
Questionable Connections Surround Beirut Explosion
The explosives factory that was meant to receive the Rhosus’ cargo also shares an address with ExploAfrica, a company co-owned by the...

Česká zbrojovka je v Mosambiku jedničkou. Pytláci nosorožců ji zbožňují. (Česká zbrojovka is number
Na to, abyste jednou ranou sundali dvoutunového nosorožce tuponosého, potřebujete víc než jen přesnou mušku. Chce to opravdu...

Four-year probe cracks rhino-poaching gun racket
A gun manufacturer in the Czech Republic is implicated in flooding Africa with thousands of high-calibre hunting hunting rifles. Now...

Guns that kill rhinos in South Africa are bought in Maputo with collusion from Mozambican Government
Large-caliber weapons, manufactured in the Czech Republic, used by poachers of rhinos in South Africa are acquired in hunting shops in...

She Hunted History’s Worst Arms Dealers. Now She’s Taking on Rhino Poachers.
Kathi Lynn Austin pulls the trigger of a pistol at a shooting range outside Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. It’s a fall afternoon in...

How Did Rifles With an American Stamp End Up in the Hands of African Poachers?
HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa — High-powered hunting rifles are the tools of the trade for poachers in South Africa and Mozambique. Steady and...

Huge network of illegal firearms that supply poachers with guns in the Kruger
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Kathi Lynn Austin, Executive Director of Conflict Awareness and Arms Trafficking investigator Not much is known...

Guns and rhinos
Hunt arms dealers, not poachers
From left, a rifle with a silencer confiscated from a poacher, rhino horns seized from poachers being burnt in Mozambique, and a rhino’s...

Boston Globe Spotlight report: Secrets in the sky - Part One
“Criminals find that US planes allow them to fly under the radar far more easily than if using some dodgy Russian aircraft,” CAP ED Kathi...

Paris terror attack: Why getting hold of a Kalashnikov is so easy
As the dragnet for the Paris terror suspects continues in Belgium, the Independent looks at how black market guns are funneled into the...

Interview Transcript: SLS Radio: Kathi Lynn Austin: «Pourquoi avec SAJ ce sera différent»
L’express Maurice has published a French translation of CAP ED Kathi Lynn Austin’s recent LSL Radio interview. Austin discusses her 10...
Media Alert: Open Letter to PM of Mauritius–Never Too Late for Justice: Arms Trafficking Inquiry War
10 August 2015 – In an open letter to the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Conflict Awareness Project’s (CAP) executive director Kathi Lynn...

PRESS RELEASE: Swiss decision to close Argor case encourages “head in the sand” attitude
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAGS) decided not to further prosecute the Swiss precious metals company Argor-Heraeus...

Where are the guns in France coming from?
“One of the reasons we see a lot of Kalashnikovs and AK-47s on the black market is because Russia has just upgraded the Kalashnikov, and...

Jersey accused in row over 'sale of war zone blood-gold'
Jersey financial regulators and the police have been accused of failing to act against a firm allegedly involved in moving gold sourced...

What’s new, Viktor Bout?
by Kathi Lynn Austin, Special to CNN Viktor Bout, the poster boy for international arms trafficking, is back in the news. Last week,...

What Mauritius Can Teach Us About the Global Arms Trade
Originally published in The At War blog. The blog typically catches up with black-market arms when they are already in use, as they are...