The Panel has continued its investigation into the information recovered during the arrest of a French/Polish national, Pierre Dadak, in July 2016, as described in its report of November 2016 (S/2016/963). Dadak, a former officer in the Polish army, had developed an extensive network of contacts in Eastern Europe, in particular Poland and Ukraine, and held diplomatic credentials (reportedly fraudulently obtained) from Guinea-Bissau.
The investigation uncovered communications between Dadak and his associates and a member of SPLM/A in
Opposition between January and June 2014. In these communications, SPLM/A in Opposition requested supply of the following weapons:
(a)
40,000 AK-47 rifles;
(b)
200,000 boxes of AK-47 ammunition;
(c)
30,000 PKM machine guns;
(d)
180,000 boxes of PKM ammunition
(e)
3,000 anti-tank rounds;
(f)
300 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missiles (SAM-7);
(g)
2,000 boxes of 14.5-mm ammunition;
(h)
8,000 rocket-propelled grenade rockets;
(i)
10,000 BM-12 rockets;
(j)
8,000 60-mm rounds;
(k)
10,000 rocket-propelled grenade launchers;
(l)
300 anti-tank guns;
(m)
300 anti-aircraft guns;
(n)
3,000 pistols;
(o)
3,000 hand grenades.