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Nato and EU sound alarm over risk of Ukraine weapons smuggling
Financial Times (UK) ^ | JULY 12 2022 | Henry Foy and Sam Fleming

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corruption; foreignaid
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To: Born in 1950

I believe that.


21 posted on 07/26/2022 10:55:33 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Mount Athos
NATO nations are sending the weapons to Ukraine as quickly as possible in spite of globalist investors' desire for the continuation of the anarchist international trade/slavery and open borders regime.

Gepard and Twardy: new Western weaponry on the Ukrainian front line

22 posted on 07/26/2022 10:58:37 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: Mount Athos

shocking


23 posted on 07/26/2022 11:14:13 PM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: McGruff
"We're winning" keeps those washers running. They could care less what the truth is though. This is what they mean by "cannon fodder" for those who don't know what's going on.

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Quite a bit more....

24 posted on 07/26/2022 11:16:05 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Nervous Tick

Our big guys get their cuts going in, their big guys get it how ever they can.


25 posted on 07/26/2022 11:37:39 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Mount Athos

Hey Buddy, want to buy some weapons?

26 posted on 07/26/2022 11:38:39 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: ocrp1982

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.


27 posted on 07/26/2022 11:44:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: NWFree

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....


28 posted on 07/27/2022 2:04:42 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Mount Athos

29 posted on 07/27/2022 4:58:04 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: Mount Athos

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.


30 posted on 07/27/2022 12:07:20 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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