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Illegally trafficked small arms and light weapons captured by the United States Fifth Fleet, May 2021. Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms, explosives, and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations.
A new report from the U.S. government’s lead investigator on gun trafficking in the Caribbean area is confirming what region leaders have long said: Most of the firearms wreaking havoc in their ...
It has been reported that more than 500 WASR-10 Kalashnikov rifles smuggled to Mexico were legally imported into the United States from Europe by Century Arms International [70] despite a U.S. ban on the importation of certain configurations of semi-automatic rifles and full-auto rifles [9] [71] Other types of AK-47s were also recovered in 2009 ...
According to the National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment report, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Ohio and North Carolina, accounted for 80% of the guns recovered at crimes in the Caribbean ...
CIFTA as a program was approved during the First Plenary Session of the OAS held on November 13, 1997. Its purpose was to establish a regional standard for the control of the illicit manufacturing and trafficking in firearms: the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materiales.
From 2009 to 2011, a once-secret ATF scheme, known as "Fast and Furious," set out to thwart U.S.-Mexico gun smuggling by allowing people to illegally buy arms in the United States and take them to ...
The right to bear arms is a right guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States and gun ownership for purposes other than hunting is prevalent and socially acceptable. Non-governmental organisations such as IANSA argue that the prevalence of small arms contributes to the cycle of violence between governments and individuals.
In June 2023, during a historic visit to The Bahamas, Vice President Kamala Harris announced additional U.S. assistance to help Caribbean countries tackle illegal arms and ammunition trafficking ...