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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is a group of independent researchers and activists on arms trade, the arms industry and lobbying. Stop Wapenhandel advocates sustainable security, not based on military power and deterrence but on solving the causes of insecurity.

Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) and the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group.

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1 november 2013

Algeria, Morocco naval built-up supports EU anti-immigration policies (and the Dutch arms industry)

While Europe itself is beefing up military operations to prevent immigrants from entering the EU by sea, it also supports North African…

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11 oktober 2013

Selling border militarization as a humanitarian effort

Just one week after the dramatic events off the coast of Lampedusa, where more than 300 refugees drowned when their boat sank,…

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3 oktober 2013

More Dutch F-16s for Jordan

Struggling to balance its budget, the Dutch armed forces badly need cash from selling surplus stock weapons. The long list of available…

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5 september 2013

Illegal arms trade legalised

The fallout caused by the war in Libya has yet to settle, while the next military intervention is already planned. The Maghreb…

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27 augustus 2013

Egypt, arms smuggling from Libyan stocks

During and after the 2011 civil war in Libya, arms and ammunition has been stolen on a massive scale. It is not…

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16 augustus 2013

Arms industry support as EU economic policy

“Time has come to take ambitious action” writes the European Commission in its July 24 communication named A new deal for European…

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23 juli 2013

Military industry profits from governments’ violations of rights of refugees

Especially since the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon in September 2011, the security market has become of increasing importance to…

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9 juli 2013

Troubles in the Desert; Mauritania as arms exports destination

Mauritania can hardly be called a hot spot for international arms traders. Although its military expenditure – almost 4 percent of Gross…

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1 juli 2013

The EU’s 28th member and Al Nusrah’s arms

The Brown Moses blog has gained international acclaim for identifying the use of weapons in the two year old Syrian war. One…

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12 juni 2013

Infographics to Guns, debt and corruption

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