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The blocking of YouTube videos in Germany was part of a former dispute between the video sharing platform YouTube and the Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA, or "Society for Musical Performance and Mechanical Reproduction Rights" in English), a performance rights organization in Germany.
Though one of the least profitable illegal trades, arms trafficking made an estimated $1.7-3.5 billion in 2014, making it the 9th largest criminal market, which was valued at $1.6-2.2 trillion. [29] The AK-47 is one of the most appealing weapons in the illegal weapons trade due to its low cost and reliability. [30]
The small arms trade (also called small arms proliferation [1] and the small arms market) is the markets of both authorized and illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW), as well as their parts, accessories, and ammunition.
The Treaty of Versailles included firearm reducing stipulations. Article 169 targeted the state: "Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, German arms, munitions, and war material, including anti-aircraft material, existing in Germany in excess of the quantities allowed, must be surrendered to the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers to be ...
The German government has doubled its arms exports to Ukraine this year and halved them to Israel compared to 2023, data from the economy ministry showed on Wednesday. Being the main recipient ...
The government allowed two days for the removal of the video or YouTube would be blocked in the country. [44] On April 4, following YouTube's failure to remove the video, Nuh asked all Internet service providers to block access to YouTube. [45] On April 5, YouTube was briefly blocked for testing by one ISP. [46]
Germany has approved the delivery of 150 IRIS-T air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, resuming arms exports to the kingdom banned since the killing of ...
In a presentation to the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, its representative supported marking and tracing firearms to reduce illegal arms trafficking while noting that even in Germany, with more than 20 million illegal firearms, there is very little crime committed with firearms ...