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Posted on 07/26/2022 9:30:10 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Nato and EU states are pushing for better tracking of weapons supplied to Ukraine in response to fears that criminal groups are smuggling them out of the country and on to Europe’s black market.
“All these weapons land in southern Poland, get shipped to the border and then are just divided up into vehicles to cross: trucks, vans, sometimes private cars,” said one of the western officials. “And from that moment we go blank on their location and we have no idea where they go, where they are used or even if they stay in the country.”
The potential for US weapons sent to Ukraine to fall into the wrong hands is “among a host of considerations” given the “challenging situation” on the ground in the country, said Bonnie Denise Jenkins, US under secretary for arms control and international security, on Tuesday.
The issue of arms trafficking from Ukraine was discussed at a meeting of EU interior ministers this week, while on Monday the European Commission launched an “EU Support Hub” in neighbouring Moldova to provide expertise and co-operation to combat issues such as weapons smuggling.
Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, said in April that its investigations indicated that weapons trafficking from Ukraine into the bloc to supply organised crime groups had begun and was a potential threat to EU security.
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I believe that.
shocking
.
Our big guys get their cuts going in, their big guys get it how ever they can.
Hey Buddy, want to buy some weapons?
Democrats haven’t known how to conduct international business
for the last 70-80 years.
It’s shocking how intuitive it is for them to do the exact
opposite of what should be done.
As they stated....”we have no idea where they go, where they are used or even if they stay in the country.”........
That’s not counting the sales of weapons going into the country from “other” sources....
Ya think?
Send billions in weapons and cash to one of the most corrupt countries in Europe, with zero tracking? Hmm...what could go wrong?
Rs tried to tack on an amendment to appoint an IG to track it, but Dems shot it down. Of course.
Can’t fill those campaign coffers and enrich family in sunlight.
And 10% for The Big Guy.
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