What does AVM stand for?

2 million anti-personnel mines, 250,000 anti-vehicle mines and 17 million other explosives left over from wars have been removed since 1999, the report said.

Aside from the casualties, eight rocket launchers, 35 Kalashnikovs, one device for detonating remote-controlled bombs, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and some anti-vehicle mines were also discovered," the ministry statement said.

Aside from the casualties, eight rocket launchers, 35 Kalashnikovs, one device for detonating remote-controlled bombs, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and some anti-vehicle mines were also discovered," the ministry statement said.

In 2006, the United States, joined by 24 other states, issued a declaration at the Third Review Conference of the CCW, committing each government to make anti-vehicle mines used outside of perimeter-marked areas detectable, not to use such mines outside a perimeter-marked area if they are not self-destructing or self-neutralizing, to prevent the transfer of such mines that do not meet these criteria, and then only to transfer such mines to states accepting this policy.

CAPTION(S): Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images : An anti-vehicle mine is detonated by a bomb-disposal unit in sight of a cruise ship on Feb.

No arrests were made during the raid, but a nearby vehicle search revealed a "very substantial haul" of weapons including a heavy machine gun, seven rockets, a rocket propelled grenade and launcher, 22 hand grenades, two anti-vehicle mines, more than five kilos of explosives, more than 300 rounds of small arms ammunition and other quantities of weapon-making equipment.

The term MOTAPM does not have a formal definition but is a cumbersome short-form for anti-vehicle mines (also called anti-tank mines).

The Government says that anti-vehicle mines are not covered by an international treaty banning landmine use - even though they can be set off by a human's weight.