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Dressler, Matteo, Nils Duquet & Julia Eckelmann. 2021 ‘Scope of Non-regularised Firearms in EU Member States. Belgium.’ Forgotten Weapons? Non-regularised firearms in the European Union, p. 32. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. 28 April

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Belgium is another EU Member State where non-regularisation is likely to be one of the (if not the) most significant source of illicit possession. In the country, non-regularisation is strongly connected to two crucial legislative changes (in
2006 and 2012). Besides, many firearms of deceased persons were lost or diverted over the years.

A study by the Belgian police found that, in 2006, 70,000 firearms were still registered in the CWR (Central Weapons Register) under the name of deceased persons, who in some cases died 20 years previously. Anecdotal evidence of other non-regularisation sources – such as black digging – exists, but we found no information on their estimated size.

ID: Q15478

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