Theme: firearms
Project SAFTE: Take a look at the project here
Project DIVERT: Take a look at the project here
Project TARGET: Take a look at the project here
Project INSIGHT: Take a look at the project here
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Firearms and Drugs: Partners in Transnational Crime Report
Publication date: 18/03/2024
The multifaceted links between illicit drug trafficking and illicit firearms present a global challenge requiring a clear understanding and integrated responses. Download the report “Firearms and Drugs: Partners in Transnational Crime” in full and find out more. Global drug trafficking ... read more
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The nexus between drug markets and gun violence in the European Union Report
Publication date: 07/11/2023
This background paper written by Astrid De Schutter and Nils Duquet of the Flemish Peace Institute and commissioned by EMCDDA (The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) shows the central role of the Rotterdam and Antwerp ports in ... read more
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Firearm trafficking and gun violence in Belgium Report
Publication date: 28/10/2022
How has Belgium garnered such a bad reputation over the last decade when it comes to firearms and firearm trafficking? And how has this impacted gun violence in the country? Find out by reading the Project Target country report by ... read more
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Pulling the trigger: gun violence in Europe Report
Publication date: 27/10/2022
This report contains the 7 country studies – Belgium, Estonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Sweden – that were undertaken as part of the second phase of project TARGET. While the reader will be able to observe interesting similarities ... read more
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Project DIVERT: Firearms fraud in the European Union Report
Publication date: 11/04/2022
Project DIVERT focuses on three specific diversion methods; Theft, fraud and non-regularisation. The DIVERT-report you can download here focuses on fraud. It is part of a three-part series exploring previously under-researched diversion methods in the EU. Two additional studies deal with ... read more
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Project TARGET: Targeting gun violence & trafficking in Europe Report
Publication date: 13/12/2021
Project TARGET is a comprehensive research project that explores the links between the different types of firearms trafficking and gun violence in all EU Member States and the Western Balkans. How does illicit firearms trafficking impact gun violence in Europe? ... read more
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Project DIVERT: Firearms theft in the European Union Report
Publication date: 26/05/2021
Project DIVERT focuses on three specific diversion methods; Theft, fraud and non-regularisation. The DIVERT-report you can download below focuses on theft. It is part of a three-part series exploring previously under-researched diversion methods in the EU. Two additional studies deal with firearms diversion through ... read more