:17.200621+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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