Weapons marking and registration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A model for a regional approach to small arms/light weapons life-cycle management in the Western Balkans

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SUMMARY: The dissolution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the subsequent Balkan Wars of the 1990s left large quantities of weapons and ammunition in poorly man-aged stockpiles and in the hands of state actors, non-state actors, and civilians. The widespread proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) across the Western Balkans has led to a widely acknowledged problem concerning the diversion of weapons from police and military stockpiles for illicit use in Europe and elsewhere. The diversion of SALW due to poor physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) practices is a driver of armed violence, criminality, and stunted economic growth.


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Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Last Updated: Thursday, November 2, 2023

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