Special Team Six
Not to be confused with Rainbow Six.
Special Team 6 is a multinational police force formed after the Kosovo conflict. The unit forms a part of the UN police and every member country of the UN can apply personnel to the unit. Their main task is simply to be police officers and handle dangerous situations caused by Albanian and Serb ethnic violence in Kosovo. High-risk arrests is also a task for ST6 along with security of diplomats. Other than this, tasks include that of what police special operation units normally are trained to do, hostage rescue for instance.
Members
Every country member of the UN, can apply personnel to the unit. They have to have background from police special forces. Countries that has or had personnel in ST6 includes:
Germany: GSG 9 and SEK 
Austria: EKO Cobra
Norway: Emergency Response Unit
Sweden: Nationella Insatsstyrkan and Piketen (Malmö and Gothenburg)
Czech Republic: Útvar rychlého nasazení
Canada: Toronto Police Service and Emergency Task Force (TPS)
Iceland: Víkingasveitin
Slovenia: Specialna Enota Policije
Sources
- (Norwegian)kosovo.pdf
- (Norwegian)Risikerer livet på hemmelig oppdrag (Oppdatert: 11.01.06 kl. 20:52 Publisert: 11.01.06 kl. 20:50)TROND EIDE
- Sveriges erfarnaste operatörer - Malmöpiketen
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