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3,000 confiscated weapons destroyed in Chisinau

20 November 2013
  • Some 3,000 confiscated weapons stored before the destroying process starts in a foundry in Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • Some 3,000 confiscated weapons were destroyed in Chisinau with technical and financial support provided by the OSCE Mission to Moldova to the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • Since 2009, the OSCE Mission to Moldova has worked with the Moldovan Ministry of Interior and other relevant institutions on the safe disposal of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • The weapons destroyed by the Moldovan police were either confiscated damaged, unusable or have undergone unauthorized alterations. Some weapons were voluntarily given in for destruction, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • Ambassador Jennifer Brush, head of OSCE Mission to Moldova, said that the destruction of confiscated and surplus small arms and light weapons decreases the risks of dissemination and trafficking in the region and contributes to the strengthening of regional stability in South-Eastern Europe, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • Within the programme of disposal of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition, the OSCE has already helped the Ministry of Defense destroy or demilitarize 78 cluster bombs, 106 aircraft bombs and 48 ground-to-air rockets, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • Weapons being destroyed in a foundry in Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • “The destruction of these weapons makes Moldova a safer place,” said Ambassador Jennifer Brush, head of OSCE Mission to Moldova, praising Moldova’s willingness to fulfil its international commitments regarding the destruction of small arms and light weapons, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • The weapons have been melted at the temperature of 1600 degrees Celsius, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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  • The recovered metal from the melted weapons cannot be reused directly because it is a mix of different metals and the factory in Chisinau is not equipped with the capacity to sort these metals, Chisinau, 20 November 2013. (OSCE/Igor Schimbator)
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The OSCE Mission to Moldova provided technical and financial support to the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Moldova to destroy some 3,000 confiscated weapons.

The weapons destroyed by the Moldovan police were either confiscated, damaged, unusable or have undergone unauthorized alterations. Some weapons were voluntarily given in for destruction.

Since 2009, the OSCE Mission to Moldova has worked with the Moldovan Ministry of Interior and other relevant institutions on the safe disposal of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition. Within this programme, the OSCE has already helped destroy or demilitarize 78 cluster bombs, 106 aircraft bombs and 48 ground-to-air rockets.