Tagged: Arms Trade Treaty

European Parliament resolution on UN Arms Trade Treaty

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Ammunition trade tops $4 billion yet little regulation to control and keep track of who bullets are sold to

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Global sales of ammunition are worth more than $4 billion and are growing at a faster rate than trade in guns, yet there is virtually no regulation in place to control where the bullets end up.

Arms Trade Treaty long overdue, as new research shows billions spent on illicit weapons deals by states under embargo

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Every minute, one person is killed by armed violence. Photo:Crispin Hughes/Oxfam

More than $2.2 billion worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 by countries operating under arms embargoes, according to new figures released today by international humanitarian agency Oxfam.