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Rôle des médecins légistes, anthropologues et odontologues lors d'activités au sein du team belge d'identification des victimes (Belgian DVI team). Revue de l'organisation et de la gestion de ces situations dans le but d'une identification optimale des victimes
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... The Belgian DVI team coordinates the management of serious accidents (e.g. house collapses, aircraft and train accidents), natural disasters (e.g. the 2004 tsunami in Thailand [1][2][3]), and mass civilian killings (e.g. during the conflict in Kosovo several years ago) [4]. In addition to the specific missions for isolated identification of individuals, particularly in the context of criminal disappearances [5], Belgian teams have partaken in the identification process of victims involved in cases of terrorist attacks (e.g. the MH17 crash after missile hit in Ukraine, and bombing attacks in Brussels and Zaventem in Belgium). ...
The Belgian disaster victim identification (DVI) team is involved in many investigations in our country. Indeed, this specialized team of the federal police oversees searching for and investigating criminally buried dead bodies, identification of unknown putrefied corpses, and more. The Belgian DVI team also assists with the identification of victims of mass disasters (natural, accidental, and mass murders). In this article, we consider the contributions of different teams (forensic pathology, anthropology, and odontology, federal police, and crime scene investigation) both on the scene of the attack at the Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) and in the laboratory work (autopsies, sample studies).
Organization of the Belgium DVI Team (disaster victim identification Team) in Thailand:
natural disaster - tsunami
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