Arms Trade, Blog, News

Three Somali ministers killed
Somalia is one of the failing states. It would help this country if the world would agree to a strong arms trade treaty. Why? Read here.

Sanchez awarded honorary degree
Costa Rican president promotes global peace initiatives and a strong Arms Trade Treaty. Read the full article here.

Obama on land mines
According to Plain Dealer Barack Obama decided that he will not sign land mine ban. Read the full article here.

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West African countries take action in local Arms Trade Treaty
At a convention in Abuja 15 state representatives from ECOWAS met to discuss the implementation of an Arms Trade Treaty at a national level. Read the full text here.
The father of the AK 47 becomes 90
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the Kalashnikov turned 90. While the [...]

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Cerberus big in small arms business [GREMAN]
Coming from hugh investments in GM and Chrysler Cerberus buys more and more small arms producer like Remington and Bushmaster. And they don’t publish it on their website. Why? Read Felix Wadewitz’s article here.
The effect of arms trafficking on Sri Lanka
To find out what modern arms trafficking does to [...]

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US still try to get Victor Bout
Victor Bout one of the most prominent arms trafficker has been arrested in Thailand on March 6, 2008. Since then the USA and Russia battle over his extradition. In the first round the Bangkok’s Criminal Court decided in Bout’s favor. The FAS Strategic Security Blog puts all the news [...]

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West Africa takes action on small arms
Read Aisha Umar’s article on how West African countries start to take action against small arms.
Troy Industries’ deadly big business
The UNO started to go for an Arms Trade Treaty. To get a clue on who will be against any kind off Arms Trade Treaty take a look at Troy [...]

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Arms protester turns out to be a spy for BAE
As reported on November 3, BAE sold armored Mambas to Guinea. On October 27 The Guardian reports that the arms protester Martin Hogbin is in fact a spy for BAE.
How arms trade is undermining democracy
Andrew Feinstein comments how arms trade undermines the world oldest democracy.
US troops [...]

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70,000 weapons less in Burundi
With 70,000 weapons less in Burundi, Small Arms Survey believes that there a still 30,000 to 230,000 weapons circulating in Burundi.
When small arms become a timebomb
David Kimaiyo warns that small arms could reach unmanageable levels in Kenya. Around 130,000 small arms are in the “wrong” hands.
Export restrictions are a topic
Paul Valone [...]

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New Arms Trade Treatey Negotiations
Still important to mention: A 153 countries (including USA) agreed at UN to start Arms Trade Treaty negotiations next year. Thanks to Oxfam, Amnesty International, Control Arms and Conflict Voice!
What Arms Trade means to Sri Lanka
Col R Hariharan, a retired Military Intelligence specialist on South Asia, tells you how uncontrolled arms [...]

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In these days police from 13 West African countries meet in Abuja to master issues like cross-border arms smuggling.
The presidents of Mexico and Guatemala, Mr. Calderón and Mr. Colom, stated in a joint agreement (see Coping with the Migratory Phenomenon, point 4) that they act upon arms trafficking at their border.
Rafael Marques de Morais reports [...]

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