Description
Mark Thomas puts the arms trade under the spotlight
in this special edition of Dispatches, asking how easy it is to broker
arms. Working his way through a spider’s web of vast and, in some cases,
archaic legislation, Thomas unearths a series of dangerous loopholes,
inconsistencies and, even more shocking, simple omissions that would
have the most avaricious arms broker salivating with glee.
The
programme highlights the international trade route that runs from
Eastern Europe to the Far East and the twists and turns that make it
possible to broker equipment like thumb cuffs, wall cuffs and the
particularly menacing sting stick (two-foot metals bars covered with
sharp spikes) within the existing UK guidelines.
In
his inimitable style, Thomas highlights the shocking impact of this
trade route not just in war-torn countries like Democratic Republic of
Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but also in our own backyard. But
nothing prepares Thomas for the possibilities that open up when he
discovers a neighbouring European country with no brokerage laws.
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