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Results for trafficking in guns
5 results foundAuthor: U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Minority Staff, Committee on Oversight Title: Fatally Flawed: Five Years of Gunwalking in Arizona Summary: On December 15, 2010, Customs and Border Protection Agent Brian Terry was killed in a gunfight in Arizona, and two AK-47 variant assault rifles found at the scene were traced back to purchases by one of the targets of an investigation called Operation Fast and Furious being conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The target already had been identified as a suspected straw purchaser involved with a large network of firearms traffickers smuggling guns to deadly Mexican drug cartels. At the request of the Committee’s Ranking Member, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, this report describes the results of the Committee’s year-long investigation into the actions and circumstances that led to this operation. The report finds that gunwalking operations originated as early as 2006 as agents in the Phoenix Field Division of ATF devised a strategy to forgo arrests against low-level straw purchasers while they attempted to build bigger cases against higher-level trafficking organizers and financiers. Rather than halting operations after flaws became evident, they launched several similarly reckless operations over the course of several years, also with tragic results. Each investigation involved various incarnations of the same activity: agents were contemporaneously aware of illegal firearms purchases, they did not typically interdict weapons or arrest straw purchasers, and firearms ended up in the hands of criminals on both sides of the border. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Minority Staff, 2012. 95p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 14, 2012 at: http://democrats.oversight.house.gov/images/stories/minority_report_13112.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://democrats.oversight.house.gov/images/stories/minority_report_13112.pdf Shelf Number: 124129 Keywords: Assault WeaponsGun Violence (Arizona)Illegal FirearmsTrafficking in GunsTrafficking in Weapons |
Author: University of West Indies. Institute of International Relations Title: Private Security Companies in the Caribbean: Case Studies of St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica Summary: The origin of this field research project on private security companies (PSCs) in the Caribbean came from a discussion at a workshop jointly hosted by the Institute of International Relations at The University of the West Indies (IIR UWI) and Project Ploughshares (PP) on 20-21 January 2010 at the St. Augustine campus in Trinidad and Tobago. The workshop brought together officials from 14 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member and associate states to advance a regional response to the mounting threats and damage caused by illicit firearms in the Caribbean. Many of the workshop participants were senior police officers from the subregion. They were joined by representatives of Caribbean civil society organizations and regional organizations that included the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), as well as the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Discussion at this workshop pointed to the effects of illicit gun trafficking and use-as well as some possible solutions-that could be brought into sharper focus by examining the prominent role of PSCs in the Caribbean. PSCs provide security for industries, resorts, and even governments. As such, PSCs often are a first line of observation and response to criminal activities, but can also be a means by which guns move from licit to illicit markets or use. This project contributes to the still limited published information on PSCs in the Caribbean by creating case studies on the private security industry in St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica. The research was designed to describe and analyze PSCs in each country, as well as current national laws and regulations related to the industry. The case study data provide a clearer picture of the roles and functions of PSCs, which can be used by government regulators and the industry itself to raise standards of performance, encourage appropriate policy development, and generally improve the security situation for citizens. The case studies also provide a better understanding of how PSCs fit into the CARICOM security architecture. Details: St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago: Institute of International Relations, The University of the West Indies, 2013. 162p. Source: Internet Resource: Project Ploughshares: Accessed August 10, 2015 at: http://ploughshares.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Priv_Security_Co_Carribean.webFINAL.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Caribbean URL: http://ploughshares.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Priv_Security_Co_Carribean.webFINAL.pdf Shelf Number: 136376 Keywords: Illegal MarketsIllicit MarketsPrivate Security IndustryTrafficking in GunsTrafficking in Weapons |
Author: Duquet, Nils Title: Guns for Sale: The Belgian illicit gun markets in a European perspective Summary: In the new report 'Guns for sale' researchers Nils Duquet and Maarten Van Alstein give an overview of the basic characteristics of the illicit gun market in Belgium within a broader European perspective. The report has a specific focus on the size of this market, the actors involved and the ways in which these weapons end up on this market. Details: Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute, 2016. 21p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 11, 2016 at: http://www.flemishpeaceinstitute.eu/sites/vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/files/files/hitp/report_guns_for_sale_2.pdf Year: 2016 Country: Belgium URL: http://www.flemishpeaceinstitute.eu/sites/vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/files/files/hitp/report_guns_for_sale_2.pdf Shelf Number: 139586 Keywords: Illicit GunsIllicit marketsTrafficking in Guns |
Author: Duquet, Nils Title: Gun Control in Belgium: A Review of the Effects of the 2006 Weapons Law Summary: In 2006 a new weapons law was enacted in Belgium, making it more difficult for private citizens to acquire firearms. The stricter Belgian law was voted in the immediate aftermath of a public shooting incident in Antwerp, where in May 2006 Hans Van Themsche killed two persons and severely injured a third with a gun he had bought earlier that day. Although the question of a new law had been debated since the beginning of the 2000s and a draft text been tabled in parliament in February 2006, the shooting in Antwerp drastically accelerated the decision-making process. The discussion of the bill was moved up on the parliamentary agenda, and only six days after the shooting the new law was approved by the Justice Affairs Committee of the Federal Parliament. Just over three weeks after the shooting, on 9 June 2006, the new legislation was published in the Belgian official journal ("Belgisch Staatsblad") and came into effect. The fact that a stricter weapons law was enacted in the aftermath of a violent public shooting incident is not surprising. It is often news-grabbing public incidents of gun violence that spark discussions about making firearm regulations stricter. In recent years Europe has experienced a number of firearmrelated violent incidents, such as - to mention only a few - the shootings by Tim Kretschmer in Winnenden (Germany, 2009), Derrick Bird in Cumbria (United Kingdom, 2010), Tristan van der Vlies in Alphen aan de Rijn (the Netherlands, 2011), Anders Behring Breivik in Oslo/Utøya (Norway, 2011), and Nordine Amrani in Liège (Belgium, 2011). Generating immense media attention and public outrage, these shootings spurred politicians to consider and/or bring into effect stricter rules for the possession and use of firearms by private citizens. Violent incidents, however, are not the only factor explaining why many European states over the last decades have witnessed a trend towards stricter firearms regulation. Although the shooting in Antwerp was the direct spur for the change in legislation in Belgium and received most of the media attention, another factor also played an important role: a trend towards stricter gun regulations both at the international and the European level. In 2001, the United Nations Firearms Protocol was signed. It lists a series of stipulations aimed at fighting the illicit manufacturing and trafficking in firearms, such as rules on marking, registration and tracing. Some of these rules are relevant for domestic gun control regimes, as states are required to implement them in their national legislation. In the European Union (EU), common regulations have been developing since the early 1990s, in response to the establishment in the 1980s of the Schengen area and the integration of the internal European Community (EC) market. The gradual loss of internal border controls confronted members of the Schengen Area and the EC with a series of possible negative consequences, such as the unchecked flow of firearms within the Union. In order to compensate for the abolition of checks at intra-community borders and to avoid a security deficit, it was deemed necessary to provide for a certain degree of uniformity in member states’ firearms laws. Thus a minimal degree of control over firearms and ammunition flows could be guaranteed. Details: Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute, 2015. 50p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 10, 2016 at: http://www.vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/sites/vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/files/files/reports/gun_control_in_belgium.pdf Year: 2015 Country: Belgium URL: http://www.vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/sites/vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/files/files/reports/gun_control_in_belgium.pdf Shelf Number: 141078 Keywords: Gun Control Policy Gun Violence Gun-Related Violence Guns Homicides Trafficking in Guns |
Author: New York (State). Office of the Attorney General Title: Target on Trafficking: New York Crime Gun Analysis Summary: There are about 11,000 homicides by gun in America annually,[1] and each represents a multifold tragedy: a life-lost, a family destroyed, a community scarred. Beyond the yellow-tape of the crime scene, the bereaved ask "Who did this?" For those committed to stopping gun violence, the next question must be: “Where did they get the gun?” This report begins to provide an answer for guns recovered in New York. The New York State Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) is committed to preventing gun violence across New York State. It does so through its statewide gun buyback programs, defense and enforcement of New York’s gun safety laws, and aggressive disruption of violent gangs and gun trafficking rings by its Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF), which has recovered hundreds of crime guns in recent years.[2] Crime Gun Any gun connected to a crime that is recovered by law enforcement. A “crime gun” is any gun connected to a crime that is recovered by law enforcement. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) can “trace” these guns which, when successful, can begin to answer the question of “where did they get the gun?” While review of a single trace may reveal data that help solve a crime, comprehensive analysis of trace data can detect regional patterns of crime gun movement into and within a state. These patterns can be used to create sound policies and targeted interdiction strategies aimed at combatting trafficking of dangerous firearms. The NYAG created this first-of-its-kind report and interactive Tracing Analytics Platform to better understand gun trafficking patterns and to assess the efficacy of laws in combatting illegal guns in New York State. The Platform further allows local law enforcement to reach their own conclusions about how to address crime guns in their area. While federal appropriations riders known as the Tiahrt Amendments dramatically restrict ATF’s ability to use and distribute trace data, ATF can share such information with local law enforcement and prosecutors. Like ATF, these groups can publish aggregate statistical data regarding firearms trafficking patterns.[3] By collecting and analyzing New York aggregate gun trace data for 2010-2015, NYAG identified regional differences in trafficking patterns while discovering a commonality among crime guns recovered across New York State: New York’s gun laws have curbed access to the guns most associated with violent crimes, handguns. But the ready availability of these guns in states without these protections thwarts New York’s effort to keep its citizens safe. Our analysis has led us to several recommendations, including calling on the federal government to close the so-called “gun show loophole” which allows private sales of firearms without a background check, and urging states to require permits for handguns, which has worked effectively in New York to keep these dangerous guns out of the hands of criminals. Details: Albany: Office of the Attorney General, 2016. 26p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 5, 2016 at: https://targettrafficking.ag.ny.gov/#part1 Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: https://targettrafficking.ag.ny.gov/#part1 Shelf Number: 147886 Keywords: Gun ControlGun ViolenceGun-Related Crime, ViolenceTrafficking in GunsTrafficking in Weapons |