Chapter 17 Firearms. Firearms (not ballistics –study of projectiles)
Global Study on Firearms Trafficking 2020€¦ · •Yearly, 550,000 firearms were seized in 2016...
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Global Study on Firearms Trafficking 2020
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Data and seizures
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• Main source:
– Illicit Arms Flow Questionnaire (IAFQ)
– 80 responses received
• Complementary sources:
– UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
– Seizure data from the World Customs Organization
– Official national sources
• Most of the data cover the years 2016-2017
Sources of data
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• Yearly, 550,000 firearms were seized in 2016 and in 2017
• The real global figure is much higher because
– Underreporting for administrative reasons
– Quality of data varied significantly between countries
– Many countries have not provided any information
How many firearms were seized?
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Average distribution of reported seized firearms/SALWs, by type, 2016-17
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Average distribution of reported seized firearms/SALWs, by type and region, 2016-17
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Trafficking and diversion
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SDG Target 16.4
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• Target 16.4 “by 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows…”
• Indicator 16.4.2 “proportion of seized, found and surrendered arms whose illicit origin or context has been traced or established…”
• On average, it was possible to establish this illicit origin only for 28% of seized, potentially traceable firearms, in 2016-17
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Tracing outcome and Indicator 16.4.2, 2016-17
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Flows
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Origin of incoming illicit flows (inner circle) and manufacture (external circle) for seizures made in South America
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Links to crime
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Average distribution of seized arms in a single country, by legal justification, 2016-17
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Criminal context of seizures (average), 2016-2017
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