The following is a partial translation by InSight Crime of a recent report from Contralinea on the challenges of the illegal arms trade:
several recent examples of soldiers looting official arms caches and reselling them on the black market in nations like El Salvador. However, the legacy of the Central American civil wars between the 1960s and 1980s, which flooded the region with small arms, has also contributed to the availability of lethal weapons in Mexico. Several of the guns purchased under Fast and Furious were later used in crimes, including the murder of a U.S. government careless about the impact the country's arms may have on Mexico. federal agents allowed weapons to cross the Mexican border in order to track their flow towards criminal groups, has furthered the image of a U.S. The anger over the “Fast and Furious” scandal, in which U.S. One Los Angeles official recently termed the southward arms flow between his city and Tijuana an “ammo pipeline.” As InSight Crime noted, President Obama lamented his government’s inability to make headway against the flow of arms traffic, calling the task “impossible” earlier this month. officials have not denied that the problem exists. Indeed, President Felipe Calderon made precisely this point during a speech to U.S. 
gun laws of being a major obstacle to a safer Mexico. vendors, Mexican officials often accuse liberal U.S. assault weapons ban, and because a significant portion of the weapons used in Mexican crimes have been traced to U.S. directly to Guatemala, and then over Mexico's southern border.īecause the recent spike in drug-related violence in Mexico has coincided with the 2004 expiration of the U.S.
Due to the arms trade on the dark web, every month there could be up to 136 untraced firearms or associated products in the real world.Contralinea magazine details the routes by which guns are trafficked into Mexico, including the flow of arms from the U.S.
The overall value of the arms trade on the dark web based on the 12 cryptomarkets analysed in the study is estimated to be in the region of $80,000 per month, with firearms generating nearly 90% of all revenue. #Black market arms full#
These products are often guides that provide tutorials for a wide range of illegal actions, ranging from the conversion of replica/alarm guns into live weapons, to the full manufacture of home-made guns and explosives, and also include models that can be turned into fully-working firearms through 3D printing.
The trade in arms-related digital products poses additional complex challenges. Pistols were the most commonly listed firearm (84%), followed by rifles (10%) and sub-machine guns (6%). Firearms listings (42%) were the most common listings on the dark web, followed by arms-related digital products (27%) and others, including ammunition (22%). However, Europe represents the largest market for arms trade on the dark web, generating revenues that are around five times higher than the US. This is followed by a selection of European countries, which account for roughly 25%, while unspecified locations of origin account for roughly 12%. Almost 60% of the firearms listings are associated with products that originate from the US. The US appears to be the most common source country for arms that are for sale on the dark web. The dark web is increasing the availability of better performing, more recent firearms for the same, or lower, price, than what would be available on the street on the black market. The dark web is an enabler for the circulation of illegal weapons already on the black market, as well as a potential source of diversion for legally owned weapons.
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