Following the outcomes of the Third United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, which acknowledged the importance of considering new challenges and opportunities arising from new forms of illicit trafficking, this Occasional Paper summarises the main findings and implications of the first empirical study investigating the scale and scope of arms trafficking on the dark web.
1. Introduction -- 2. How dark web markets function to facilitate illegal trade -- 3. Dark web–enabled arms trafficking: estimating the size and scope of the market -- 4. Dark web-enabled arms trafficking: estimating the value of the market -- 5. Dark web-enabled arms trafficking: Assessing shipping routes and techniques -- 6. Overarching implications -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Firearms make breakdown -- Appendix B. References.

xx, p. : ill., graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p.81-85).

9789211303575
9789210474658 (eISBN)