Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown as Murder Rates Soar
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
24 JAN 2023
As American-made guns continue to flood the Caribbean, heads of state are demanding that the US do more to stem the flow of weapons.
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ARMS TRAFFICKING /
20 OCT 2022
An arms trafficking investigation involving the Episcopal Church has caused a scandal in Haiti.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
4 OCT 2022
Corruption, no supervision, and poor legislation have led to Latin American military weapons ending up in criminal hands.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
21 SEP 2022
Trinidad and Tobago's homicide rate has past 400 for the year and authorities appear unable to stop it.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
9 SEP 2022
Brazil's border town of Corumbá is a well-known smuggling route from Bolivia. This is unlikely to change soon.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
24 AUG 2022
A new rule in the United States seeks to stem the flow of ghost guns, bought in parts online and assembled at home, to Latin America.
ARGENTINA /
12 AUG 2022
Uruguayan authorities have dismantled a smuggling ring moving weapons into the country from Argentina.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
8 JUL 2022
Haiti’s Customs Agency has seized an extremely large quantity of illegally imported ammunition.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
28 JUN 2022
In its latest bid to curb the flow of illegal firearms and ensuing violence, Jamaica has turned to the United Nations for help.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
23 JUN 2022
The loosening of firearm restrictions in Brazil is creating new channels for criminal groups to obtain weapons via legal means – a worrying trend in country long plagued by gun…
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
3 JUN 2022
Seizures of military-style assault weapons in the Dominican Republic are raising concerns that criminal groups are accessing powerful firearms smuggled from the United States and elsewhere.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
31 MAY 2022
The siphoning of guns in police custody to criminals and a naval officer accused of acting in a hit squad are but two of the latest examples of how corruption…
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
29 APR 2022
A US national who received smuggled AR-15 parts in Mexico and assembled the weapons for two of the country's most violent cartels shows that such firearms, known as ghost guns,…
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