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A tower of confiscated smuggled weapons about to be set ablaze in Nairobi, Kenya

Gunrunning, also known as arms trafficking, is trafficking in (smuggling) contraband weapons and ammunition.

Not surprisingly, it is most widespread in regions of political turmoil, but is by no means limited to such areas. For example, in South Asia, an estimated 63 million guns have been trafficked into the region.[1]

The suppression of gunrunning is one of the areas of increasing interest in the context of international law. Two examples of gunrunning are the Larne Gun Running and Provisional IRA arms importation.

Estimates of the arms trafficking market are difficult to come by. However, available estimates place the value of the arms trafficking market in the billions of dollars.[2]

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Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the sneaking of goods or persons past a point where prohibited, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of the law or other rules.

There are various motivations to smuggle.
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weapon is a tool used to injure, incapacitate, or kill an adversary.^[1]^[2] Weapons may be used to attack and defend, and consequently also to threaten or protect. Metaphorically, anything used to damage (even psychologically) can be referred to as a weapon.
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Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. It is derived through French from the Latin munire (to provide). See also munition.
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International law can refer to three distinct legal disciplines.

public international law, which involves for instance the United Nations, maritime law, international criminal law and the Geneva conventions.

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Larne Gun Running occurred in 1914 when loyalists in Ulster, Ireland, who were opposed to Home Rule in Ireland imported guns and ammunition from Germany in order to prepare for armed resistance against it.
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The Provisional Irish Republican Army imported large quantities of weapons and ammunition into Ireland for use in Northern Ireland since the early 1970s. With these weapons it conducted an armed campaign against the British presence in Northern Ireland.
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Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (born January 13, 1967) is a Russian former Soviet major and arms dealer, nicknamed "the Merchant of Death."^[1] He is the subject of a book by that name written by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun^[2]
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The arms industry is a massive global industry and business which manufacturers and sells weapons and military technology and equipment. Defense companies produce arms mainly for the armed forces of States.
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Rum-running is the business of smuggling or transporting of alcoholic beverages illegally, usually to circumvent taxation or prohibition. The term usually applies to transport of goods over water, over land it is commonly referred to as bootlegging.
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Domestic: $24,149,632
Worldwide: $72,617,068
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SALW is an acronym, meaning Small Arms, Light Weapons, a term used in arms control protocols to refer to two main classes of weapons:

Small arms - hand-held small caliber firearms, usually consisting of handguns, rifles, shotguns, manual, semi automatic, and

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