IBSSA 2008a

IBSSA official publication 2008

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DD uring the 49th Annual International DrugEnforcement Training Conference of theINEOA (International Narcotic Enforce-

ment Officers Association), the head spokespersonof the organization introduced his ceremonialspeech with the following line:

“Crime, drugs and terrorism are global issues, andas long as the fight against them is confined withinlocal limits, no significant progress can be achieved.”

The central issues of IBSSA’s activity in the pastfive years have been the safety of children, familiesand communities, with key importance given tothe fight against drugs and terror threats and to theissue of public safety.

We wholeheartedly concur with the recognitionand opinion that the only way to counter the prob-lems of international crime is by international coop-eration, both with respect to crime prevention andlaw enforcement. Accordingly, we have enteredinto cooperation agreements with several signifi-cant international organizations recently, andIBSSA was granted permanent membership in themost important ones among them (Mission Eu-rope, IFNGO). Moreover, we supported the estab-lishment of numerous related professional organi-zations. We have reported about this in a greatmany online and printed publications, so I do notconsider it necessary to list them all here.

Global cooperation, of course, must not be rele-gated to cooperation among the law enforcementorganizations of the various countries, which, oth-erwise, is quite obviously necessary. It is a delight tonote that the frameworks for these efforts are be-ginning to emerge.

Not any less significant is the cooperation be-tween the official law enforcement authorities andcivil organizations There is a great number of op-portunities-some yet unexploited-offered by amuch closer knit connection with security servicesand companies. .

IBSSA has made it one of its goals in its activitiesto create such cooperation, both on a national andinternational level. Its related efforts were wel-comed by numerous international organizations,with some well-functioning cooperation resultingin some countries, whereas such cooperation is en-

tirely missing in othercases, not by any faultof the civil sector.

Please consider thatwhile the most fre-quent targets of terror-ist activities are in thecivilian sphere (pri-vate buildings, officebuildings, shoppingmalls, entertainmentcenters, transporta-tion stations, etc.; the primary locations of drugpushing are also night clubs, places of entertain-ment, and schools; the majority of car thefts alsotake place in parking garages and public parkinglots) the protection and safeguarding of the relatedfacilities is the task of security companies all overthe world, and not that of the law enforcement or-ganizations. It is also becoming increasingly clearthat terrorism, narcotics and prostitution are moreand more closely intertwined, also involving othertypes of crime. This fact must be closely consideredin the fight against them.

Understanding the challenge of the times, IBSSAhas integrated the fight against terrorism and drugsas well as the latest methods of crime prevention inits world-wide training program. The only thingneeded now is that the opportunities and help weoffer be accepted by the official law enforcementand peacekeeping authorities.

Another directive has been introduced at the con-ference mentioned in the opening paragraph, whichhas been fully incorporated into the organization bythe leadership of IBSSA, in order to make its activi-ty and efforts made in the above-mentioned areasmore effective: “PARTNERSHIP”

In my opinion, the future has designated onlyone way for the successful solution for these chal-lenges: global cooperation with the appropriatepartners.

This is what we are exerting ourselves for, wel-coming partnership and cooperation from as manyorganizations, companies and individuals as possi-ble that have set making the world a better andsafer place as their primary goal.

Dear IBSSA Members and Readers

Prof. George Popper – Lieutenant General , President of IBSSA


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TT he International Bodyguard and Se-curity Services Association (IBSSA)has become a strong organisation

since its establishment. We are present in allparts of the world and operate an ever-grow-ing contact network. Our previous officialjournals and this publication as well presentnumerous examples of our extensive net-work. However, this time I wish to focus onthe establishment, maintenance andstrengthening of relationships as well as onthe human resources involved, rather thanon the content of the relations. I wish to ad-

dress those who need a proper knowledge base and enthusiasm to provideexcellent work in the present, and even more in the future. To our friendsand colleagues who are prepared and willing to work on the developmentof the association.

Those who know what is good for the organisation, and what is need-ed to be done to obtain the support of the world’s private security organ-isations, to have them among our members, and to have them acknowl-edge our leading role. Those who help us become an internationalorganisation that official law enforcement organisations can rely on andseek to cooperate with. But this also requires the participants of the con-gress to make a decision. Or, more precisely, to make a good decision. Un-fortunately, in the last election period there were officers who disappoint-ed those who trusted and elected them.

The future of the IBSSA basically depends on the electors who decidewho will be able to lead us and make the IBSSA an even more prestigiousorganisation. Nevertheless, those who accept such an assignment have aneven larger burden on their shoulders. Someone who refuses the assign-ment with gratitude clearly deserves more respect than someone who ac-cepts it and then fails to do their best for us. Of course, we continue totrust those who have so far proved their commitment. I ask all candidatesto weigh the importance of their decisions and the consequences. May in-tegrity be your guiding principle!

You see, this is why I wrote above that it is much easier to decide abouthow you interpret number 13.

György Rózsa B., editor in chief

György Rózsa B.editor-in-chief

We are about to hold a congress, the 13th one! For some, this isa lucky number. For others, on the contrary. As we are free todecide how to interpret the number, I suggest that we take it asa very good sign. I wish all decisions were as easy as this one…

13th Congress of IBSSA – Arad, ROMANIA

The responsibility of voters and elected leaders

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• IFNGO for Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse• President Prof. George Popper has been

decorated in the US• “Mission Europa” - Our Mission • IBSSA in the International Parliament

for Safety and Peace• Report about IBSSA-USA – by Mr. Tamás Török• IBSSA Cooperation with the CCTWP –

by Dr. Vojislav Milosevic• Mr. Jose Carreras, the world famous opera singer

and IBSSA• IBSSA relations with the CoESS• The Diplomatic Academy programmes in 2008• Urban Safety: Cooperation with EFUS• EDDKE – European Narcotic Enforcement

and Drug Prevention Centre• Disaster Management Training in Moscow -

by Dr. László Reindl• “Urban Close Combat Challenge 2008” – in Belgium• IBSSA training for the Government Guard of KMFAP• Bodyguard of the Year 2007: Lady Erika Debreceni• The security and the Campaign

for the Presidency of Senator Barack Obama• The role of private security companies in bomb

detections - by Mr. Lajos Turai• IBSSA - ISF – sport fans and supporters• IBSSA - ISF President's Report for 2006–2007• IBSSA - ISF news from Japan• Krav Maga in Italy• “BODYGUARD WORLD GAMES – 2009”

in Arizona, USA• Ars Poetica of a Bodyguard – by Mr. Attila Farkas• IBSSA International Special Security Training

Seminar – 7th "SEC-tember"• International Budo Academy (IBA)

Training Program 2008–2009 • An individual IBSSA member from Bulgaria• Official list of registered Master Teachers and

Instructors of IBSSA• To have or not to have a gun?• The success of a Slovakian and a Hungarian Shooter

at the Santa Claus Cup

IMPRINT DATA: This issue was produced by RBGY PR Agency,[email protected], upon request from IBSSA,

www.ibssa.org, Managing director: György Rózsa B.Chairman of Editorial Board: Prof. George Popper

Executive Editor: dr. Anna Popper Editors: Piroska Molnár, Dr. Zoltán Schváb,

Art director: Ildikó NémethGraphic design, typography:Ákos Heltai, János Szekszárdi

Photos: dr. Anna Popper, Erika Macsári, Gábor Fördõs,IBSSA archives, RBGY PR

Head of secretariat: Erika MacsáriEnglish translation: Afford Kft.

Published in Budapest, Hungary. 2008.

AA s an acknowledgment ofhis anti-drug activities,the president of IBSSA,

Prof. George Popper, has beenawarded with an internationaldecoration. This is the first timethat the prestigious award hasgone to a European professional.The decoration was delivered byStephen F. Minger, president ofINEOA, at the 49th congress ofthe International Narcotics En-forcement Officers Association.Representatives of the IBSSA alsoattended the event, including Dr.Anna Popper, Marco Nicovic,Former President of INEOA, Dr.Miklós Varga and Tamás Törökas representatives of the IBSSA-USA, and Attila Kutas.

In the explanation, the man-agement of the INEOA high-lighted that George Popper hadplayed an important role instrengthening the organisationin Europe, which already has asignificant presence in the USand in Asia. This is a greatprogress in the light of the

spread of synthetic drugs in Eu-rope and the ease of traffickingbetween countries.

Owing to the activities of Mr.Popper, a growing number ofenforcement officers from Euro-pean countries have joined theINEOA, which provides themwith information and training.Coordination of the civil organ-isations dealing with drug useand prevention has started inEastern Europe, and it is aboutto reach Western Europe aswell, along with the training ofthose involved in the pro-gramme.

On the European continentthis project is managed by theEuropean Anti-Drug and DrugPrevention Centre that waslaunched in Budapest last yearat the initiation of the presidentof the IBSSA. The prize also ac-knowledges Mr. Popper’s activeparticipation in the work of var-ious international organisa-tions. Among other things, he isa delegate of Mission Europe, an

organisation in dialogue withthe European Council, and thisspring he led the delegation ofthe IFNGO (International Fed-eration Of Non-GovernmentalOrganisations For The Preven-tion Of Drug And SubstanceAbuse) at the anti-drug meetingof the UN in Vienna.

Congratulations for theprize!


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President Prof. George Popperhas been decorated in the US

Award ceremony: Stephen F. Minger (left), President of INEOA,Prof. George Popper,Marco Nicovic (right), Former President of INEOA

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IFNGO is one of the numerous initia-tives aiming to fight against the furtherspread of drug use.

TT he problem has already resulted in serioussocial consequences in many parts of theworld. We talked about the tragedies

brought about by drug abuse and future prospectswith Dato’ Haji Mustapha Ma, honorary secre-tary general.

“IFNGO’s mission is to raise the world’s awarenessof an ever more important problem”, said the hon-orary secretary general. “International communitiesraised their concerns as early as in 1981, in the KualaLumpur declaration, citing the grave social changescaused by the use of legal and illegal drugs. Alcoholand drug abuse is one of the most important andwidespread menaces in medical, social and financialterms, which ignores ethnic, geographical, politicaland regional borders. The realisation, restriction andthe final objective, i.e. elimination, of drug abuse re-quires active participation from all members of thecommunity.”

• The numbers may be alarming. This may alsounderscore the importance of comprehensive inter-national cooperation, right?

“Exactly. The statistics are shocking. Just thinkabout it: IFNGO data show that alcohol and smok-ing are the two leading drugs causing health prob-lems and death. Alcohol takes 750,000 lives everyyear, with 80% in the developing countries. Accord-ing to a 2002 report, out of the 1.2 billion smokersaround the world 4.9 million died of diseases causedby smoking, 50% of them in the developing world.By 2020, this number is expected to rise to 10 mil-lion, 70% of which will occur in developing coun-tries. Even though illegal drugs account for only afraction of these numbers, the trend is worrying inthis area as well. Every year, 100,000 deaths can beattributed to various drugs, and this number is ris-ing. Not to mention the rapid spread of related dis-

eases due to the lack of proper hygiene habits (HIV,AIDS, Hepatitis etc.).”

• It means that the organisation had, has and willhave a lot to do. What infrastructure do you have?

“IFNGO has an extensive global and regional con-tact network, in part owing to its nearly 30 years ofactivities. We have excellent relationships with alarge number of international organisations. We arespecial advisors to the Economic and Social Com-mittee of the UN (UN-ECOSOC) and the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO), and work jointly onprojects with the UNESCO and the InternationalBodyguard Security Services Association.”

• How does IFNGO contribute to the work of itsmember organisations?

“We closely monitor the UN’s anti-drug decisionsand announcements, and forward the informationto our members. We also inform them on a regularbasis about anti-drug events and conferencesaround the world, and if we have an opportunity,we also delegate representatives to these events.”

• It means that you are in daily contact with allmember organisations. Please, tell me about the co-operation between IFNGO and IBSSA.

“IBSSA, which has handled the drugs issue as ahigh-priority project for 14 years now, joined our or-ganisation in 2007. Ten years ago the Narcotic Poli-cy Department (NDP) was established within theframework of the IBSSA. The department has estab-lished contact with various organisations pursuingactivities in the areas of family and urban safety,such as EFUS, INEOA and IFFO. As a result of theNPD’s efforts, anti-drug organisations werelaunched around the world, including C-NIS,EDDKE and the Anti-Drug and Anti-Corruption As-sociation in Romania. These organisations has capi-talised on being a member of the IFNGO throughusing our extensive contact network and throughbeing regularly updated on any related develop-ments and events. In addition, through our organisa-


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International Federation Of Non-GovernmentalOrganisations For The Prevention Of Drug AndSubstance Abuse

tion the IBSSA got in direct contact with the mostprestigious human rights and health protection or-ganisations. We also gained from the cooperation.Just an example: at the 17th Anti-Drug Conferenceof the UN in 2008 the IFNGO delegation was led byProf. George Popper, president of the IBSSA.

The fight against drugs is one of the most dis-cussed issues today, and all seeking for solutions

belong to these reputable organisations. However,large-scale progress can only be made throughclose cooperation, even between organisations ondifferent continents. The task is well defined, andwe have to make all efforts to do our best both ata global and local level.”

Piroska Molnár

TT he IBSSA is a member ofMission Europe, a Lau-sanne-based internation-

al non-governmental organisa-tion with participation rights inthe European Council, since2007. It represents European andworld organisations such as theInternational Olympic Commit-tee and the International Unionof Police Associations. We arevery proud that Prof. George Pop-per is a member of the negotiat-ing delegation of Mission Europeat official discussions betweenthe organisation and the Euro-pean Council. Our colleague,Piroska Molnár, talked with vicepresident Michel Müller aboutthe specific areas and issues thatare currently on the agenda ofMission Europe.

“It would be difficult to pro-vide a short list”, Mr. Müllerstarts the conversation. “Withinthe limits of its possibilities, ourorganisation’s activities cover awide range of areas. We fightequally for the de-mining of areasin war-torn countries as for prop-er education and gender equalityin general. We are present in sev-eral working groups of the inter-national non-governmental or-

ganisations of the EC, includingthe human rights, educationaland cultural groups. It is a clichéthat we are fighting for peace,but this is the truth. Each timewe have an opportunity, we tryto emphasize that the key to abetter world is to get a deeper un-derstanding of each other’s cul-ture. We have to learn to acceptthe differences between our cul-tures. Every now and then, wereceive legal or other kinds ofhelp from the international com-munity. However, in most caseswe have to rely on our own re-sources in our attempt to influ-ence governments and makethem deal with their urgentproblems.”

• In what areas can you coop-erate with the IBSSA?

“There are many issues thatwe can work on together. Wehave been attending each other’sevents, such as the family confer-ence held in Budapest, and we arelooking forward to similar oppor-tunities in the future. As theIBSSA’s activities cover practical-ly all segments of the security in-dustry, we may use their help invarious fields. For example, aconference that will address

human organ trade and prostitu-tion is under preparation. TheIBBSA has excellent contacts inthe Eastern European countrieswhere these problems are moreacute.”

• What difficulties are you fac-ing during work?

“Our major problem is to raisethe funds necessary for doing ourjob. Many people think that pres-tigious non-governmental organ-isations have no such problems.Unfortunately, they do. Youmay imagine the resources weneed beyond daily operations.We organise international eventson a regular basis; we also joinwith other organisations; partici-pate in exhibitions; and oftensend delegates to conferences infar-away countries. Detailed pro-grammes and documentation isneeded for all these activities, andfor this job we usually hire exter-nal experts. The effectiveness ofour work fundamentally dependson our financial resources. Notsurprisingly, I spend a great dealof time negotiating with donors.Sometimes I even manage toconvince large multinational en-terprises to support our work. Ofcourse, there are other forms ofsupport as well, and our partnerorganisations also often help usout.


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“Mission Europe” – Our Mission

TT he International Par-liament of States forSafety and Peace

(IPSP) has been operating forover 33 years now in Palermo,Sicily. It is an intergovern-mental organization of thestates, founded originally bythe constituting charter of theRepublics of Cyprus, Senegaland Mali on December 15,1975 and has today parliamen-tary and diplomatic delega-tions in more than 130 na-tions.

Founders of the IPSP are theorthodox Archbishop Mon-signor Viktor Busa – who isthe first president of the Boardof States for the protection oflife – and the late orthodoxArchbishop MonsignorMakariós III – former presi-dent of the Republic ofCyprus.

The IPSP was founded todefend peace of all the peoplearound the world and for se-curity in every nation. Allstates – which join IPSP –have the moral duty to givesupport, help and cooperationto each other.

Being an association ofstates, the International Par-liament gives moral, political,diplomatic, cultural, inter-reli-gious, economic and socialsupport to all governments ofthe nations, to their peoplesand to the respective parlia-mentary institutions. All na-tions are eligible members byRegulation of the IPSP. They

are represented by the respec-tive heads of states and of gov-ernments, by the Ministers ofForeign Affairs and by thePresidents of the Parliaments.

Prof. George Popper – presi-dent of IBSSA – representingthe International Bodyguardand Security Services Associa-tion has been member of thissignificant international asso-ciation of States since 2002and holding the following po-sitions in IPSP: Minister ofPrevention and Protection inNatural and Social Disasters,Deputy Member of the Na-tional Assembly and Envoy atLarge to the Republic of Hun-gary. Leader of the five-mem-ber Hungarian Section of IPSPis Mr. Zoltán Elek; furthermembers are dr. András Cza-páry-Martincsevics, (DeputyMinister UndersecretaryPolitic of Department for Co-ordination of InternationalPublic Relations), Dr. AnnaPopper (Deputy Member ofNational Assembly, Diplo-matic Counsellor to the Presi-dency, Envoy at Large to theRepublic of Hungary, Head ofHungarian Press and Commu-nication Office) and Dr.Zoltán Schváb (Deputy Mem-ber of National Assembly,Envoy at Large to the Republicof Hungary, Head of Hungari-an Foreign Affairs Office),who all representing IBSSA,and their IPSP membershipwas also approved by theHungarian Parliament.

The good relationship be-tween IBSSA and IPSP isdemonstrated by the factsthat members of IBSSA fromaround the world also joinedthe activities of IPSP throughthe successful cooperation (e. g. Mr. Vladislav Kirilovskijin Latvia), or, rather, we havemore colleagues in the worldparliament, whose affiliationin IBSSA was recommendedby IPSP.

Our active diplomatic workand actions are indicated bythe fact that after the 13thCongress of IBSSA – held inArad, Romania in September –the Hungarian Section of IPSPwill travel to Palermo in orderto take the floor during theXIV Conference on the Securi-ty in the Mediterranean. Prof.George Popper – representingIBSSA – will hold a speechabout the “Role of civil inter-national organizations in de-veloping and safekeeping oursociety,” and then the repre-sentative of the HungarianSection will report on the“Propositions of law in favorof the Republic of Hungary”.

In the following, we outlinethe president’s remarks:

“Role of civil internationalorganisations in developingand safekeeping our society”

The IBSSA – InternationalBodyguard and Security Ser-vices Association was estab-lished 14 years ago as the offi-cial international associationof private security, manpowerand technical resources, tech-nological companies and indi-vidual members of the profes-sion. The IBSSA is an INGO


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IBSSA in the InternationalParliament for Safety and Peace

(international non-profit asso-ciation) involved in organiz-ing, coordinating, giving assis-tance, technical help anddevelopment to its membersworldwide – in more than 100countries including all mem-ber countries of the EU – inthe field of security in all itsforms.

Through its members theassociation represents hun-dred thousands of different se-curity companies, security ex-perts or organisations. Theinformation services are main-ly based on the extremely suc-cessful international and na-tional websites of IBSSA, aswell as the regularly issuedmultilingual magazines, book-lets and other publications.

In order to reach more effi-cient international and na-tional activities in the promi-nent fields of security IBSSAentered into close cooperationcontracts with numerous lawenforcement agencies, private

security services and otherworldwide organisations oninternational and nationallevel. The main goal of thesecontracts is to fight againstcrime, terrorism and nar-cotics.

Urban security is – of course– an extremely widespreadand diversified area, whichcontains the chance of naturaldisasters, the security of traf-fic, the probability of fire andmuch more cases. ThoughIBSSA is active in the field ofrescue operations and disasterrecovery – in my present lec-ture I wish to talk solely aboutthe role and tasks of IBSSA inrespect of terror threat ofcities and public security.

I would like to emphasizetwo important things:

In our globalised world, inEurope “without borders” wehave to face internationalcrime and terror threat –therefore momentous interna-tional cooperation on crime

prevention and criminal inves-tigation is a must. There is noneed to underline here the sig-nificance of international or-ganisations.

Primary targets of crimesand terrorism are public build-ings, shopping centres, trafficjunctions, pleasure-grounds,casinos, tourist attractionsand sights, etc. – furthermoreresidential and private valu-ables, houses, flats, motor ve-hicles, shops, etc.. With par-ticular regard to the fact thatall these values are secured inmore cases by civil securitycompanies – the effective col-laboration of professional lawenforcement agencies, organi-sations and the civil securitysphere is extraordinarily im-portant. This is what IBSSAhas been developing on inter-national and national levelsfor more than 10 years!

In numerous countries, in-cluding EU member countriesas well – right these reasonsjustify the setting up of city-guards, local government po-lice and similar organisations– from which activity IBSSAdoes its share!

In the last 2 years IBSSA or-ganised and participated nu-merous events, took an activepart in the formation of sever-al organisations, which dealwith the above mentionedmatters and above all fightagainst drugs and counter-ter-rorism, as it is well-knowntoday that drug trade is inter-connected with other fields ofterrorism and crime.

Just to mention the mainorganisations and events:


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dr. András Czapáry-Martincsevics, Monsignor Viktor Busa Lord President Senator of IPSP, Dr. Anna Popper

Connection of drugs andterror threats: “Narco-terror-ism”

Fight against drugs:INEOA (International Nar-

cotic Enforcement OfficersAssociation)

EDDKE (European NarcoticEnforcement and Drug Pre-vention Centre) – seated inBudapest, Hungary

Rescue operations: our unitsare based in Hungary, CzechRepublic, Romania, Angola,etc.

In 2006 and 2007 IBSSA or-ganised successful interna-tional conferences on Securityof Children, Families andUrban Safety, with the activeparticipation of numerous in-ternational and national or-ganisations!

Since then new federationshave joined the invitation ofthese conferences and upontheir effect new associationswere established in the field offamilies, children and urbansecurity in more EU membercountries.

(Latvia, Italy, Hungary, Ro-mania, Netherlands, Portugal,etc.)

The main patron of bothconferences: Dr. Katalin Szili,President of the HungarianParliament, who formulatedthe best way the children-family-urban safety relation-ship, what I wish to quotenow:

“Urban safety and Securityof Families”! City, family,safety!

It is impossible to set up anorder among these 3 meaning-ful expressions. Not needed as

they are equal and constitutereal unity together. Onecomes after the other. Whatcan be one of the most ele-mental goals of our sweeping,often not so happy modernlife? Living in a happy family,in a wonderful city and in thebelief of security! We know itfor ages that a town can bethe live-giving home for peo-ple. Harmonious families givethe atmosphere of a quiet city.Peaceful towns and leaders,working organisations andprofessionals create appropri-ate conditions in order to haveour cities also becoming re-sponsible communities, fami-lies.

We consider extremely im-portant to have up-to-datetrainings (for security people),which adapt to the demandsof our era, and also to themeasures of danger and threat– IBSSA is leading in this workthroughout the world. Wealso find it substantial to pre-pare and inform the popula-tion, families and childrenabout the threats – they haveto face, how they can preventall this, and how they have toact, what they have to do incase of disasters, accidents,emergency and other attacks!

Taking special note of allthe above themes and mattersIBSSA formed its educationaland training system of greatimportance!

The close cooperation be-tween IBSSA and IPSP is ofhigh concern, as both organi-sations have more and moresignificant influences and thesecurity challenges and prob-

lems of our globalised worldrequire such collaboration.

For IBSSA it is extraordinar-ily of great importance thatIPSP is such an intergovern-mental organisation of thestates, which has remarkableinfluence on the developingcountries of the Third World.As it turns out from myspeech notwithstanding thatIBSSA is present in more than100 countries – mainly power-ful in the European Union andin the United States of Ameri-ca – we can form momentouscooperation in the field of se-curity in the future with suchcountries, where IPSP has ac-tive members.

On this special occasion ofthe conference I offer again theexpertise and proficiency ofIBSSA in regard of education,trainings and qualification.

I do hope that we (IBSSAand IPSP) will have the possi-bility to organise even morejoint actions in the future, andour cooperation will improveand flourish so on internation-al as well as on national levels,since serious opportunitypresents itself with the chancefor close collaboration be-tween the national sections ofIPSP and the regional organi-sations of IBSSA.

And at last, but not least I would like to express mycompliments and congratulateLord President Senator ViktorBUSA for his high decorationsreceived recently, and IBSSAoffers its unbroken support inorder to help in his noble acti-vities and succeed in his goalsand mission!


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OO n behalf of IBSSA-USA we would liketo express our

thanks to IBSSA International(HQ) and the “Bodyguard andSecurity” official magazine ofIBSSA for the opportunity toreport about our recent activ-ities. Our regional organisa-tion is very young, only oneyear old, but with very experi-enced and qualified leadersand members. It is a great ho-nour and privilege for us thatthe information about our re-gion could be interesting forour fellow colleagues allaround the world (in morethan 110 countries) whereIBSSA is present.

As the annual IBSSA Con-gress is at our doorstep, Iwould like to mention only afew things at this time – inorder to avoid repeating our-selves at the Congress – whatjust recently happened to ushere in the USA. At the Con-gress we will present a moredetailed report.

As some of you may alreadyknow IBSSA-USA has justreached another “milestone”here in Florida, which is veryimportant for us and for thehistory of IBSSA. On May 4,2008 IBSSA-USA had thepleasure of welcoming a Flori-da State Inspector (from theFlorida State Department ofLicensing) to our office, wherea “Final Inspection” had beenscheduled. After the State In-spector found everything (of-fice space, training facility, ed-

ucational documents and ma-terials, etc.) “ready-to-go”, ouralready existing “TemporaryLicense” was officially changedto a “Permanent License” (L# DS2800008) status. Thismeans that the State of Floridaofficially awarded FOLDAUSA (as part of FOLDA Inter-national) in co-operation andin relationship with IBSSA-USA with a license to teach asan “Official Security TrainingSchool / Facility for the Stateof Florida”.

This was another huge stepforward in the field of the se-curity profession on Americansoil. Achieving this great posi-tion it took lots of manpower,time, effort, energy and pa-perwork, and it was not easyto obtain required necessarydocuments in a relative shorttime.

With this big step ahead,we are looking forward tostart up our successful andtested program, the trainingsystem here in the UnitedStates.

We conducted a major mar-ket research – carefully lookedaround at many other placesof the industry – and we canconfidently say that with ourpresent and all time innova-tive system we can be a lead-ing training source of the pro-fession in the US as well.

Another great success andrecognition for IBSSA-USAthat recently we have beencontacted by one of the IBSSAcountry representatives and

“brothers” from Europe(IBSSA-Netherlands), re-questing us to help them or-ganising a “Bodyguard Train-ing” section in Florida.

I would like to take the op-portunity to express herebythe followings: we are open tohelp anyone in the securitybusiness and profession, toshare our knowledge and ex-perience with great pleasure,and of course to learn fromothers in this profession.

We believe that IBSSA, as aworldwide organization doesrely on the huge network thatthe Association created fromthe time of the beginning.This is the greatest value thatwe – as IBSSA members andAssociates – should appreciateand promote.

We are convinced that wecan create a good relationshipwith IBSSA members, corpo-rates and representatives allaround the world and wekindly support the goals andambitions of IBSSA in orderto keep up the quality andlevel of professionalism in theprivate security field, set bythe standard of IBSSA Inter-national HQ.

We wish continuous profes-sional success and excellentresults to you all and goodwork to the participants ofthe upcoming 13th Congressof IBSSA in Arad / Romania.

Mr. Tamás Török, Regional Representative of

IBSSA for FloridaIBSSA-USA (HQ)Hallandale Beach,

Florida (USA)


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TT errorism is the ’black hole’ of the 21stcentury, which could be defined as thestrategy of ’hell.’ The route of anti-ter-

rorism is defined by the skill of control actionagainst terrorism and violence, for anti-terrorismnot to become the opposite side of terrorism, butthe annulment of the strength and weapons ofterrorism through the right for self-defense inkeeping world peace and the general progress ofthe modern world.

Terrorism has become a large threat regardlessof the size of the state, the strength of the nation,its economical power and military potential, andthe development of democracy and human liber-ties.

Terrorism is also a threat for states and na-tions with ethnic and religious conflict, but itposes a danger on the freedom of spiritual andsocial development of the modern world aswell.

The mission of terrorism is to rule by fear andsubversion and to raise doubts about the exis-tence of the future through the promotion of vi-olence, which are the ambitions of terroristsand terrorist organizations.

The most important thing in cooperation be-tween CCTWP and IBSSA is that we have madea quality improvement in terms of exchangingexperiences, information and technical details,which is important in the fight against all formsof terrorism: cyber terrorism, classical terrorism,and naval terrorism. We are working on exchang-ing our experiences on how to prevent and de-crease the effects of terrorism and how to com-municate in a positive way with terrorism as asocial disaster.

Terrorism affects all parts of the world, andmeta-terrorism is on the rise, which essentially’’absorbs’’ internal, sponsored, trans-nationaland global terrorism and the rule of fear and thedomination of violence over civilized conduct.

The struggle against terrorism is becoming acomplex skill of puzzle-fitting, which requires alot of knowledge and experience and the skill to’’virtually’’ and in reality penetrate the mind ofterrorists and organizations, and to make utmosteffort to thwart the terrorists’ intentions and theachievement of their objectives.

CCTWP, Belgrade, Serbia, will cooperatewith all the people and institutions of ’good in-tention’ whose aim and task are the protectionof the right for life without fear and blackmailfor individuals and nations , as well as withoutviolence and looming crimes, which, induced bypolitical, national and religious motives, spreadviolence over the people and the states.

Vojislav Milosevic, Director of CCTWP

Belgrade, Serbia

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TT he frontman, main songwriter and bassguitarist of the rock band Manowarstated after the magnificent concert in

Timisoara that the world press reserved plentyof space for his name as well, and the most pop-ular American newspapers interviewed himabout the event.

The none any less famous rock star, who isalso a protestant priest and Grand Cross Knightof Malta, has participated in several IBSSA

training sessions – in the Czech Republic,among other places – and often wears the offi-cial, black attire with the IBSSA logo at his con-certs, thereby promoting our organization.(The following figures justly demonstrate thepopularity of the concert and the attention ofthe media: more than 200 articles were pub-lished in the Romanian press, and over 10,000written pieces and photos were posted on theiternet.)

Mr. Jose Carreras, the world famous opera singer and IBSSAIt was a great honor for Sir Joey DeMaio, American honorary member of IBSSA, to bestowin the presence of His Grace Count Sir George Popper, Prime Minister of KMFAP, the deco-ration of the Cross of Merit and Distinction of the Knights of Malta on José Carreras, theworld-rrenowned tenor, in acknowledgement of the remarkable humanitarian actions of theSpanish artist.

Sir Joey DeMaio appreciates the Master. Prof. George Popper (left), Mr. José Carreras and Sir Joey DeMaio (right).


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TT hese efforts coincided with the objec-tives of the Sovereign Order of SaintJohn of Jerusalem Knights of Malta. Re-

lying on their initiative, many of our membersjoined the training programme announced bythe Diplomatic Academy which provides theparticipants with knowledge in the field ofdiplomacy at university level. During the firstyear of the programme students learned, amongother things, about the history of diplomacy,the legal background of diplomatic and con-sulate relationships, protocol, rhetoric, intercul-tural studies, multilateral diplomacy, securitypolicy, military diplomacy and media, through105 classes that took place in 35 sessions.

The quality of a training programme is basi-cally defined by the qualification level of thelecturers. The Order managed to enlist experi-enced and highly-trained lecturers from differ-ent areas, including renowned diplomats suchas André Erdõs, who had been ambassador inseveral major countries and also representedHungary at various forums of the UN.

The initiative has reached its goal: in the au-tumn of 2008, the Diplomatic Academy is con-tinuing its work in the framework of the Pro-

Deo University. The students coming to theAcademy are offered a curriculum that preparesthem not only for working in the world ofdiplomacy, but in the world of business as well.

From this year, new courses are availablesuch as legal studies; North, Middle and SouthAmerica and Oceania; European integrationand Russia. The management of the Academyfinds it important to improve the students’English skills. To this end, they provide Eng-lish courses for those interested. For thosewho live outside Budapest, or even out of thecountry, a distance education programme isunder development, to allow anyone interest-ed to attend the Academy, irrespective ofwhere they live. The programme has alsochanged in terms of methodology. The Acade-my, similarly to other higher-level institu-tions, has introduced the credit system, whichmeans that students can take any subjectsthey are interested in, and the only require-ment is that they have to collect the points re-quired for taking exams.

For details of the admission procedure, pleasewrite an email to the following address: [email protected].

Improving the quality of our diplomatic activities

The Diplomatic Academy programmes in 2008As suggested by both the official journals of the IBSSA issued in the last 3 years and the pres-ent publication, our organisation has established an extensive international contact network.To approach new partners and maintain the existing network requires a lot of work. The grow-ing complexity of our foreign policy activities made it necessary to launch professional trainingprogrammes for our colleagues who will deal with international issues.

Since 2000… 8500 cars equipped.

cars stolen: 0We support thegoals of IBSSA!

TT he CoESS is an international organisationthat incorporates the associations of privatesecurity firms in Europe. One of the mem-

bers of the organisation, the activities of whichlargely coincide with the profile of the IBSSA, is theEmployers’ Association of Hungarian SecurityCompanies (MBVMSZ). Owing to the fact thatthis association was established mainly by IBSSAmembers (the founders are still members of theboard), the two international organisations have astrong working relationship. Our colleagues are alsopresent in several working committees of theCoESS. The organisation is now setting up a com-mittee to study the security issues concerning “crit-ical infrastructure”. The issue is rather timely in thelight of the recent attacks on critical infrastructurethat led to the death of a large number of people.We discussed the most recent developments con-cerning the CoESS with Dr. József Kaló, presidentof the MBVMSZ.

“The incidents in New York, London and Madridall suggest that our safety today mostly relies on theprotection of infrastructure”, explained the presi-dent. “I cannot imagine the damage terrorists couldcause by contaminating fresh water, cutting gas orwater supplies, or even by blocking telecommunica-tion. Modern societies largely depend on the infra-structure. Any failure of these systems may repre-sent a huge risk. This is why the study anddevelopment of their protection is vital”.

• Protection strategies have already been on theagenda of the CoESS through the work of variouscommittees.

“In fact, all committees of the CoESS deal withthe issue on a regular basis. However, we felt thatthe time had come to set up a working committeededicated to the protection and security of infra-structure. The problem is Europe-wide. More devel-oped societies have a larger critical infrastructure,which means that they are more exposed to dangersof this kind”.

• You mean the terror threat?”It’s more than that. Natural disasters or even se-

rious malfunctions may also represent danger. As

any problem with the infrastructure may jeopardisepublic security and the economy, and may also hin-der public services, it is vital to ensure its proper pro-tection. And it also requires the preparedness of theprivate security sector, as many of the facilities thatbelong to the critical infrastructure are guarded byprivate firms. Or just think about the IT systems in-volved – they can easily become the primary targetsof cyber criminals who facilitate terrorism".

• This task requires a comprehensive approach.Do you cooperate with other professional organisa-tions?

"Security issues of such scale are dealt with at sev-eral platforms. To find the answers, we need thecontribution and cooperation of all stakeholders.We have excellent working relationships with nu-merous organisations that work in the same area forthe same objectives. For example, we work closelywith the IBSSA, the international association ofbodyguards".

• Even though the CoESS accepts only interna-tional organisations as members, you are well awareof the views and suggestions of the IBSSA, as at theclub days, which are organised jointly by the IBSSAand the MBVMSZ, you regularly report on thework performed by the CoESS and your new guide-lines and policies. The members of the IBSSA whoattend the event may respond to this information,express their opinions and make suggestions. Whatare the most recent developments regarding theCoESS?

"The European Private Security Directive will becompleted soon. My colleague, Tibor Samu, and Ihave been members of the editorial committee. An-other committee is working on the Property Securi-ty Directive, while European standards for supplychains and remote monitoring centres are alsounder preparation. The Expansion Committee ofthe CoESS will soon transform into a body thatstrengthens the relationship between the members,with nearly all European member countries havingdelegates in the association".

• The vice president of the committee dealingwith marine security, which is one of the most ac-


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IBSSA relations with the CoESS

Enhanced security in Europe is at stake

PIRAMIS Special Services Kft.PIRAMIS Special Services Kft. was establishedin August 2007 to provide bespoke personal andproperty protection and related services to privateand governmental organisations.

Our main activity is personal, facility andarea protection along with event security, butwe also provide services in the fields of privateinvestigation, education, crisis management,vehicle escort and data security.

We seek to provide comprehensive securityservices at the highest quality.

We are aware that we have to provide excellent performance to make our clientspleased with our services. Therefore, we putgreat emphasis on the appearance of our colleagues who represent us, as well as on theirequipment, education and training. The indivi-duals willing to work with us are required to passa series of tests before they can join our organi-sation. The selection procedure includes the examination of the applicants’ physical andmental suitability as well as their professionalknowledge and experience. The top and mid-level management of our company is made up ofexperts who have spent decades in law enforce-ment or military units, are committed to excellent performance and are also able to handle HR issues effectively at the same time.Our colleagues have provided security services atvarious prestigious events where professionality,speed and mental stability were equally important requirements.

Just to mention a few:• Protection of VIPs at official events such as 20

August or 15 March and at related events• The visit of Manchester United to Hungary –

personal protection• The visit of Bayern Munich to Hungary –

we secured the centenary football match• Hungary – Italy friendly football match –

personal protection• National Rally Championship• T-Mobile Örömkoncert – Heroes’ Square,

Budapest• Hungaroring, Formula 1 Grand Prix

Even though we are only celebrating our firstanniversary, our clientele already includes prestigious names like:• Expol Special Services Kft.• Escort Security Services Kft.• Point Blank Kft.• TINTO Fino Winery• D-Kultúra Event Management Kft.

We protect the following facilities:• Tv2 HQ• APEH facilities• KÖBE office building• Váci út 33. office building• Duna Tower office building• Municipality of the 8th district • Rio Cafe• Kaiser’s supermarkets

• Facilities of the National Ambulance andEmergency Service

• TINTO Fino Winery

We were responsible for securing the followingevents:• 2008 Football Championship – open-air

projection in the Orczy Garden • 2008. Gaz de France Grand Prix – Római

Teniszakadémia• 2008. Children’s Day on the Margaret Island,

Hajógyári Island – “Children’s Island"• 2008. Sziget festival – Hajógyári Island

Our colleagues return from each theoretical orpractical training held for private individuals orsecurity firms with acknowledgements and certificates.

http://wwwhttp://www.piramissecurity.piramissecurity.hu/.hu/


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tive ones, happens to have a leading position in theIBSSA as well.

"We have four meetings a year chaired by aTurkish admiral", said Dr. László Reindl, who hadjust returned from a marine holiday, and became amember of the committee as a navy officer and asthe former CEO of the Hungarian Shipping Com-pany Rt. (MAHART), by telephone. “All my col-leagues have extensive professional experience –the members include the security chiefs of the

Rotterdam and Stockholm harbours, head ofGroup4 and other individuals with leading posi-tions in the area. Right now we are working to es-tablish a minimum level of security for harboursthat all ports will be required to maintain. TheISPS (International Security Port Service) will bemandatory. The related training programme willsoon begin and, after a preparation period, will befollowed by audits".

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Our motto:Our motto:“W“We protect your valuable property and assets like e protect your valuable property and assets like

PPYRAMIDS protected the pharaohs.”YRAMIDS protected the pharaohs.”

On the Ball of Knights and Bodyguards — representatives of the main sponsor company “PIRAMIS”

TT his prestigious securi-ty organisation wasestablished exactly 20

years ago by the recently de-ceased Gilbert Bonnemaison,a city policy maker in Paris.As I heard, the anniversarywas celebrated in a uniqueway by the Hungarian dele-gates.

“The delegation took aposter series to Barcelona.The series was supported byBudapest, and was presentedin a framework of an exhibi-tion on the venue.

Based on the idea of theJózsef Attila Arts CentreFoundation of HungarianFine Artists, the posters wereto reflect how artists see andpresent the situation of crimeprevention, said Béla Danie-lisz.”

• What were the main pointson the meeting’s agenda?

“The president of the EFUSgave a brief summary of thehistory of the last 20 years,and gladly pointed out that inthe last year another 35 citiesjoined the organisation. Healso hailed the interest indi-cated by the United Nationsand countries from LatinAmerica, as well as our newand promising partnerships.The South American coun-

tries that attended the two-day Iberian-American confer-ence had so far taken part inthe EFUS’s work with onlyobserver rights.

However, with the risingnumber of these countries,the leaders of the EFUS decid-ed to allow them to partici-pate in the work of the EFUSfrom this conference on withfull membership rights.

These international part-nerships project a future witha large and diverse interna-tional community. There wasa very interesting professionaldebate about the relation be-tween migration and securitypolicy, which was introducedby the research director of theNational Scientific ResearchCentre of France.

As a vice-president, I gave areport on the work performedat the newly established Bu-dapest office. After 20 years,the Paris-based EFUS finallyopened another office, in Bu-dapest.

The task of the centre is tocoordinate the work of themember cities in the Centraland Eastern European region,which can be considered as amilestone in the history ofthe organisation.

During the recent months,Budapest has done a lot forexpanding the organisation,

as a result of which the con-ference was also attended bythe delegates of a new candi-date city, Warsaw.”

• The Budapest office alsorepresents national interest.What are your major plans forthe near future?

“Along with working on anumber of international proj-ects, we also deal with do-mestic tasks. For example, weare translating the documententitled “Security Audit” thatis based on Sohail Husain’s re-search programme.

It will be distributed tosome 3,200 Hungarian mu-nicipalities. As an activemember of the community,we seek to explore new op-portunities for both our cityand those we coordinate withand provide support to.”

• As vice-president of theEFUS, you have a good rela-tionship with the IBSSA in-ternational bodyguard associ-ation. Your latest jointaction, the 2008 EFUS confer-ence may be a good example.

“There is a close relation-ship between the IBSSA andthe EFUS. This is mainly be-cause we have common inter-ests – see the high-priority


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Urban Safety: Cooperation with EFUSEFUS (European Forum for Urban Safety) held its annual assembly on 17-118 July 2008. TheHungarian delegation was led by Béla Danielisz, crime prevention advisor of the MunicipalAssembly of Budapest and vice-ppresident of the EFUS. We asked him to report on the Barcelonameeting of the organisation that includes over 300 cities and capitals, and to talk about the lat-est developments in the field of urban safety.

“Urban-family-child safety”programme of the IBSSA, forinstance. Not to mention thatIBSSA also organises urbansafety conferences, which areattended by our representa-tives as well.

Our greatest shared successis the international EFUS con-ference held in Budapest on29-30 April 2008, one of thepatrons of which was theIBSSA. The bodyguard associ-ation sent delegates to all sec-tions.

Our representatives con-tributed to the success of theevent through their speechesand lectures. In the antiter-rorist section, the US memberof the bodyguard association,Jerry Brumley, spoke aboutthe recent terrorist attacks inthe US that have defined theatmosphere there ever since,also explaining the conclu-sions and touching upon theissues related to preparationand prevention.

Prof. George Popper alsoheld a lecture entitled “Therole of civilian security ser-vices in urban safety.

Urban safety is an extreme-ly manifold and varied area ofsecurity, as it includes variousthreats and situations thatneed to be handled, be it traf-fic safety, antiterrorist activi-ties or disaster management.Forums of this kind are ex-tremely useful, as dialogue isthe first step in getting pre-pared.

For this very reason, we arewilling to hold similar eventsin the future together withIBSSA.”


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OO ur delegates were host-ed and guided by Co-lonel Juris Beszegyin,

1st Deputy Minister of theMinistry of Emergency Situa-tions, head of the MoscowDirectorate. Mr. Beszegyininformed us that Moscow has10.5 million residents in a 1081square km area. The capital ismade up of 124 districts, a thirdof which is green spaces. Thehousing blocks were delibera-tely built so that the huge greenareas left between the estatesmay be used for disaster man-agement in case of a nuclearstrike or a fire.

Moscow is surrounded by fivebypass roads; the length of theoutermost ring is 109km. Thetotal length of the 11 under-ground lines is 274km. Current-ly there are 174 metro stationsalong the lines. The under-ground network, which trans-ports 8.5 million people everyday, has been continually ex-panded since 1935.

The purpose of the MCSSZROSSII EMERCOM is• To prepare the population for

emergency situations and to

establish rules for the expect-ed behaviour in such cases.

• To maintain technical and en-gineering facilities.

• To produce and store personalprotection equipment.

• To enhance the strength of fa-cilities (production and pro-tection should be maintainedafter a strike or a disaster).

• To continuously monitor de-velopments and to establish asystem for communicationwith the population.

• To set up local networks anda technical monitoring sys-tem.

• The constitutional obligationsof the MCSSZ for the times ofpeace and war are defined indetail in federal, city and localregulations.

Such systems are to be estab-lished and programmes for mit-igating the risk of emergencysituations are to be launched ineach industrial area.

1. As the central authority ofthe Russian Federation, theMoscow Directorate, whichoperates under the supervi-sion of the Municipality of

The representatives of the disaster management division ofthe IBSSA (György Palásthy and Dr. László Reindl) took partin a training programme in Moscow, organised for foreign pro-fessionals by the Moscow Directorate of the Ministry ofEmergency Situations (MCSSZ), which included theoreticaland methodological training. We asked Dr. László Reindl toshare his experience with us. (In the following we provide asummary of the most interesting parts of the nearly-88-ppagereport. Editor in chief.)

Disaster ManagementTraining in Moscow

Moscow, oversees 10 disas-ter management districts.Each district has a direc-torate to coordinate thework of organisations deal-ing with civil protection,disaster management andfire-fighting. The distribu-tion ratio is 1 million peo-ple/district. They workclosely with the prefectures.

2. The head of the MoscowCivil Protection Committeeis Lord Mayor Luzskov’sdeputy. In war time, the au-thority is led by the Mayor.

3. We were not informed aboutthe exact number of employ-ees working for the MCSSZ.However, in Moscow alonethere are 11,000 fire-fighters,out of which 472 specialise inwater rescue; there are over200 rivers and lakes inMoscow and its immediatevicinity, in total a length of200km. Every year more than200 people drown. Water res-cue units have a 2 billionRouble/year budget; the av-erage salary of rescue work-ers is EUR 1000 per month.

4. They use cutting edge tech-nology acquired from world-leading brands such as Mer-cedes, Volvo and Drager.

The structure and tasks ofthe Ministry of EmergencySituationsThe protection of the civilianpopulation is a constitutionalobligation both in peace and inwar time. The municipalities ofMoscow and Saint Petersburgare directly involved in the ac-tivities of the Ministry of Dis-aster Management. Even

though during the last 17 yearswar-related tasks were not re-quired, the tasks related to theprotection of the population inwar situations still need to behandled.

Main activities: • Technical rescue and engi-

neering activities.• Maintenance of protection

facilities.• Personal protection. Storage

and maintenance of gasmasks and various protectiveclothing for the civilian popu-lation.

• Preparation of the popula-tion. Preparation of the per-sonnel for emergency situa-tions, including regular drillsin training centres.

Due to the large number of in-dustrial facilities in the area, thepopulation living here is ex-posed to a high level of danger.It is vital to preserve food andfresh water production andsupply. There are largeamounts of chlorine and am-monia in the city that also rep-resent amajor risk. The indus-trial facilities that may besources of danger are keptunder strict governmental con-trol. The SEVESO guidelines,which are mandatory in theEU, are not applied here. Chem-ical safety is ensured throughregulations defined in domesticacts and decrees. Inputs fromthe monitoring systems all runto a centre through the localnetwork.

They also have a biologicaland nuclear emergency systemin place, in accordance with the

programme established to miti-gate the risk of emergency situ-ations.

The capital is highly ex-posed to the danger that firerepresents. There are 11,000fires in the city every year. Be-sides fire management, theyalso take care of fire preven-tion. There are 11,000 firefighters working in the city ofMoscow. As the expansion ofthe city horizontally is con-fined by the ring roads, it canonly grow vertically: skyscrap-ers appear and undergroundtransportation is developed,which again increases risk.Now fire fighters are using aZeigler crane with a workingheight of 110m to reach thetallest buildings. There are nu-merous tunnels in the city,some of which are as long as4km – another risk factor.

For water accidents, waterrescue stations provide rescueoperations and first aid.

In peace time, the MoscowDirectorate of the MCsSzemploys 400 officers to main-tain protection. Members ofthe civil protection organisa-tion are recruited from industri-al workers and the general pop-ulation. For rescue operations,they have aircraft and interna-tional rescue units that can bedeployed in any part of theworld (at the time of our visitthey were on a rescue missionin China).

Act nr. 122 makes a distinc-tion between state and localobligations. In the case of in-dustrial fires, the managementof the situation is the responsi-bility of federal fire brigades,


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while local fire fighters aresupposed to handle fires in res-idential areas. The Fire andCivil Protection Research In-stitute was established to putan emphasis on scientific andresearch tasks. The educationsystem is progressive; federalofficers are also required to at-tend the Academy. A reservefund has been established inthe budget to cover the imme-diate costs of protection andrecovery management. Thefunds are regularly completedcentrally.

Education and trainingOn our visit at the Educationand Training Centre of theMoscow Directorate of theMCsSz we also got an insightinto their training systems. Thefacility is led by Sergei Mar-tianovich, who is also the direc-tor of the Civil ProtectionAcademy. They put great em-phasis on PR, the promotion ofthe service and on the trainingof children.

They also organise volun-tary movements for youngpeople: young fire fighter, am-bulance worker, water rescueworker; they hold contestsand summer camps. Trainingis provided from as young as innursery school. Civilians re-ceive training up until theyleave secondary schoolthrough a subject named “Theprevention and managementof emergency situations”,which is mandatory, and stu-dents are required to take anexam at the end of the course.The preservation of the activi-ties of society is a mandatory

subject at all Russian collegesand universities. Adult leadersare trained during workinghours. The programme lastsfor one or two weeks andstarts with tactical and strate-gic training. The ambulanceworkers’ training programmeconsists of one month of theo-retical and another month ofpractical training.

Special featuresThey work with an advancedGIS data collecting system. Thecapital is mapped by a 3D com-puter program, the data arestored on microfilms and up-dated on a regular basis.

They also have a unique sur-veillance system that operateswith laser beams, which mayprovide useful chemical infor-mation in case of a fire or chem-ical emergency.

Separate transmitters andradio frequencies are dedicatedto the management of under-ground incidents and surfacerescue operations. They are in-dependent of civilian systemsand are constantly available.

Rescue workers go through amedical check-up each year. Be-sides physical and psychologi-cal examinations, they are alsoprovided with recreational op-portunities.

Visiting the managementof the MOSVODKANALAt the headquarters of the com-pany, we were greeted by Mr.Andrejev, deputy CEO, and hiscolleagues.

The main responsibility ofthe company is to ensure clean,fresh water and maintain the

water supply for the public.Since 1972, Moscow has asewage system that covers thewhole city. Waste water, 4.5million cubic meter per day,goes through a biological purifi-cation process. It is treated withUV light to neutralize pollu-tants. Indeed, the level of waterpurity is higher than in WesternEuropean countries: the biologi-cal purity is 10mg/l, comparedto 30mg/l in Western Europe.Water purity is tested by asmall species of fish. The headof disaster management is re-quired to drink a glass of waterin front of TV cameras eachtime water quality is tested.

Security Physical protec-tion is ensured by interiorforces. (2 regiments, 2 sub-units). They are located atover 40 facilities. They applyadvanced technical protection.In case of emergency, fast re-sponse units are deployed. Allfacilities have safety plans inplace, and hold drills and runtraining programmes on a reg-ular basis.

The representatives of theIBSSA were involved in adiscussion about the pos-sible ways of cooperationbetween the associationand the MCSSZ ROSSIIEMERCOM in the future,then accepted the diplomaissued for president Prof.George Popper and themembers of the delega-tion, through which theRussians acknowledgedProf. Popper’s achieve-ments in the field of disas-ter management.


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EDDKE – European Narcotic Enforcementand Drug Prevention Centre

The change of the regime

in the Eastern-European

countries, the enlarging

of the European

Union, and in a

Europe “without

borders” – beside

all its positive

changes –

brought

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of drug

addiction.

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TT hus, most Europeancountries, and overseascountries as well, as-

signed the duty to official or-ganizations to stop the rapidgrowth of drug abuse or to re-duce it as much as possible.Setting up the European Nar-cotic Enforcement and DrugPrevention Centre (EDDKE)fits into this process.

EDDKE was founded in thesummer of 2007 in Budapest,Hungary, with active supportby Sir Prof. George Popper –President of IBSSA, and of the“Sovereign Order of Saint Johnof Jerusalem, Knights of Malta,Federation of the AutonomousPriories”.

The president of the Euro-pean Narcotic Enforcementand Drug Prevention Centre isMr. Nicolas Koszta.

With respect to the data onHungary: there are nearly ahundred thousand registereddrug addicts, but the numberof those who have ever triedany kinds of drugs of their widevariety is around one million.These facts, among others,urged civilian people to set upthis center in Budapest, whichtoday has about a hundredmembers: from the culturaland economical sphere, repre-sentatives of non-governmen-tal organizations, leaders ofpublic institutions and mostlyEuropean members of the In-ternational Narcotic Enforce-ment Officers Association(INEOA) – representing alto-gether 12 countries. And everysingle day many new applica-tions arrive, nowadays espe-cially from the UK and France.

The work of EDDKE is fo-cused on training and educa-tion, as well as coordinatingthe activities of the EuropeanINEOA members.

“The first action of our pro-fessional experts was to com-pile such a schoolbook, whichgives instructions in methodol-ogy to educators on how to ap-proach young people,” in-formed us Mr. Koszta of theactivities of the Center. “It isextremely important how edu-cators and teachers get close tochildren. If they fail to strikethe right note, young peoplewill resist those who actuallywish to help. On the other,hand if they succeed in show-ing interest, it will be easier tounderstand each other.”

• What are the goals of thisone-year old Cente?

“In schools, drug coordina-tors are those who have theduty to inform young people.EDDKE intends to organize theeducation and advanced train-ing of these teachers. We coop-erate with policemen and doc-tors and use the all-timeexperiences of IBSSA as well.We constantly organize youthcamps against drugs – whichwas a case in point until today– in order to make young peo-ple aware of the deleterious ef-fects of drugs, using the advan-tages of the milieu outside theschool. EDDKE and IBSSAsigned an Agreement on Coop-eration last autumn in Belgrade– during the 12th Congress ofIBSSA – with the intention ofmaking our activities more ef-fective and successful.

This year a well-constructededucational book will go topress especially for those whocan make good use of it duringtheir everyday work. Soon, weintend to organise a confer-ence for experienced nationaland foreign teachers, and rep-resentatives of other profes-sions, so they can get ac-quainted with each other’suseful and well-developedmethods.

Our plan is to make “anti-drug life” fashionable, whenyoung people wish to live aclean life without drugs. Forthis purpose, we are lookingfor actors and athletes whocan be examples and to whomyouth will turn an ear to.

It should also be noted that –concerning our experiences –many civil organizations feelthe fight against drug con-sumption necessary; neverthe-less, they work separately andin an isolated manner, know-ing nothing about each other. Iam convinced that if we foundeach other and cooperated, ouractivities would be much moresuccessful and effective. OurCenter – for the attainment ofits aims and purposes – collab-orates with all governmental,social and economical organi-zations as well, who contributemuch to our successful work.We wish to endeavour to har-monize the activities of the dif-ferent Hungarian and interna-tional anti-drug federationsboth in Hungary and in Eu-rope. We also set high priorityto cooperate in the procure-ment of equipment related todrug prevention.


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TT he goal of the weekend was to unite pro-fessionals from all over the world inorder to join a hard, soul-breaking close

combat training that would prepare the membersfor ’real-life’ combat in all situations.

The architects of this event, Master Instruc-tor Didier COPPENS (Master Teacher of SelfDefence and Martial Arts) and CPO KrisztianZERKOWITZ did just that; managing to unite30 participants from 10 different countries (Ar-menia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany,Hungary, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Slove-nia) during the weekend, when people weretested, driven to their physical and psychologi-cal limits to make them realize the realities ofreal life combat and the importance of their jobwhether they work in private security, law en-forcement or military.

International instructors, such as DetectiveMike CSOKE – Regional Representative ofIBSSA for Canada, Eric DUYSHAVER and Do-rian BEERENS from the Belgian Army, intro-duced the students to topics such as: Hand toHand Combat, baton, knife, weapon retention,weapon disarming, Tactical Combat Casualty

Care, Anti-carjacking and many more with thehelp of the following Instructors of IBSSA andUCCS:

Mr. Samuel GAUTIER (France) – Assistant In-structor of VIP Protection

Mr. Jurgen PERSOONS (Belgium) – AssistantInstructor of Self Defence

Mr. Eddie ARAPETJAN (Armenia)Mr. Ben de RAEVE (Belgium)Mr. Davy LOETE (Belgium)Mr. Maarten BOGAERTS (Belgium)

The event took place in an international set-ting, where the lectures and trainings were heldin English. Wherever this caused problems, IBSSAmembers were ready to help, interpreting in fivedifferent languages and using worldwide signlanguage.

The training was tough, very tough…. Master teacher Didier COPPENS started outwith the basics of the UCCS system, boxing andkicking techniques--the basics of a good fight. Allthis was supported by ’iron’ discipline, extremelytough physical exercises and coaching from the


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“Urban Close Combat Challenge 2008”IBSSA International Training Seminar in Belgium

’A great Success, an absolute top system, top weekend...’

IBSSA Belgium with the leadership of Mr. Krisztian ZERKOWITZ – Country Representative ofIBSSA for Belgium and Urban Close Combat International – one of the official training centres ofIBSSA organized their first International event during the weekend of the 17th and 18th of May.

The instructorsThe instructors

Who induces it further? Who induces it further?

UCCS crew. Because “Thosewho TRAIN HARD, FIGHTEASY.”

During the weekend, basics ofthe UCCS system were discov-ered by the students’ defensivetechniques as well as offensivetechniques. IBSSA and UCCSinstructor Jurgen PERSOONSintroduced the participants toMMA (Mixed Martial Arts). Be-cause “Those who stand, willfall down.” With the instruc-tions of Jurgen, falling down be-came an advantage. The ttwohours of MMA training showed how. Exhaust-ing, but rewarding.

Defence for extreme violence was taught bythe fantastic IBSSA master teacher Mike CSOKE.Gun Disarmament and Weapon Retention fol-lowed by some devastating techniques with thebaton, or better known in the martial arts as’stick.’ Even the ’Redman’ suit was taken out inorder to introduce students to the difficulty of at-tacking a madman without any sensation ofpain.

Training continued until about 10:00 PM, ex-hausting the students to the maximum, not onlyphysically, but also mentally. Two instructors,Dorian BEERENS and Eric DUYSHAVER teach-ing Tactical Combat Casualty Care, showed theresults of knife attacks. Shockingly making clearto the attendants how dangerous knives are, andhow important it is to train correctly. On Sun-day, these theoretical techniques were made visi-ble with practical exercises on using a tourniquet,the Israeli Pressure Bandage etc. Stress levels wereraised again using exhaustion on the students,taking them to their limits and far beyond …

Initiations in Anti Car Jacking modules andprotection details were taught by IBSSA Instruc-tor Krisztian ZERKOWITZ. Showing the reality,making people think. As instructor Mike CSOKEput so clearly, “Self-defence is not enough; ittakes a whole line of events before you get to de-fend yourself, and those events should be steeredby the good guys …. Us.”

The whole weekend was concluded with an

exam, tough as nails, peopleloosing the ability to stand, loos-ing the ability to breathe, but soproud of their achievements thatthe official IBSSA certificate thatwas provided became to themlike a gold medal.

IBSSA Belgium believes in theimportance of the internationalcharacter of training. Experi-ences from different back-grounds, social economic situa-tions and legislation allow toshare vital information and real-ity based experience between

the students. As Urban Close Combat stands for’fighting with intelligence, intelligent use of forcebut understanding that ’first to come means firstto fight’’ we train hard. No surprises in reality ifyou train for it the right way.

The weekend was a success, with all candi-dates graduating, and the ones who were wound-ed during the training were given the opportuni-ty to graduate within six months at the UrbanClose Combat (UCCS) facility in Belgium. UCCSprovides the opportunity to all IBSSA membersworldwide to come and train in the Close Com-bat techniques at the ’local’ gym, or UCCS cansend you an expert team of instructors to train atyour club, team, unit etc.

More information is available through theInternational website of the association:www.jkd.be or at the IBSSA HQ viawww.ibssa.org

Please contact us for details.


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ExerciseExercise

Forced down Forced down

EE ven though we haveknown each other for along time, so far all I have

known about her were things shelet me see: a pretty girl withbrown hair who attends all train-ing sessions as the only female as-siduously working with the guys.

“I was five and a half years oldwhen I started karate. Kyokushinwas a part of my life for more than20 years”, Lady Erika Debreceni in-troduced herself. “I also tried othersports – I tested myself in swim-ming, field sports, I was 14 when Icompleted a marathon and, al-though I made good progress in these sports, I decid-ed to go on with karate. Everybody knew me in myhome town. They knew I attended karate training,so I was provoked sometimes, but I never foughtanywhere outside competitions. I like straight fight.I do not really like semicontact – I like to feel thatmy punch hit my opponent. As for bodyguard train-ing, I attended good schools and had excellent in-

structors. Let me mention a few ofthem: Kálmán Furkó, who largelycontributed to my choosing thisprofession, and Dr. Miklós Varga,a master from the Folda trainingcentre, who was the first listed inthe American hall of fame of mar-tial artists. I also have to mentionDr. Rony Kluger, who is arenowned Krav-Maga instructor,and reputable bodyguards like Dr.József Polyák, still active, and JohnDóra, who has already gone.”

• Do you use weapons?

“I am familiar with firearms; I regularly practice, but I seek to resolve conflictswithout using weapons.”

• Did you go abroad to learn?

“Yes. I went to Australia to learn English. Butlearning abroad is a costly thing, so after my Englishlessons, which lasted from the morning till 2 pm., I had to work. First I protected children, later wholefamilies. Once I worked as a security guard in a casi-no – I accepted any jobs I could get. Meanwhile, I attended a gun club to practice. I lived a busy life.Two years later I travelled to Cyprus, where I worked as head of security at a night club.”

• As a woman?

“Yes. I strongly believe that commitment, alongwith proper training and good physical condition,makes us able to perform the task just as well as mendo. I feel that I have all that is required for that.”

• You are not the only one to feel that way: in2007, in Belgrade, at the 12th conference of IBSSA,you were awarded with the Bodyguard of the Yeartitle by the management of the international organ-isation, and a couple of weeks later you collectedthe same prize in Hungary.

“It was great to feel that I am appreciated. Theprizes prove that I am on the right course.”


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“I live others’ lives”

Bodyguard of the Year: Lady Erika Debreceni

Her professional background, without aiming at completeness:Medical Secondary Vocational SchoolAccountantPrivate investigator and security guardComputer skillsCollege of Security and Investigations (Israel)Training at the C-N.I.S. Drugs Information Support CenterInternational Budo Academy Master of Arts –Security SciencesInternational Budo Academy Doctoral Degree –Ph.D.H.C. of Security Sciences.Certificates: Fight and shootingSEC-tember 2007: every year since 2002; in 2003: The Best Fighter

In Belgrade with Prof Kluger and the award

• Do you work in Hungary or abroad?

“I am a bodyguard – I work where my client is. I have worked for my client, a foreign citizen, fortwo years now, which is something I can be proudof, as a great number of bodyguards have to share asmall number of jobs. And this is exactly why manyof my fellows have to work as security guards aswell, to supplement what they earn as bodyguards.So I am proud of having a permanent assignment asa bodyguard. However, you also have to be aware ofthe other side of the story: I have to be availablearound the clock every day. I can train, or even go toa cinema, but when my phone rings, I have to goimmediately. I do not have control over my sched-ule. Practically, I live others’ lives – I do not have myown yet.”

• Protection is your task among the knights aswell, since you are a member of the Sovereign Orderof Saint John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta, and be-came an officer of the Knights of Cyprus and thehead of security of the Grand Master’s Palace.

“The initiation was a great honour to me, and theassignment that I am responsible for the protectionof the Grand Master of the Order is a professionalacknowledgement.”

• Family?

“I would like to have someone beside me who un-derstands the sacrifices this job demands, and withwhom I can share and discuss the professionaldilemmas I face sometimes. I haven’t found himyet.”


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II n April of 2008, Agents An-thony Jenkins and LeoPavlushkin received a call

from a fellow agent in New Yorkrequesting our services to providepersonal protection for SenatorBarack Obama for an electionrally and private elite meetings.

As normally, we discussed alloptions, possibilities and proba-bilities.

We planned our primary andsecondary transportation and es-cape routes, discussed possiblehostage situations and counter-kidnap tactics, security bridgingand interference. When Senator

Obama arrived at the AirportAgent Anthony Jenkins, AgentGreg Black and Agent Pavlushkinproceeded to the airport and metSenator Obama and his en-tourage on the tarmac. The en-tourage was taken to multiplepolitical rally sites.

Senator Obama always hadtwo agents with him, while thethird agent was always waitingwith the vehicles. After the ralliesfor the senator, we went to meetwith Denver’s elite and political-ly active Democratic supportersfor a private fundraiser and din-ner in honor of Senator Obama.

As Personal Protection profes-sionals, we are aware that planscan change at a moment’s no-tice. When dinner was over, wewere informed that senatorObama would not be flying outbut spending the night in Den-ver.

We made necessary changes inour schedules and routes and pro-ceeded to get Senator Obama andhis entourage to the hotel andthen on to the airport in themorning.

Jerry BrumleyIBSSA member

Regional manager in the USA

The security and the Campaign for the Presidency of Senator Barack ObamaA day in the life of a Personal Protection Agent and a Senator

I was the first female student at this collegeI was the first female student at this college

TT he Sovereign Order ofCyprus (Knights ofSword and Silence) is a

full member of the Knights ofMalta, which is the militarywing of the KMFAP. One of itsprimary tasks is to ensure theprotection of the Grand Masterand the leaders of the Order, aswell as to preserve traditionsand secure events. To performthese tasks efficiently and suc-cessfully, highly-trained andwell-prepared bodyguards arerequired. Under a MagisterialDecree, the Guard’s name willchange to State Police – Govern-ment Guard in the near future.Its members will receive theircertificates accordingly.

The members of the Magister-ial Guard, as the unit is stillcalled, who will provide personalprotection services and secureevents, and the drivers who willwork with them (together mak-

ing up a unit called GovernmentGuard), will be trained and pre-pared by the IBSSA’s mastertrainers coming from the US,UK, Belgium, Israel and Hun-gary, who also have experience inanti-terrorist and anti-drug activ-ities, disaster management andmartial arts.

The Magisterial Guardconsists of two units:1. Guard of Honour

a) Cavalry Guardb) Infantry Guard (wearing

the uniform of the Knightsof Cyprus)

2. Government Guarda) Driversb) Personal protection experts

(bodyguards)c) Event security experts

The members of the Govern-ment Guard are selected from themembers of the IBSSA, andtrained with the contribution ofthe IBSSA’s experts. They willparticipate in training pro-grammes held by the IBSSA andspecial courses arranged specifi-

cally for the members of the Gov-ernment Guard.

The commander-in-chief ofthe Magisterial Guard is the headof state, i.e. the Grand Master,and his deputy. Knights whohave been active members andofficers of the IBSSA for years –Péter Fábián, Csaba Király,Károly Simon and Sándor Téglás– have been assigned to set up theorganisation.

So far, two individuals havebeen appointed to leading posi-tions in the enforcement organi-sation: Ferenc Kertész – candi-date of the Knights of Cyprus, ascommander of the CavalryGuard of Honour; and Lady ErikaDebreceni, the Grand Master’sbodyguard.

The recruitment has beenstarted. There are already perma-nent members in the CavalryGuard, while many well-pre-pared and experienced individu-als have applied for places in theGovernment Guard as well. Wealso expect applications fromHungarian, Slovak, Dutch, Ro-manian and Slovenian IBSSA ex-perts.


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IBSSA training for the Government Guard of KMFAP

Not resting - waitingNot resting - waiting

At basic trainingAt basic training Before the ceremonyBefore the ceremony

DD aily news reports constantly inform us ofvarious degrees of devastation caused bybomb attacks. It is not solely the responsibil-

ity of the police to fight against terrorist attacks in-volving explosives and threats by bombs. Societymust develop its own self-defence from the grass-roots, where personal and property protection is anintegral part of the daily chores.

Bomb attacks have always been of particular ap-peal among all of the activities for terrorists. As-sembling and operating explosives requires techni-cal skill and dexterity and presumes a sort ofintelligence. Its targeting is simple and risk-free. Or-ganisers remain in the background permanently,and the perpetrators are already far away at thetime of the explosion. It is always easy to find anideological and political background by which tojustify a terrorist attack.

Different terrorist bomb attacks can be clearly dis-tinguished:

– attack against a specific person or persons – demoralizing explosions causing havoc and con-

fusion (facilities, markets, vehicles, etc.) – so-called phantom terrorism – general vengeance

on everyone

Let’s look at the historical premise with someexamples:Guy Fawkes planned the annihilation of King JamesI of England for November 5, 1605, by blowing upwhat was then the parliament building. One thou-sand six hundred kilos of black gun powder wasplaced in 36 kegs under the firewood in the parlia-ment building’s cellars. An anonymous letter re-vealed the plot and the gang was later executed in ac-cordance with the custom of the times. Since then,some 4,000 successful or failed terror attacks havebeen implemented. Information about the attackshas filled volumes enough for an entire library, look-ing back over a history of four centuries.

Some of these actions have become memorable be-cause of the stature or fame of the target person.

– Russia, 1879-81, many bombs were set off, thetsar was assassinated.

– Debrecen, Hungary, February, 1914, explosiveswere delivered in a basket to a high-rank member ofthe clergy.

– Germany, November 8, 1939 and July 20, 1944,unsuccessful assassination attempts on Hitler.

– The most extensively analyzed assassination at-tempt of recent years was the action against RonaldReagan, which was made possible by a number ofbasic breaches in professional security measures.

Nowadays, in the first attack on the WTC, theperpetrators hid approx. 400 kg of explosives in a car.This action was still withstood by the edifice; how-ever, the next terrorist action destroyed both towers,when two airplanes hitting the buildings caused thedeaths of several thousand people.

The events shocked the world’s public opinion, aspeople were faced with the fact of their own vulner-ability and exposure. Governments and security spe-cialists are feverishly working on tactical and strate-gic solutions, which are called for to reduce to thepossible minimum the likelihood of similar eventstaking place.

The effectiveness of the discovery and preventionefforts of the various law enforcement organizationshas improved in leaps and bounds with respect to theuse of explosives for criminal purposes. Nevertheless,the number of terrorist bomb attacks has not de-creased significantly in the world.

In fact, the number of terrorist actions involvingexplosives that are taking place in the European re-gion has risen, with respect to attacks against bothpersons and institutions. “Successful” terror attackschallenge the explosives units and bomb specialists ofsecurity organizations and VIP bodyguards. Continu-ous training, retraining, thorough preparation and anextensive knowledge of information and experiencegained from domestic and international events areprerequisites for individuals working in this field.

High risk target facilities and their personnel, aswell as VIP’s, must be prepared to deal with the real-


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The role of private security companies in bomb detections

The number of terrorist attacks involving bombs are on the rise in Europe

ity of a bomb attack or a threat.Such targets must integrate theirown security response in thepreparation and training plans ofthe security forces carrying out theprotection services rendered tothem, since a “successful” opera-tion of such an attack may result inthe deaths or injury of hundreds ofindividuals (see WTC), not tomention massive property damage.

The person placing the bombmay strike any target where he orshe deems that political, financial,ideological or other benefits result.Even though any organization may be plagued by abomb threat, there are specifically predictable(“plannable”) targets.

Such risk factors may be represented by politicalparties, key figures from the business world, andother public persons or celebrities.

An attacker-as I have alluded above-may be moti-vated by a plethora of factors. Using his/her abilitiesas the possessor of dangerous skill or knowledge, aterrorist exhibits aggression that is both unpre-dictable and impossible to model. Manufacturinghome-made, improvised explosives is casting a shad-ow of increasing extent to reckon with.

Let’s take a look at improvised devices: --they fall in the highly dangerous, top category, as

only the maker of the device is in possession of exactknowledge of the technical configuration of his/hercreation.

--thousands of shapes, forms and operations ofbomb traps, with correspondingly numerous meth-ods of placement and targeting.

The primary goal of the experts is the discovery andidentification of suspect devices, as well as the imple-mentation of the topmost measures. Searching and lo-calising suspect devices is a highly dangerous undertak-ing which is carried out within a building or outdoors.(Search and discovery operations came to tragic ends ininternational military missions recently.)

Systems of defence and tactical procedures and se-curity measures are only operable on consistent,thought-through, unified principles.

The fundamentals of personal security are thesame world-wide-tactical, logical and timing connec-

tions facilitate the reaching of theoptimal defecse level, which resultsin the high-level, precise and so-phisticated execution of the securi-ty tasks.

In a given time and place, thecombination of the various proce-dures grant success or failure (thislatter one being greatly appreciatedby the commissioner and followedby media hype, etc.); in the eventof a failed operation, there is nochance for correction.

The neutralization and disas-sembling of improvised explosives

is carried out in Hungary by the Explosives Unit ofthe Police Department, founded in 1983-84. The Po-lice County Headquarters have bomb search unitsthat are responsible for locating and investigatingmalicious threats and announcements.

The Explosives Unit of the Police is responsible foridentifying any device that is in any way suspicious.Bomb searchers do not defuse bombs, their responsi-bility ends with finding the devices.

Every civilian security service has a “veteran explo-sives expert,” who guarantee the professional and ef-fective execution of explosives-related operations; al-though their activity in Hungry is only unofficiallyrecognized. At the same time, explosives experts ofthe police are unable to search out all unsafe or sus-picious devices, due to the great number of threatsand announcements at any given time.

European norms (Austria, Germany, France, etc.)delegate the task of bomb searches to the civilian sec-tor. In the majority of European countries, profes-sional explosives experts only go to explosives thathave already been discovered.

Civilian security services are capable and preparedto implement the primary security measures (closingand evacuating the area, etc.), and in the above-men-tioned countries they are authorised to do so by thelegal background.

There is a controversial legal gap in this area inHungary, where real and bogus justifications are usedby lawmakers and law enforcers to hamper the intro-duction and implementation of the European norms.

Lajos Turai explosives expertBomb Security Instructor


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Bomb searchBomb search

IBSSA – ISF is open for thoseleaders and active sportsmenwho believe in professionalism intheir activities. We offer high-class international coverage, in-structions, promotions and ac-creditations to the interested

sportsman and leader.IBSSA – ISF has had a very active year, in which

we have been working on all continents of the globefrom India and Australia to Europe and USA. Ourmembers are well known leaders in their specificfields.

We have been especially active in the fields ofMartial Arts, Fighting sports as well as combatshooting and disciplines that are linked to the Se-curity professional.

IBSSA – ISF cooperates with various leading or-ganizations, such as the International Budo Acade-my, WKC, AAU, Israeli System of Military Self-de-fence and more.

IBSSA International Sport Federation (ISF)Leadership:

Honorary President: Mr. Luis BAGUENA SALVADOR (Spain)

President of IBSSA International Sport Federation: Dr. Rony KLUGER (Israel)

General Secretary of IBSSA ISF: Dr. Frank PHILIPOOM (Netherlands)

Executive President of ISF Sport Diplomacy : Dr. Paul HÖGLUND (Sweden)

Executive President of ISF for Europe : Dr. Alexandr CACH (Czech Republic)

Executive President of ISF for Africa : Mr. Imtiaz ABDULLA (Republic of SouthAfrica)

Executive President of ISF for America: Mr. Joe B. MIRZA (USA)

Other members:

Vice President (KARATE): Mr. Dusan DACIC – Yugoslavia

Vice President (JU JITSU): Mr. István KELEMEN – HungaryDr. Auvo NIINIKETO – Finland

Vice President (HEAVY ATHLETICS): Dr. Josef LEITNER – Hungary

Vice President (MARTIAL ARTS): Mr. Vladimir MIRONOV – Uzbekistan

Vice President (AIKIDO): Mr. Ljubomir VRACAREVIC – Serbia

Vice President (KEMPO): Dr. Péter FÁBIÁN – Hungary

Vice President (KICK BOXING): Dr. Ennio FALSONI – Italy

Vice President (SHOOTING): Mr. Ottó SIMONYI – Hungary

Vice President: Mr. Tamás TÖRÖK – USA

I would like to invite you personally to join us andenjoy the international activities, recognition, andpossibilities to further develop your connectionsworldwide. IBSSA – ISF organizes a wide range ofactivities, sports events, competitions, professionalcourses, clinics and a possibility to advance youractual grade and status within your specificdiscipline.

I invite you to contact me personally, and I trustwe will find the right path for a fruitful coopera-tion.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Dr. Rony KLUGER, President of IBSSA – ISFE-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +972 3 9309504


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IBSSA – ISF Sport fans and supporters

II am happy to report aboutthe growth of our IBSSAInternational Sport Feder-

ation. Since our last annualmeeting, we have been workinghard to upgrade our activitiesfor the benefit of our members.

IBSSA – ISF runs official clin-ics, seminars, qualifying cours-es, Masters seminars, champi-onships and various sportsevents worldwide. The activi-ties covered different disci-plines: a wide range of MartialArts, horse riding, Combatshooting, wrestling, boxing, themilitary system of self defence– Krav Maga, diving and manymore.

IBSSA – ISF has stepped intothe future by opening our own PsychologicalAdvisory Department under the leadership ofDr. Shraga SADE.

Dr. SADE is a fine lecturer psychologist, and,in addition to his many years of experience, heis a highly qualified and experienced profession-al. We all welcome Dr. SADE on board!

IBSSA – ISF has conducted courses and a fur-ther wide range of activities in India, Italy, Ro-mania, Holland, Hungary, Serbia, USA, Canada,South Africa, Japan and, of course, Israel.

We are proud to reorganizeand re-establish a very fine JuJutsu Department under thefine leadership of Shihan AuvoNIINIKETO (Finland) and Shi-han István KELEMEN (Hun-gary).

We are happy to announcethe nomination of Shihan Ed-dine OSMAN of France to theposition of Chairman of IBSSA– ISF, Karate Section in Franceand Northern Africa.

At the same time, we are wel-coming Shihan OSMAN to thefamily of the InternationalBudo Academy as the Head ofIBA Chamber in France andNorthern Africa.

Welcome on board, and weall wish Shihan OSMAN a very fine term of of-fice!

I would like to encourage all interested per-sons who wish to take part in our IBSSA – ISFactivities to contact us, and we will providesome great possibilities for you.

I cannot conclude without thanking whole-heartedly my dear colleagues within the IBSSAISF leadership; without your work and dedica-tion we would not be where we are now.

Prof. Rony Kluger


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IBSSA – ISF President’s Report for 2006–2007

II t is five years in a rowthat we have been contin-uously running official

accrediting courses in Italy.The local chief responsible isMr. Remo Grassetti, who is agreat organizer and a highlyprofessional director. The localactivities are exclusively for

governmental security forces,such as the military, police andgendarmerie.

Throughout the years, wehave built up a whole systemof Instructors’ Teams withineach unit we are serving.These Instructors get promo-tional courses twice a year, as

well as advanced training pro-grams.

Dr. Rony Kluger – GeneralSecretary of IBSSA and thePresident of IBSSA – ISF isleading this unique projectwith great success and closecooperation with the local au-thorities.

Krav Maga – IBSSANational Stage in Cingoli, Italy, May 2008

Prof. Rony Kluger

KK yoto and Okinawa.What a trip!! Two veryextreme edges of classi-

cal Budo, first Kyoto for the125th Anniversary of the his-torical Dai Nippon Butokukai –extremely formal, deeply gov-erned by Japanese protocol. Theevent, as usual,was held in theoldest Japanese Dojo, the Bu-tokuden, which is the HQ ofthe Dai Nippon Butokukai.Miyagi, Funakoshi, Kano andUeshiba demonstrated their artand they have been officiallyaccredited by the Dai NipponButokukai. We (with SmulikSensei) had the privilege todemonstrate and participate inthe most spiritual and profes-sional Budo demonstration inJapan. All the very old Budokagathered together for the WorldButokusai, and they showedtheir ability. It was an excellentway to be able to watch firsthand the oldest Budo traditions(different ryuha/schools) and

its representatives demonstrat-ing their art. I demonstrated onthree occasions at the Karatedosection: Tensho, Suparinpai,Shishochin Bunkai andShishochin Kata. and in theKobudo section I demonstratedSai, and finally at the closingceremony I did Kururunfa.What a great experience. Wealso had a great day of semi-nars, where I concentrated onJo (short stick). I met a greatlady, Teacher Shihan, a very fa-mous and respected person inJapan. Great class... I will try tokeep in touch with her to beable to extend my studies. Wevisited the famous ShoreninShrine of Kyoto, where theleader, the head priest, is JikkoFugashimi, a close relative ofthe Emperor of Japan’s. He isleading the Dai Nippon Bu-tokukai on behalf of the emper-or.

The Dai Nippon Butokukaisurprised me with a great honor

when they announced and ac-credited my life time endevours,in spreading and teaching classi-cal Martial Arts worldwide,within the frame of the Interna-tional Budo Academy. A plaqueand a certification were handedover by the head, Sosai of theDai Nippon Butokukai, PrinceJikko Fugashimi.

After the week-long event onKyoto we moved down to Oki-nawa and our home base Dojo,the Jundokan, for a week longtraining with our Jundokanfamily. It was a very hard andfocused training session, withTaira, Gima and Kinjo Senseiand of course Kancho Miyazatowho was observing and closelyinspecting. A very different,friendly atmosphere.

We worked on a very differ-ent level of using Kata trainingto develop fighting skills, ex-ploding focus, and a differentway to train Kata for very Se-nior Yudansha. We all had agood and productive time in ourdifferent ways.


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IBSSA-ISF news from Japan

PP rofessor Rony Kluger,President of the IBSSA-ISF held a two-weekend

Gashuku in Australia. – The 3rdfriendship Gashuku of KarateDo Australia concluded withgreat satisfaction - Prof. RonyKluger embarked on his reminis-cence. – On this Gashuku wewere following the conceptionof the Gojuryu Karatedo. Go-juryu is one of the main tradi-tional Okinawan styles ofkarate, featuring a combination

of hard and soft techniques.This time we were practicingmethods of body strengtheningand conditioning, which is thebasic approach to fighting andpartner drills. Major emphasiswas given to strategy and tac-tics. We have held two separateweekend Gashukus, and onweekdays daily trainings at theDojo. On the first weekendGashuku we were workingdeeply on realistic Bunkay Jutsuand also some sticky hands Ran-

dory principles. During the sec-ond weekend we worked on BoJutsu and some Randory buildup for seniors. Throughout theweek, we had some extra train-ing sections with ShihanJonathan and Sensei Brett re-viewing the advanced Katafrom Sanseiru to Superinpai, in-cluding Sanchin and TenshoKata, of course.

During the grading we elevat-ed Anthony Armany to Ni Dan,Danny Zielin, Cath Hamiltonand Daniel Sandler where up-graded to their 9th level.

Third Oz Gashuku August 2008

DD uring the one-weekinternational compe-tition the world’s top

10 Executive Protection/Body-guard teams will be testingtheir skills in such areas asshooting, driving, team move-ments, and protective intelli-gence/defence tactics.

“This is a first-of-its-kindcompetition, which brings to-gether the international mem-bers of the professional protec-tion community,” says Mr.Karl DelaGuerra, President ofSpecial Assignments Group,which holds an internationalreputation in the protectionindustry, in an interview at hishome in Phoenix. “Our liaisonwith the IBSSA as their Re-gional Representative in Ari-zona is what will make thisvaried international event pos-sible.”

Mr. Manny Valenzuela,CEO of the company, will bein Europe this September inorder to raise internationalmedia interest in the Games;

he will be attending the 13thCongress of IBSSA in Arad,Romania and will hold lec-tures during the 7th “SEC-tem-ber” International Special Se-curity Training Seminar inBudapest, Hungary.

“We are able to hold thisevent in the Valley due to thegreat weather conditions thatexist here all year and the longstanding reputation of inter-agency cooperation that existsin Arizona within the protec-tion community.” This eventis open to both governmentand private protection teamsfrom around the world. Judgesfor the Games will be MasterInstructors of IBSSA, all cur-rently operatingl in their areasof expertise. A selection com-mittee from the IBSSA will se-lect the 10 teams to participatein this event from amongthose who register to compete.

Special events and skilldemonstrations will be heldfor the public throughout theweek of the Games, featuringdifferent aspects of being a professional bodyguard.

“Viewing the Games will beopen to the public and themedia. We want this to be aninternational event recogniz-ing those protection profes-sionals at work around theworld who risk their lives toprotect people and assets everyday,” says Mr. DelaGuerra.

“We guarantee the 2009Bodyguard World Games willbe action packed and of inter-est to anyone who enjoysphysically and mentally de-manding team competition!”

Protection teams- interestedin participating in this fast-paced event can register theirteams to be reviewed by theselection committee beginningin January 2009. Previously tothe competition – presumablyin Hungary – qualifyingrounds will be held in Europeas well. In the past years – sev-eral preparation competitionsfor the BWG have been organ-ized by IBSSA and those par-ticipants have gained an insideview of the tasks they have toface during the Games.

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First time in 2009:

BODYGUARD WORLD GAMES

All eyes of the international protection industry will be onArizona in late 2009 for the 1st BODYGUARD WORLDGAMES, which will be hosted and organized by SPECIALASSIGNMENTS GROUP LLC in association with IBSSA.

More information and registration:www.specialassignmentsgroup.com

IBSSAWebsite: www.ibssa.org

Karl DelaGuerra

CC onflicts, aggression, war, protectionand all related concepts and activitieshave been present in our world ever

since man appeared on the globe. For a longtime, and to a certain extent even today, itwas thought that victory, survival and a safefuture are the privileges of the rich. However,history has overturned this false belief manytimes (e.g. David and Goliath, Troy, Leonidasand his men at the pass of Thermopylae).When it comes to protection and increasingthe chance of survival, today we also tend tobe driven by false beliefs engraved in ourminds. This is why it may be worth addressingpersonal protection or, to use a popular, al-though not codified appelation, the work ofbodyguards.

Before taking a close look at this beautifulprofession, let us take a bow and rememberwith a pure heart those rarely-named fellowbodyguards who are prepared to protect indi-viduals or their team mates, even at the cost oftheir lives, and those who have already gone,falling in the line of duty.

As the status of our colleagues working inlaw enforcement organisations is legally set-tled and well-defined, unlike ours, in the fol-lowing I will discuss the aspects of civilian se-curity services. In Hungary, the definition andlegal classification of our profession, which isindeed hard to define and rather controversial,is now under way. It should be noted that inthe western part of Europe individuals and or-ganisations in the field of personal protectionhave been working under legally settled anddefined rules for quite some time.

Bodyguards belong to the elite in the hierar-chy of security workers. This is because theyare naively considered and envied, even byprofessionals, as individuals with outstandingskills, and because they earn a great deal more

money than others in the security sectorthroughout Europe. It is not a mere coinci-dence, that the myth of the samurai warrior isalso linked to this profession, as many with amartial arts background choose this presti-gious and lucrative profession, which offers astage on which they can measure and realisethemselves. And here we are only a step awayfrom the world of movies, Rambo, or KevinCostner in the Bodyguard, for instance, whichbroadcast a biased image that defines the waybeginners see their profession for years, untilthey learn the hard way what this professionis about. And then they say: “Dear, this is notwhat I wanted...” I am hopeful that these lines


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Ars Poetica of a BodyguardAt the request of the professional association and with a view to promoting discussion, in thefollowing notes I will put down my views on personal protection and its human, moral and pro-fessional relationships with our community. The writing may be incomplete and may even con-tain mistakes. Please forgive me for that.

Attila is giving a lesson

will help eliminate some of the misunder-standings and get a deeper understanding ofthe real life of bodyguards.

In my understanding, a bodyguard is a high-ly qualified and thoroughly trained profession-al, whose main profile is personal protection.Or, to put it simply: bodyguards are the mas-ters of survival. It is important to highlightthat personal protection in today’s hi-techworld requires team work. This is no longer aone-person job. Although it is not easy to pri-oritise professional requirements, in the fol-lowing I will discuss some of the most impor-tant ones. One of the key factors is a high levelof intelligence, communication skills and dis-cipline. A bodyguard should be able to speakclearly with a proper tone, showing and earn-ing respect. They should also be able to enterinto a debate based on the given situation, fo-cusing on the subject. Bodyguards shouldargue in a humble manner, avoiding a humili-ating or lecturing tone. Our body languageshould be straight and calm, reflecting profes-sionalism. Our appearance should be elegant,but without any flamboyance. To sum it up,the overall image should reflect a professional,straight and moderate attitude.

In terms of professional requirements, tohave basic legal knowledge is fundamental.Without a basic set of information about pro-cedure law, criminal law and civil law, profes-sional and legitimate work is unimaginable.No less important is the ability to handle situ-ations, which requires practice and the knowl-edge of a great number of small details.

As for physical characteristics and acquiredskills, individuals with good physical capabili-ties and stamina, able to deal with monotonyand stress, but with no extra physical parame-ters, are the ideal candidates for this job. It isbasic to have experience in martial arts or self-protection. In general, this is a profession forhealthy people. No addiction or mania is ac-cepted.

In terms of personality, positive thinking,tolerance, empathy, loyalty and humility areneeded. An oversized ego can cost lives in thefield.

Age is another factor that should be takeninto consideration. Preparation and trainingcan be obtained at an early age, but individu-als under 30-35 are rarely able to make respon-sible decisions.

Apart from learning how to handle tasks re-lated to protection itself, it is also importantto acquire knowledge related to the socialsphere of the protected individual.

The knowledge of foreign languages is abasic requirement today, as is utmost integri-ty.

I hope that the above lines help the reader tohave a clearer picture of the hard parts of thisprofession. And we have not addressed practi-cal matters yet... The ability to take care ofoneself may also prove useful, i.e. one has tobe able to cook, wash, iron etc., as the joboften includes travelling, when there is no oneto do it for us. Some medical knowledgeshould also be acquired, along with some basicmechanical and troubleshooting skills.

The time may come when we have to be fa-miliar with a wide range of activities from tak-ing a dog for a walk to flying a balloon, havingto become part of the protected individual’slife, a family member who is responsible formaintaining security by doing all the neces-sary planning and problem solving. We liveothers’ lives, while we have to take care ofours as well. It is hard to live a private life inthis profession. Many have bitter experiencesin the beginning. An important notice: onebodyguard in a family is enough – do notallow your kids to choose this profession...

The above information that described someof the downsides of this profession will, Ihope, help prevent people from taking this jobwithout having a clear picture of it.

I thank you for your attention, and thankyou for taking my advice seriously. I assureyou that all my experienced fellow bodyguardsand I will be there for you, mainly to help inprofessional matters.

I wish you good luck! Attila Farkas, bodyguard

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TT he main venues of the seminar will again bethe Adyliget Law Enforcement College, theLaw Enforcement and Crime Prevention In-

stitute, and the International Training Centre ofthe Hungarian Ministry of Justice and Law Enforce-ment. This special training seminar will be the mainevent of the year in the region, with the supportand active presence of numerous International Mas-ter Teachers and highly qualified Instructors ofIBSSA, of the Hungarian Police Department and ofother law enforcement agencies from all over theworld. Instructors and Master Teachers of the pre-vious SEC-tember trainings are the followings: theex-SWAT instructor from Arizona, USA; the worldfamous soldier of the English MI-5; the Canadiandetective of the Hamilton’s fugitive apprehensionteam; the Singaporean “Red Man”; the Hungarian10-times World Champion in Shooting; the IsraeliKrav Maga specialist; and an increasing number ofother professionals who have always come to teach

at all of the SEC-tember training seminars in orderto demonstrate their knowledge in practice, to passtheir skills to the students, to get all participants ac-quainted with their own profession and how theybecame the best in their field.

The 7th international training will include thefollowing fields:• VIP protection – getaway techniques in case of

emergency (open air, closed places)• Escorting – protocol situations, using cars/theo-

retical and practical part• Whole day shooting with firearms techniques and

safe use/practical part – with special weapons• Self defence – Krav Maga, Urban Close Combat

System, MMA, hand-to-hand combat• Tactical baton, edged weapons• Bomb-related studies (Basic, Advanced)• Close Protection with practical shooting/Ministry

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7th “SEC-tember”IBSSA International SpecialSecurity Training SeminarAccording to the experiences and professionalism of the pastyears’ special trainings of IBSSA Headquarters, the 7th train-ing seminar will be organized between 9 and 14 September2008 in Budapest, HUNGARY – with special regard to securi-ty work outside a building and VIP Protection in real life, aswell as in extreme situations. Chief of the OrganisingCommittee is Miss Erika Macsári, who inspired and gave birthto the SEC-ttember training in 2002.

Watch my hands!Watch my hands!

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HH is success between the ropes was fol-lowed by a similarly outstanding ca-reer in the security business. He

launched his firm in 2001 with DimitrovVasko, a professional with 23 years experiencein international anti-terrorist activities.

The company operates with 200 employees,focusing on two key areas, guarding facilitiesand providing personal protection services forVIPs. The company seeks to employ individu-als with police or military background and ex-perience in hand-to-hand combat.

Those who graduated from the Police Acad-emy are preferred. COMMANDO Ltd. seeks toprovide continuous training programmes forits employees and to improve their physicalcondition in the company’s training roomsand gymnasiums.

The participation in these programmes isnot voluntary: ongoing training of the em-ployees is required by the ISO 9001 standardand the FGF qualification.

Mr. Simov joined the IBSSA as an individualmember in 2006. He hopes to capitalise onbeing a member of an international organisa-tion through collecting knowledge and experi-ence, which he is willing to use to improve thelevel of services his company offers. Besides,he is also willing to establish long-term coop-eration with the organisation. According to in-formation coming from the IBSSA HQ, he isalso willing to become an active member ofthe IBSSA-ISF.

An individual IBSSAmember from Bulgaria:Mihail SimovCOMMANDO Ltd. is a private security firmin Bulgaria. Even though the firm is notamong the largest such organisations in thecountry, tough guys are quite familiar withthe name of its owner, Mihail Simov, whowon the 1992 European Kick BoxChampionship and one year later collected thebronze medal at the EC in Budapest.

Mihail Simov the champion (1992)

A business man (2008)

• 4–9 September 2008• 4–9 September 2008IBSSA Congress, Arad , Romania

• 9-14 September 2008• 9-14 September 2008SEC-tember, IBSSA InternationalTraining Camp, Budapest, Hungary

• 16–20 October 2008• 16–20 October 2008European Martial Arts Hall of FameBeograd

• 23 October–2 November 2008• 23 October–2 November 2008Special Promotion Course &Gashuku, South Africa

• 3 November 2008• 3 November 2008Grading, Honbu Dojo, Israel

• 15 November 2008• 15 November 2008White Belts Special Clinic withKancho, Honbu Dojo, Israel

• 24–26 December 2008• 24–26 December 2008Special Children’s HanukahGashuku + Grading, Honbu Dojo,Israel

• 31 December 2008• 31 December 20086th. Special Dai Nippon ButokukaiTai Kai for Seniors, Honbu Dojo,Israel

• 10 January 2009• 10 January 2009Special Green Belts PromotionCourse with Kancho, Honbu Dojo, Israel

• 13 January 2009• 13 January 2009Grading, Honbu Dojo, Israel

• 4 February–8 February 2009• 4 February–8 February 2009Promotion Course + 100 Randory Honbu Dojo, Israel

• 13–16 February 2009• 13–16 February 2009TKO World Championships, Italy

• February 2009• February 2009Special IBA qualification courseHolland

• February 2009• February 2009Special IBA qualification courseAcademia Italia

• 14 March 2009• 14 March 2009Special Ladies Self Protection ClinicHonbu Dojo, Israel

• 15–17 March 2008• 15–17 March 2008Special IBA Qualification Course Academia Italia

• 28 March 2009• 28 March 200911th. International Karate Do CupShoham, Israel

• 31 March 2009• 31 March 2009Grading Honbu Dojo, Israel

• • April 2009April 2009Special Childrens Pessach Gashuku + Grading Honbu Dojo, IsraelSpecial outdoor spring training of“Pessach”, Israel

• 24–25 • 24–25 April 2009April 2009Traditional, International 24 HoursGashuku, Shoham, Israel

• 21 May 2009• 21 May 2009Special Night Trial, Honbu Dojo,Israel

• 5–10 July 2009• 5–10 July 2009Traditional, International BeachGashuku, Tel Aviv, Israel

• July 2009• July 2009AAU NationalsUSA

• 4–11 • 4–11 August 2009August 2009Special International Gashuku Traditional training campCelebrating 20th. Anniversary for Karate Do in HungaryThe main event of 2009Budapest, Hungary

• 14–23 • 14–23 August 2008August 2008Honbu Dojo on vacation, Israel


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Please, be aware of the news and updates we publish.During 2008–2009 we will run official Instructors and Teachers qualifying programs with cooperation of the

International Budo Academy.Home Page: http://www.karatedoi.com • http://www.budoacademy.org

We are running on regular basis Military Self Defense – Krav MagaCourses in cooperation with IBSSA .

Home Page: http://www.ibssa-kravmaga.com

If you would like to organize courses, seminars in your country,please feel most welcome to contact us.

All traditional Martial Artists welcome to join all our activities.Please contact us: [email protected]

Karate Do International Renmei with collaboration International Budo AcademyHonbu Dojo Training Program 2008–2009

Dr. Rony KLUGER (Israel)Master Teacher of Self Defenceand Martial ArtsDipl. no. – 002Mr. Florentin MARINESCU (Romania)Master Teacher of Self Defence and Martial ArtsDipl. no. – 003Mr. Silvere SALVISBERG (Switzerland)Master Teacher of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 004Mr. Pietro CASELLA (Italy)Master Teacher of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 005Dr. Miklós VARGA (Hungary)Master Teacher of Martial ArtsDipl. no. – 006Mr. Zeev GEFEN (Israel)Master Teacher of Security SciencesDipl. no. – 007Mr. Attila FARKAS (Hungary)Master Teacher of VIP Protection & EscortingDipl. no. – 008Mr. Károly SIMON (Hungary)Master Teacher of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 010Mr. Ilio SEMINO (Italy)Master Teacher of Escorting & Self DefenceDipl. no. – 011Dr. Giuseppe MORABITO (Italy)Master Teacher of PsychologyDipl. no. – 012Dr. Marko NICOVIC (Yugoslavia)Master Teacher of Anti drugs SciencesDipl. no. – 013Dr. András CZAPÁRY-MARTINCSEVICS (Hungary)Master Teacher of Security andSafety TechniqueDipl. no. – 014Mr. Jesus A. GUERRERO GUTIERREZ(Venezuela)Master Security ManagerDipl. no. – 015Mr. Juan Carlos ANGULO (Venezuela)Security ManagerDipl. no. – 016Mr. Stephen CHEE (Singapore)Master Teacher of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 017Mr. Frank PHILIPOOM (Netherlands)Master Teacher of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 018Mr. János LAUB (Hungary)Master Teacher of EscortingDipl. no. – 019Mr. Gianfranco CAMERINI (Italy)Master Teacher of Martial ArtsDipl. no. – 020Mr. Giovanni MONTESANTI (Italy)Master Teacher of Martial ArtsDipl. no. – 021Mr. János BARÁTKI (Hungary)Master Teacher of VIP Protection and ShootingDipl. no. – 022

Mr. Tibor ZUBONYAI (Hungary)Assistant Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 025Mr. Alain BROUDIC (France)Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 026Miss Erika DEBRECENI (Hungary)Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 027Mr. János LAUB (Hungary)Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 028Mr. Attila SIMON (Hungary)Senior Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 029Mr. Jenõ Csaba GREFF (Hungary)Senior Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 030Mr. Imre GYÕRFI (Hungary)Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 035Mr. Edward STONE (Scotland)Master Teacher of Anti Terror StudiesDipl. no. – 037Dr. Olivér RÓZSA (Hungary)Master Teacher of ShootingDipl. no. – 040Mr. Géza MATHEY (Hungary)Instructor of ShootingDipl. no. – 042Dr. Milovan LAKUSIC(Serbia and Montenegro)Security Manager and Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 043Mr. Jagos DJUROVIC(Serbia and Montenegro)Instructor of Shooting and Value SecurityTransportationDipl. no. – 044Mr. Nebojsa ILIC (Serbia and Montenegro)Instructor of VIP Protection and DrivingDipl. no. – 045Mr. Sasa GLISOVIC(Serbia and Montenegro)Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 048Dr. László REINDL (Hungary)Master Teacher of Protocol and Ammunition ExpertDipl. no. – 049Mr. Mindaugas LETUKAS (Lithuania)Master Teacher of Kokoro su ryu AikidoDipl. no. – 050Mr. Ottó SIMONYI (Hungary)Master Teacher of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 051Mr. Freek HILLIGER (Netherlands)Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 053Mr. Stefan KURILLA (Slovakia)Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 054Mr. Jurgen KUIJTEN (Czech Republic)Assistant Instructor of DrivingDipl. no. – 055Mr. Anthony CARLIN (Scotland)Instructor of Combat DrivingDipl. no. – 056

Mr. Anthony CARLIN (Scotland)Instructor of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 057Mr. Gábor RÓTH (Hungary)Assistant Instructor of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 058Mr. Zsolt PIPICZ (Hungary)Assistant Instructor of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 059Mr. Stefan KURILLA (Slovakia)Assistant Instructor of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 060Mr. Frank PHILIPOOM (Netherlands)Master Teacher of Martial ArtsDipl. no. – 061Mr. Zsolt KERESZTESI (Hungary)Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 062Mr. Attila KÕVÁGÓ (Hungary)Teacher of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 063Mr. Gyula SIRA (Hungary)Senior Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 064Mr. János HÜLBER (Austria)Senior Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 065Mr. Gyula SIRA (Hungary)Senior Instructor of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 066Mr. János HÜLBER (Austria)Senior Instructor of Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 067Mr. Vladimiras LISICYNAS (Lithuania)Master Teacher of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 068Mr. András STEFÁN (Hungary)Master Teacher of Diving and First AidDipl. no. – 069Dr. Frank PHILIPOOM (Netherlands)Master Teacher of Security and Protection SciencesDipl. no. – 070Mr. Attila KOTLÁR (Hungary)Assistant Instructor of EscortingDipl. no. – 071Mr. László LÕRINCZ (Hungary)Assistant Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 072Mr. Dejan BASIC (Serbia)Assistant Instructor of EscortingDipl. no. – 073Mr. Ferenc SZEGNER (Hungary)Instructor of EscortingDipl. no. – 074Mr. Robert ZORGE (Netherlands)Assistant Instructor of Security DrivingDipl. no. – 075Mr. Robert ZORGE (Netherlands)Assistant Instructor of Body SearchDipl. no. – 076Dr. Tomasz KOWALCZYK (Poland)Instructor of Military Combat Shooting and Self DefenceDipl. no. – 078Mr. Wojciech GRABOWSKI (Poland)Instructor of VIP Close ProtectionDipl. no. – 079

Mr. Witold KUROWSKI (Poland)Instructor of Offensive Driving and Combat ShootingDipl. no. – 080Mr. Zsolt KERESZTESI (Hungary)Instructor of Security DrivingDipl. no. – 081Mr. Lajos TURAI (Hungary)Instructor of Bomb-disposal techniques and explosive devicesDipl. no. – 082Mr. Tamás KUTALIK (Hungary)Instructor of Close Combat and Self DefenceDipl. no. – 083Mr. Krisztian ZERKOWITZ (Belgium)Instructor of Close CombatDipl. no. – 084Mr. László KERESZTESI (Hungary)Instructor of Special Defence and Prevention StudiesDipl. no. – 085Mr. Norbert CSIKÁNY (Great Britain)Instructor of VIP Protection and Counter-ter-ror StudiesDipl. no. – 086Mr. Attila KÕVÁGÓ (Hungary)Instructor of Bomb-disposal techniques andexplosive devicesDipl. no. – 087Mr. Marc LANDMEIER (Netherlands)Assistant Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 088Mr. Marc LANDMEIER (Netherlands)Assistant Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 089Mr. Robert ZORGE (Netherlands)Assistant Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 090Mr. Tamás SPONGA (Switzerland)Assistant Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 091Mr. Ladislav HÁZIK (Slovakia)Assistant Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 092Mr. Ivan HUJBERT (Slovakia)Assistant Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 093Mr. Samuel GAUTIER (France)Assistant Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 094Mr. Kurt Van WIELE (Belgium)Assistant Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 095Mr. Jurgen PERSOONS (Belgium)Assistant Instructor of Self DefenceDipl. no. – 096Mr. Krisztian ZERKOWITZ (Belgium)Assistant Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 097Mr. Didier COPPENS (Belgium)Master Teacher of Self Defence and MartialArtsDipl. no. – 098Mr. Gábor BARTA (Hungary)Assistant Instructor of VIP ProtectionDipl. no. – 099Mr. László LÕRINCZ (Hungary)Instructor of ShootingDipl. no. – 100

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TT he issue of whether or notsecurity guards should beallowed to carry firearms

is more and more often raised inEurope. And if they carry one –can they use it? Certainly, as wecan see at shooting competitions,there are excellent shooters amongthem. But there are others, aroundwhom everybody runs for cover assoon as they pick up a weapon.We asked fellow professionalsfrom outside Europe about thepractices applied in their homecountries.

Mike Csoke (Canada): The only security companies per-mitted to carry firearms are thosewho transport large sums of cur-rency. All other agencies eithercarry batons or nothing at all.Each province is working towardsstandardizing some form of use offorce training for security compa-nies. To date, companies are at-tempting to follow the policingform of training which requires aminimum of 12 hours a year.

In the case of firearms, compa-nies are required to provide a min-imum of 8hrs per year of trainingjust in that specific weapon, in ad-dition to the required 12 hours ofuse of force training.

Candice Ho Wong (Trinidadand Tobago):Permission has to be granted by

the Commissioner of Police. Li-censed Firearms are used by securi-ty companies in Trinidad and To-bago. An application form for thegrant of a Firearm User’s License,

together with a certificate of goodcharacter and a full psychiatricand medical evaluation with allmedical certificates from a physi-cian and optometrist are required.The applicant must undergo amandatory firearms trainingcourse and must receive a FirearmsUsers Employee Certificate(FUEC) from a certified instructorto indicate that the applicant hassuccessfully completed the train-ing course. This is to ensure theapplicant is capable of owning andhandling a firearm. EBSL has theonly Tactical training program forits agents and mandatory firearmtraining following a regular sched-ule. Due to the lack of practice andproper training procedures forfirearms, the shooting skillsamong the other security compa-nies are poor.

Tamas Torok (USA): Before we go any further, let’sjust speak about “gun control”.There are lots of different and

varied opinions about “gun cont-rol”. In the USA, all States havedifferent rules and regulations re-garding how and when peoplecan use weapons – includingguns, – legally. But the bottomline is, – just in the past months– a new law was passed in the USCongress, regarding a new “guncontrol” rule, which says, ANY-ONE can have a gun in the Unit-ed States. The U.S. is a full “GunCountry” now.

People say: “Guns don’t shootpeople, people shoot people!”.. Onthe other hand, some say that giv-ing more chance to be able to useguns (legally) could also result inmore violence, causing serious in-juries or even more of the caseshaving a fatal ending (death). InFlorida, too – for example, any one(with age restrictions of course)can own and carry a gun, even inpublic places. (This rule appliedjust now to the whole country.)There are certain other restrictionsto go with this rule, but the bot-tom line is, any one can carry agun.

*(Please, before thinking of car-rying or using a gun in the USA,get more information on this sub-ject).

As our “New Society” shows,the security business is going to beone of the future’s most neededand profitable professions in theUnited States and in the rest ofthe world as well. At the sametime, there are couple of big ques-tion marks in my head. Is this in-dustry (Security) going to be suffi-


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To have or not to have a gun? – in privatesecurity sphere – Opinions from 3 countries

ciently well trained, and will ithave enough capacity and capabil-ity to handle the possibility ofthese up-coming issues?

Presently, here in UnitedStates, Security professionals arestill among one of the best trainedin the world. Even knowing thisfact, instructors in the SecuritySchools say, they still do not haveenough knowledge for the possi-ble threats we are facing with.There is simply not enough time(and knowledge) in the schoolmaterial to cover all aspects of theprofession for the security offi-cers, – even when the classes con-

tain a wide range of information,including bomb threats, actingagainst and preventing suspicionsterrorist acts, and how to act andwhat to do during a “natural dis-aster”. Classes are 40 hours long(24 hours of classroom and than16 hours of additional educationin the following 6 months), but itis impossible to cover all the fieldsand specializations of this profes-sion during this short period oftime. Again, some additional up-date and possible changes for thefuture, – one Security Associationin the US just released a survey,asking professionals what are

they thinking about, having all 40hours of training under one classroom? In the present system,after the 24 hours of training, thesecurity personal already canwork in the profession, andhe/she can also stay in it as far asthe rest of the 40 hours (plus 16hours) classroom is completed.This new possibility would createa situation, where people couldwork in the profession only, afterthe whole 40 hours completion.Would this solve any earlier men-tioned main issues and concerns,– including “gun control” ques-tions?

TT he contest consisted of three tasks thatincluded the simulation of different sit-uations. Contestants had to solve the

tasks without help, using only a limitedamount of ammunition. Unlike in conventionalshooting tasks, successful performance here re-quires both accuracy and speed. The final re-sults are calculated based on the ratio of thecontestants’ scores and times. Following the

starting whistle, similarly to real-life situations,contestants have to prepare their weapons andtake position (either standing, kneeling orlying); if specified, they have to use cover; and,of course, to complete the task; take care of in-nocent targets; reload their guns; and solve anyproblem that may arise relating to the weapon.In addition to hitting the targets of various sizesand placed at different heights, either covered oron the move, contestants also had to deal withtasks challenging their physical condition.

RESULTS:INDIVIDUALFIRST: Ladislav Házik (SK – Patrol Guard) SECOND: Zsolt Pipicz (H)THIRD: Dr. László Lõrincz (H)FORTH: József Líbor (H – TOP COP Security Zrt.)

SENIOR – INDIVIDUALFIRST: Gyula Sira (H)SECOND: János Hülber (A – Hûség 2000 Kft.)THIRD: Imre Sipos (H – PIRAMIS Security Kft.)

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The success of a Slovakian and a Hungarian Shooter at the Santa Claus CupIn December 2007, shooters from three coun-tries again fought for prizes of the SANTACLAUS CUP at the Winchester City ShootingRange at Gyál, Hungary.

Winners and awardeesWinners and awardees

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