conflict armament research: tracking illicit weapons worldwide shawn harris, field investigator

Conflict Armament Research:tracking illicit weapons worldwide

Shawn Harris, Field Investigator

Conflict Armament Research

• Operate globally, currently across 14 countries• Document weapons in the field to trace them back to point of

manufacture and establish the chain-of-custody• Identify and track illicit conventional weapons• Support national governments, security forces, and law

enforcement agencies with curtailing illicit arms flows• Publish full-length Reports, Dispatch from the Field, & Field

Guides

• All data, once cleared, mapped on EU-funded iTrace system

Global Operations

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CAR and The Americas• Currently expanding operations to Latin

America and Caribbean

• Establishing operations in Jamaica to complement national initiatives as well as the ATF’s eTrace system

• Provide support to governments on identifying and tracking the origin of weapons recovered from non-state actors

Shawn Harris harris@conflictarm.com

Thank you