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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: arms trafficking

arms trafficking stories: 10 news summaries

Clinton Voices Concern Over Burma-N. Korea Arms Links

Secretary of state will push ASEAN for tough enforcement of N.Korea sanctions

Jul 21, 09 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is concerned about possible military cooperation between Myanmar and North Korea, the New York Times reports. In Thailand on the eve of the ASEAN conference, the secretary of state told her hosts that their country would be particularly vulnerable to a pernicious relationship between the two dictatorships. Clinton... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Thailand • nuclear weapons • Myanmar • Burma • ASEAN • arms trafficking

Obama Seeks $27B to Clamp Down on Border

Budget focuses on halting flow of guns, illegal immigrants

May 6, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the budget he’ll hand to Congress tomorrow, President Obama is seeking $27 billion for border and transportation security as he focuses on immigration enforcement and battling the flow of US arms to Mexico. The 8% increase over this year’s budget allows for an expansion of border teams,... More »

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immigration • immigration reform • border control • transportation • illegal immigration • border security • arms trafficking • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama wants to add muscle to America’s promise to curb the flow of weapons to Mexico’s drug cartels. After meeting with Mexican leader Felipe Calderon today, Obama said he would push the Senate to ratify a decade-old treaty on the matter, the Washington Post reports. President Clinton... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • Senate • weapons • Organization of American States • arms trafficking • guns • President Obama • smuggling

Obama Moves to Halt 'River' of Guns, Drugs to Mexico

Adds top cartels to 'drug kingpin' list

Apr 16, 09 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the eve of an important meeting with Mexico’s president, President Obama yesterday imposed sanctions against the top Mexican drug cartels in a move intended to slow cross-border drugs and weapons trafficking, the Washington Post reports. After speeding up a process that normally takes a year, he added three... More »

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drugs • Mexico • drug cartel • weapons • border • arms trafficking • drug traffickers • President Obama

US Ambassador Implicated in China Arms Deal

Envoy to Albania hid aging, illegal munitions bound for Afghanistan

Jun 24, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American ambassador to Albania personally endorsed a plan to disguise the origin of munitions bought by a Pentagon contractor, according to Congressional testimony. The New York Times traveled to Albania during an earlier investigation of a shady 22-year-old arms dealer operating out of Miami Beach. But the Albanian defense... More »

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Afghanistan • corruption • Albania • Afghan Army • procurement • arms trafficking • ammunition

 UN Troops Traded
 Guns for Gold 

Pakistani, Indian troops armed rebels in Congo, BBC finds

Apr 28, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN peacekeeping troops sold weapons to guerrilla fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a BBC investigation claims, charging that the UN suppressed the story for political reasons. Pakistani and Indian troops, part of the UN's largest peacekeeping force of 17,000, are said to have traded munitions for gold.... More »

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United Nations • Pakistan • India • peacekeeping force • Democratic Republic of Congo • rebel fighters • arms trafficking

 Wal-Mart OKs Plan
 to Film Gun Buyers 

Execs accept 10-point deal to curb illegal sales

Apr 14, 08 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart approved a plan today to videotape gun-buyers and curb illegal firearm sales in other ways, the New York Daily News reports. The 10-point deal with the bipartisan group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, helmed by New York's Michael Bloomberg, includes inventory controls and a log to trace buyers who have... More »

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gun control • gun sales • ATF • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • firearms • Wal-Mart • arms trafficking • guns

US Supplier Arms Afghan Forces With Ancient Ammo

22-year-old buys old Soviet-bloc munitions

Mar 27, 08 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military's main supplier for munitions to Afghanistan is an unvetted business run by a 22-year-old with no military experience and a string of domestic violence allegations, an investigation by the New York Times finds. And the tiny company's shady dealings with arms traffickers has left Afghan forces armed... More »

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Afghanistan • corruption • US military • Afghan Army • procurement • arms trafficking • AEY Inc. • ammunition

Thais Nab 'Merchant of Death'

Russian arms dealer may face US trial for supplying terror groups worldwide

Mar 6, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The Russian arms dealer branded "the merchant of death" was apprehended in Thailand today after US intelligence linked him to Colombia rebels, the New York Times reports. Victor Bout is on international most-wanted lists for allegedly using his private air fleet to supply al Qaeda and the Taliban—plus... More »

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Colombia • Sierra Leone • Liberia • arms • Rwanda • FARC • weapons • Victor Bout • arms trafficking • Richard Chichakli

Italian Cops Bust Secret Iraqi Arms Deal

US kept in the dark as ministry ordered guns that might have outfitted militias

Aug 12, 07 11:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - A secret transaction providing the Iraqi government with over $40 million worth of weapons was uncovered by Italian police investigating local Mafiosi, the Guardian reports. Without the knowledge of American military commanders, the Iraqi interior ministry had ordered 105,000 rifles from arms traffickers, ostensibly to supply police. Italian police... More »

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Italy • Shia • weapon • militia • arms deal • Mafia • Iraq government • arms trafficking • guns

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