🇨🇷 Key takeaways from Fundacion Arias on the dynamics of illicit firearms trafficking at the Regional Seminar in Panama 🇵🇦
🔹 Weapons are diverted from arsenals, not only from the illicit market.
🔹 Information is power in preventing diversion and strengthening controls.
Oct 27, 2025 14:03🔹 It’s important to take advantage of simple procedures to detect irregularities.
🔹 Diversions can be disguised, and many different actors are involved.
🔹 Weapons remain in motion, moving across contexts and borders.
🔹 Corruption is omnipresent and facilitates trafficking.
Powerful reflections on the regional challenges of arms control and the need for greater cooperation and information sharing. 🤝
