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Illegal Small Arms Trade Fuelling African Conflicts, Says Amnesty Study
4 January 2007
Voice of America
GENEVA — The major wars of the 20th century gave a boost to the legal arms trade. But the end of the Cold War and the move from international to local and regional conflicts pushed trade in small arms and light weapons into a gray zone where oversight is difficult. Today, brokers and their networks of intermediaries and sub-contractors are increasingly involved in trafficking weapons to rebel groups fighting in developing countries.
Amnesty International arms expert... (GunPolicy.org)