The paper contains a description of measures used in Slovakia to combat illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials, and a short overview of legislation in force and organizations involved in combating illicit trafficking. Though prevention is the most effective measure, suppression measures especially are described as means of how to cope with insufficient protective measures applied in some countries. The paper also describes the international cooperation of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic with the IAEA and the Joint Research Centre in Karlsruhe. Examples of illicit trafficking events recently discovered in Slovakia are given at the end of the paper.
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