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Hays, G and N R Jenzen-Jones. 2018 ‘Types of Users and Producers: Criminals in Developed States.’ Beyond State Control: Improvised and Craft-produced Small Arms and Light Weapons; Part IV, p. 48. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. 5 November
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…In Italy, organized crime groups have made extensive use of improvised and craft-produced firearms. Many of these illicit weapons are manufactured in the north of the country, around Val Trompia, home to much of the highly concentrated Italian arms industry. The wealth of expertise and manufacturing equipment in the area is exploited by criminal groups, especially those that seek to modify or convert small arms (NRC Handelsblad, 2010)…
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