Arms Trade, Blog, News

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 Industries’ press release here. One of the main obstacles for an Arms Trade Treaty is the fact that companies like Troy industries take pride in what they do. Take away their business and to take away their pride. No matter how you think about the arms industry and the wise negotiators at the UNO who fight for an Arms Trade Treaty should better deal with this feeling.

The October issue of Missile Watch
Please find the October issue of Missile Watch here.

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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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