Scot plays key role in stopping weapons from Balkans getting to terrorists A SCOT has told of her ordeal in playing a crucial role in preventing weapons from the Balkans falling into the hands of criminals and terrorists around the world. Glasgow-born regularly finds herself surrounded by pistols, machine guns and rocket launchers, as she leads a team helping the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) officially register a massive stockpile of over 60,000 arms. The 24-year-old heads up a HALO Trust task force funded by the UK Government and other donors, with the aim of tightening up security around the Bosnian military’s massive arsenal.
Young Scots woman preventing terrorists getting hands on lethal weapons
Steph Barnwell from Glasgow plays a crucial role in protecting pistols, machine guns and rocket launchers from being used by the wrong people.
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Steph Barnwell leads a team helping the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) officially register a massive stockpile of over 60,000 arms. (Image: Supplied)
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What happens to weapons when war ends? Often, they end up in the hands of criminals and terrorists. A HALO Trust project in Bosnia and Herzegovina is making the country’s extensive arsenal safe, and setting an example to other countries in the Western Balkans.
A project to develop a new weapons marking and registration system for the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not only made safe 95 per cent of the country’s arsenal, it has set a path for similar programmes across the Western Balkans.
Since 2017, HALO Trust, a non-political and non-religious registered British charity and American non-profit organisation which removes debris left behind by war, in particular land mines, has worked with the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) and the European Force in Bosnia (EUFOR) to oversee an innovative weapons management system that has registered 63,000 weapons – thereby preventing them being diverted for criminal and violent use.