Download or read book Illicit Trafficking in Firearms written by Péricles Gasparini Alves and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing recognition of the threat that the illicit trafficking in firearms poses to local, national and international peace and security. This report provides an account of the arms trafficking situation in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the criminal use of firearms is a serious problem and where foreign manufactured firearms constitute over one third of all seizures. The rampant availability of firearms to individuals and to organised criminals not only threatens the security of ordinary citizens and discredits the rule of law, but could also undermine the stability of the State in the long-run. The report illustrates the fact that combating illicit firearms requires a concerted effort at the local, regional, national and international level.