>It’s unclear how the Sterling Cross-branded weapons made their way into Sudan. But experts told CBC countries such as the United Arab Emirates have rerouted Canadian equipment in the past.
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>“Canada exports millions of dollars’ worth of weapons and systems to the U.A.E., which supplies the RSF,” said Emadeddin Badi, a Toronto-based senior fellow at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. “The U.A.E. does not have a domestic defence industry of its own robust enough to supply multiple paramilitary groups across the region.”
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>According to Badi, Canada’s public-facing system for tracing arms exports has a number of structural gaps.
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>He said it has strict licensing rules on paper, but that it’s “weak” on monitoring weapons once they’ve left the country. “And when it relies on brokers to conduct the transfers, then the end-use chain becomes opaque,” he said.
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>CBC consulted ImportGenius, a global trade data platform, to find records of exports between Canada, the U.A.E. and Sudan. No detailed records could be uncovered.
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>Nicholas Coughlin, Canada’s former envoy in South Sudan, told CBC that mechanisms in Canadian law can address the issue.
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>“For example, under the Export and Imports Permit Act, Canada might place the U.A.E. on the Country Control List, or it could impose re-export conditions on it through the Broker Control List,” he said.
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Nothing helps revitalize Canadian defence industry like going after one of the last remaining firearm manufacturers because a couple of their rifles were resold on a black market in UAE.
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>It’s unclear how the Sterling Cross-branded weapons made their way into Sudan. But experts told CBC countries such as the United Arab Emirates have rerouted Canadian equipment in the past.
>
>“Canada exports millions of dollars’ worth of weapons and systems to the U.A.E., which supplies the RSF,” said Emadeddin Badi, a Toronto-based senior fellow at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. “The U.A.E. does not have a domestic defence industry of its own robust enough to supply multiple paramilitary groups across the region.”
…
>According to Badi, Canada’s public-facing system for tracing arms exports has a number of structural gaps.
>
>He said it has strict licensing rules on paper, but that it’s “weak” on monitoring weapons once they’ve left the country. “And when it relies on brokers to conduct the transfers, then the end-use chain becomes opaque,” he said.
>
>CBC consulted ImportGenius, a global trade data platform, to find records of exports between Canada, the U.A.E. and Sudan. No detailed records could be uncovered.
…
>Nicholas Coughlin, Canada’s former envoy in South Sudan, told CBC that mechanisms in Canadian law can address the issue.
>
>“For example, under the Export and Imports Permit Act, Canada might place the U.A.E. on the Country Control List, or it could impose re-export conditions on it through the Broker Control List,” he said.
Canada makes rifles?
sToP fUnDiNg CaNaDa
Nothing helps revitalize Canadian defence industry like going after one of the last remaining firearm manufacturers because a couple of their rifles were resold on a black market in UAE.