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