Download or read book Firearms Trafficking U S Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges written by Jess T. Ford and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated dramatically as the admin. of Pres. Calderon has sought to combat the growing power of Mexican drug trafficking org. (DTO) and curb their ability to operate with impunity in certain areas of Mexico. Mexican officials have come to regard illicit firearms as the number one crime problem affecting the country's security. Mexican DTOs represent the greatest organized crime threat to the U.S., controlling drug dist. in many U.S. cities, and gaining strength in markets they do not yet control. Discusses challenges faced by U.S. agencies collaborating with Mexican authorities to combat the problem of illicit arms and the U.S. govt.'s strategy for addressing the issue.

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by Jess T. Ford and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated dramatically, due largely to the Mexican gov¿t. efforts to disrupt Mexican drug trafficking org. U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials generally agree that many of the firearms used to perpetrate crimes in Mexico are illicitly trafficked from the U.S. across the Southwest border. This report examines: (1) data on the types, sources, and users of these firearms; (2) key challenges confronting U.S. gov¿t. efforts to combat illicit sales of firearms in the U.S. and stem the flow of them into Mexico; (3) challenges faced by U.S. agencies collaborating with Mexican authorities to combat the problem of illicit arms; and (4) the U.S. gov¿t. strategy for addressing the issue. Charts and tables.

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated dramatically, due largely to the Mexican government's efforts to disrupt Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTO). U.S. officials note the violence associated with Mexican DTOs poses a serious challenge for U.S. law enforcement, threatening citizens on both sides of the border, and U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials generally agree many of the firearms used to perpetrate crimes in Mexico are illicitly trafficked from the United States across the Southwest border. GAO was asked to examine (1) data on the types, sources, and users of these firearms; (2) key challenges confronting U.S. government efforts to combat illicit sales of firearms in the United States and stem the flow of them into Mexico; (3) challenges faced by U.S. agencies collaborating with Mexican authorities to combat the problem of illicit arms; and (4) the U.S. government's strategy for addressing the issue. GAO analyzed program information and firearms data and met with U.S. and Mexican officials on both sides of the border. GAO is making recommendations to several departments, including

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges

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Download or read book U S Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Project Gunrunner written by U.s. Department of Justice and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review by the Department of Justice (Department) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) examined the impact of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) implementation of Project Gunrunner on the illicit trafficking of guns from the United States to Mexico. Violence associated with organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico is widespread, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths. In part because Mexican law severely restricts gun ownership, drug traffickers have turned to the United States as a primary source of weapons, and these drug traffickers routinely smuggle guns from the United States into Mexico. The criminal organizations responsible for smuggling guns to Mexico are typically also involved in other criminal enterprises, such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, and cash smuggling. This requires ATF to work with other federal entities, as well as with state and local law enforcement partners, in sharing intelligence, coordinating law enforcement activities, and building cases that can be prosecuted. To help combat firearms trafficking into Mexico, ATF began Project Gunrunner as a pilot project in Laredo, Texas, in 2005 and expanded it as a national initiative in 2006. Project Gunrunner is also part of the Department's broader Southwest Border Initiative, which seeks to reduce cross-border drug and firearms trafficking and the high level of violence associated with these activities on both sides of the border. In June 2007, ATF published a strategy document, Southwest Border Initiative: Project Gunrunner (Gunrunner strategy), outlining four key components to Project Gunrunner: the expansion of gun tracing in Mexico, international coordination, domestic activities, and intelligence. In implementing Project Gunrunner, ATF has focused resources in its four Southwest border field divisions. In addition, ATF has made firearms trafficking to Mexico a top ATF priority nationwide. The OIG conducted this review to evaluate the effectiveness of ATF's implementation of Project Gunrunner. Our review examined ATF's enforcement and regulatory programs related to the Southwest border and Mexico, ATF's effectiveness in developing and sharing firearms trafficking intelligence and information, the number and prosecutorial outcomes of ATF's Project Gunrunner investigations, ATF's coordination with U.S. and Mexican law enforcement partners, ATF's traces of Mexican “crime guns,” and challenges that ATF faces in coordinating efforts to combat firearms trafficking with Mexico.

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by Jessica Farb and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-14 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violent crimes committed by drug trafficking organizations in Mexico often involve firearms, and a 2009 GAO report found that many of these firearms originated in the U.S. The Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have sought to stem firearms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico. This report examines (1) the origin of firearms seized in Mexico that have been traced by ATF; (2) the extent to which collaboration among U.S. agencies combating firearms trafficking has improved; and (3) the extent to which the National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy measures progress by U.S. agencies to stem firearms trafficking to Mexico. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

Download or read book Gun Trafficking and Violence written by David Pérez Esparza and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book addresses the issues of gun trafficking and gun violence across different regions of the world, including the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It seeks to identify global key trends on gun trafficking and related violence and discuss different enforcement measures. Each chapter is written by teams of distinguished academics and/or experienced practitioners to include practitioner insights and policy proposals on issues related to gun violence and gun trafficking. Chapters offer an overview of violence and recent gun control debates in the regions, enumerate challenges, provide lessons learnt, and recommend policy solutions. An overview of the global small arms trade is provided at the beginning alongside a comparative analysis of common challenges and significant differences across the regions. This book speaks to those in Criminology, International Relations, Public Policy, International Security, Public health and Law, and to civil society organizations, think tanks, research centers, policy analysts and policy makers involved in gun control debates.

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Violent crimes committed by drug trafficking organizations in Mexico often involve firearms, and a 2009 GAO report found that many of these firearms originated in the United States. ATF and ICE have sought to stem firearms trafficking from the United States to Mexico. GAO was asked to undertake a follow-up review to its 2009 report (GAO-09-709) addressing these issues. This report examines, among other things, (1) the origin of firearms seized in Mexico that have been traced by ATF, (2) the extent to which collaboration among U.S. agencies combating firearms trafficking has improved, and (3) the extent to which the National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy measures progress by U.S. agencies to stem firearms trafficking to Mexico. To address these objectives, GAO analyzed program information and firearms tracing data from 2009 to 2014, and met with U.S. and Mexican officials on both sides of the border"--Preliminary page.

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violent crimes committed by drug trafficking organizations in Mexico often involve firearms, and a 2009 GAO report found that many of these firearms originated in the United States. ATF and ICE have sought to stem firearms trafficking from the United States to Mexico. GAO was asked to undertake a follow-up review to its 2009 report (GAO-09-709) addressing these issues. This report examines, among other things, (1) the origin of firearms seized in Mexico that have been traced by ATF, (2) the extent to which collaboration among U.S. agencies combating firearms trafficking has improved, and (3) the extent to which the National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy measures progress by U.S. agencies to stem firearms trafficking to Mexico. To address these objectives, GAO analyzed program information and firearms tracing data from 2009 to 2014, and met with U.S. and Mexican officials on both sides of the border.

Download or read book Gun Trafficking and the Southwest Border written by Vivian S. Chu and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. firearms laws currently govern the possession and transfer of firearms and provide penalties for the violation of such laws. ¿Gun trafficking¿ includes the movement or diversion of firearms from legal to illegal markets. This report includes legal analyses of 3 ATF-investigated, Southwest border gun trafficking cases to illustrate the fed. statutes that are violated as part of wider gun trafficking schemes. The report concludes with possible policy questions for Congress regarding the magnitude of Southwest border gun trafficking, the use and significance of ATF crime gun trace data, the possible ratification of an Inter-American Gun Trafficking Convention, and the adequacy of the federal statutes designed to deter and reduce illegal gun trafficking.

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by Isaac E. Adams and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violent crimes committed by drug trafficking organizations in Mexico often involve firearms, and a 2009 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that many of these firearms originated in the United States. The Department of Justices Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Homeland Securitys Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have sought to stem firearms trafficking from the United States to Mexico. This book examines, among other things, the origin of firearms seized in Mexico that have been traced by ATF; the extent to which collaboration among U.S. agencies combating firearms trafficking has improved; and the extent to which the National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy measures progress by U.S. agencies to stem firearms trafficking to Mexico. Furthermore, the book examines the activities undertaken by U.S. agencies to build partner capacity to combat firearms trafficking and the extent to which they considered key factors in selecting the activities; and progress the United States has made in building such capacity.

Download or read book U S Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. efforts to combat arms trafficking to Mexico : report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, June 19, 2009.

Download or read book Firearms Trafficking written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy: 2020 identified the trafficking of firearms from the U.S. into Mexico as a threat to the safety and security of both countries. The Mexican government has estimated that 200,000 firearms are smuggled from the United States each year. This report examines (1) the extent of U.S. agencies’ knowledge about firearms trafficking to Mexico and (2) U.S. agencies’ efforts to disrupt this trafficking and the extent to which they have assessed those efforts. This is a public version of a sensitive report that GAO issued in December 2020. GAO is making eight recommendations, including recommending that ATF and ICE analyze additional information about the trafficking of U.S.-sourced firearms to Mexico and that ATF, ICE, CBP, and State develop performance measures to assess the results of their efforts to disrupt this trafficking.

Download or read book Curbing Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Sensitive Technologies written by United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates how illicit trafficking affects both the stability of states & the safety of their populations. Curbing its development & proliferation calls for a better assessment of the phenomenon & a new way of looking at problems & identifying solutions. The debate in this book centres around such prominent issues as trafficking in small arms; delivery system technologies & components; & weapons of mass destruction. The book concludes with a set of recommendations on how to develop cooperation & provides an action-oriented agenda that can be adopted by such institutions as police forces, border patrols, judiciary & parliamentary institutions, INTERPOL & intelligence services.