Indictments of European gun dealers expose business of war

deutsche welle
Defense

09.05.2011

A legal drama involving three European gun dealers offers a rare look into the small arms trade. The case exposes a murky global supply chain that seeks to fill Defense Department demand for guns in Iraq and Afghanistan.

.....Business in the Balkans

According to Griffiths, Hyde and Kleber orchestrated a particularly shady deal that began around 2004. Over 70,000 Kalashnikovs were exported from Bosnia to a former airbase in the UK at Faldingworth, once a storage site for nuclear weapons. The corporate network that moved the weapons included York Guns, Transarms, JAGO Ltd as well as a company by the name of Procurement Management Services. ...more...
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