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Carlson, Khristopher. 2022 ‘Uganda.’ Firearms and Ammunition Trafficking in Eastern Africa; 1, pp. 13-14. Vienna: United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 1 June

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Trafficking of illicit firearms in and out of the county's extreme northeastern region, Karamoja, has decreased significantly in recent. However, crossborder illicit firearms transfers with other pastoral communities in Kenya and South Sudan continue, and there are indications that in 2021 it was increasing.

(…)The main sources of illicit firearms in the country include neighboring states. Many of the illicit firearms in circulation remain so after being initially leaked into private possession decades ago from state supplies.

The common method of illicit firearms trafficking in Uganda can be characterized as small-scale, or anttrade, and includes pistols and larger rifle-types such as AK-pattern guns and G3 rifles. Interventions to control this activity in remote pastoral communities continue to be challenging, as movement of firearms include public transport, motorcycles, herdsmen on foot, the involvement women to dispel suspicions, and other furtive methods. Trafficking routes into Uganda also crossover from the DRC, where militant groups have contributed to border-area insecurity and traffic firearms and ammunition.

ID: Q16103

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