The Flemish Peace Institute is an independent
institute for peace research at the Flemish Parliament.

Firearms acquisition by terrorists in Europe. Research findings and policy recommendations of Project SAFTE

Publication date: 18/04/2018

Project SAFTE showed that there is not one unified firearms market in Europe. Rather several disjointed and sometimes interrelated markets with different characteristics, configurations and supply-and-demand mechanisms exist alongside each other within Europe. This report offers a systematic and comparative analysis of the findings of the eight country studies in the research volume and translates the findings to the realities of policy-makers, law enforcement officers and practitioners working on these topics.

Read the executive summary.


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