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The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Illegal weapon manufacturing, dealing and trafficking
Arms trafficking is the illicit trade of small arms, ammunition and explosives. Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) are today’s most commonly available types of weapons and broadly used in all types of conflict: civil wars, terrorism, organized crime and gang warfare. SALW are cheap and easy to handle and conceal, which means they are highly portable and can be relatively easy smuggled across borders.
Regions with weak arms regulation or stockpile management and poor oversight make it relatively easy to get your hands on it, after which they are shipped, dealed and trafficked. Accordingly, rapid-fire military assault rifles are becoming increasingly widely available and illegal manufacturing, dealing and trafficking is becoming commonplace. Particularly among rebel, groups, terrorist organisations and organised criminal gangs. Even shoulder-fired rockets, mortars and light anti-tank weapons have found their way into the hands of individuals and non-state groups. Prosecuting arms traffickers and brokers has proven difficult due to loopholes in national laws. The production is legal in many countries and can even be done by 3D-printing components yourself, making it hard to control.
Keywords: gunrunning, organised crime, nuclear weapons, nuclear missiles, chemical weapons
Arms trafficking is the illicit trade of small arms, ammunition and explosives. Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) are today’s most commonly available types of weapons and broadly used in all types of conflict: civil wars, terrorism, organized crime and gang warfare. SALW are cheap and easy to handle and conceal, which means they are highly portable and can be relatively easy smuggled across borders.
Regions with weak arms regulation or stockpile management and poor oversight make it relatively easy to get your hands on it, after which they are shipped, dealed and trafficked. Accordingly, rapid-fire military assault rifles are becoming increasingly widely available and illegal manufacturing, dealing and trafficking is becoming commonplace. Particularly among rebel, groups, terrorist organisations and organised criminal gangs. Even shoulder-fired rockets, mortars and light anti-tank weapons have found their way into the hands of individuals and non-state groups. Prosecuting arms traffickers and brokers has proven difficult due to loopholes in national laws. The production is legal in many countries and can even be done by 3D-printing components yourself, making it hard to control.
Keywords: gunrunning, organised crime, nuclear weapons, nuclear missiles, chemical weapons