Send more $40 Billions
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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Black hole they don’t care how much trouble it stirs up utterly irresponsible
That won't lead to anything bad...
Remember people, this is the same administration that knowingly abandoned Billions of dollars in weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
They are now delivering Billions of dollars of weapons to Ukraine with no conditions or oversight whatsoever.
“criminal groups are smuggling them out of the country and on to Europe’s black market”
Gee, who could’ve predicted that??!?
But who will know, they’ll get all mixed up with the billions in military hardware we left when we shamefully bugged out of Afghanistan... now it’s for sale for cold cash by the Taliban...
We are governed by a kakistocracy. Their ONLY area of competence is in election fraud.
“They were livid once they saw we were unarmed,” Vanzhula recalled.
It’s OK...the “Big Guy” got his 10% out of the deal(s).
When officials claim don't know, that's usually when they know gottdang well.
Wow, even Ukrainian farmers are getting in on the weapons theft action? Too much money to be made
It only took about 3 months for the beurocracy to catch up with what was known to the rest of the world already in May.
We had advisor’s on the ground since at least 2015.
I think once the shooting started, we pulled them back to ensure we do not get in an entanglement with the Russians.
The Ukrainian farmers should be promoted to the highest levels of the Ukraine government...the current occupants are pretty dopey/anti-American/low IQ:
itemized receipt along with ID & signature
with every transfer
“All these weapons land in southern Poland”
That makes it easier for Russians to track & destroy expensive Western weapons.
There have been reports that weapons from Ukraine being sold on the black market in the Middle East. I think one story was on FR.
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