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Since 1996, countries throughout Europe have taken notice of arms trafficking. Europe has been an overall large exporter of illicit weapons with the United Kingdom, Germany, and France in the national lead for the most exports. Imports to Europe from 2004 to 2013 have decreased by 25%, with the United Kingdom importing the most overall in ...
Following the EU signing of the 2001 United Nations Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms the European Council and Parliament amended the existing firearms directive in order to comply with the Protocol. [12]
The Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition (Firearms Protocol) is a treaty on anti-arms trafficking including Small Arms and Light Weapons that is supplemental to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. It is one of the so-called Palermo protocols.
Officials across Europe and in the US are monitoring arms flows to try to keep military-grade weapons in Ukraine from being smuggled out and sold. Weapons in Ukraine aren't flooding Europe's black ...
Authorities in northern Italy arrested the captain of a Lebanese-flagged cargo ship on suspicion of international arms trafficking Wednesday while they investigate if the vessel transported tanks ...
STORY: The war in Ukraine has taken a toll on Europe’s economy. But one sector is quietly humming. Arms makers in Eastern Europe are churning out weapons and ammunition at a pace not seen since ...
Known as "Banda e Lul Berishes", the clan, by its complex structure is engaged in moving drug and arms trafficking and other criminal activities throughout Europe. According to German and Albanian authorities, the clans international drug and arms trafficking spans to Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy, and Germany. [90]
Some European countries say they have stalled arms exports to Israel amid growing consternation about the way it is waging war against Hamas in Gaza, while the United States Senate on Tuesday ...