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Study to Support an Impact Assessment on Options for Combatting Illicit Firearms Trafficking in the European Union : Final Report

The purpose of the study was to: Analyse the current legal framework in all Member States including the definitions of specific offences relating to firearms trafficking, the sanctions, the liability of legal and natural persons and the notions of intent, negligence and aggravating or mitigating circumstances; Analyse the implementation of the above-mentioned offences in practice and identify possible obstacles in police and judicial cooperation due to the existence of different legal systems; Make recommendations as to the advisability of the approximation of certain offences and sanctions and suggest specific provisions if appropriate. The purpose of this study was to provide DG Home with information required for the Impact Assessment to determine the most appropriate policy option within the context of possible changes to the 2008 Directive. The research involved desk research to examine legal frameworks and other information, a survey of key stakeholders, an interview programme, and three workshops covering the Benelux countries, Baltic States and the Western Balkans, Austria and Hungary, which were attended by representatives from a total of 11 Member States.
Year of publication:
2014-07
Institutions: Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services ; Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Inneres (contributor)
Publisher: Amt für Amtliche Veröffentlichungen, Luxemburg
Subject: EU | Handel | commerce | Illegalität | illegitimacy | Kriminalität | criminality | Kriminalpolitik | penal policy | Waffe | weapon
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  • Executive Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Resume – Study objectives and scope
  • 1.2 Background to the study
  • 1.3 Research plan and data collection
  • 1.4 Structure of the final report
  • 2. Problem Definition
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Nature and scale of illicit firearms trafficking
  • 2.3 Cross border dimension of the problem
  • 2.4 Consequences of illicit firearms trafficking
  • 2.5 Main payers and drivers of illicit firearms trafficking
  • 2.6 Illicit firearms trafficking and the European armaments sector
  • 2.7 Existing institutional framework for combatting arms trafficking
  • 2.8 Summary–problem definition
  • 3.Comparative Analysis of Legal Issues
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Current legislative framework at the international and EU levels
  • 3.3 Comparative analysis of national legislation on firearms trafficking
  • 3.4 Conclusions - Comparative legal analysis
  • 4.Policy Objectives & Evaluation of Policy Options
  • 4.1 Overview – Policy objectives and options
  • 4.2 Policy Option 1 – Status quo and baseline scenario
  • 4.3 Policy Option 2(a)– Non-legislative action
  • 4.4 Policy Option 2(b)– Minimum legislative intervention
  • 4.5 Policy Option 3 - Comprehensive legislative solution
  • 4.6 Policy Option 4 – Combination of policy options
  • 4.7 Evaluation of the policy options
  • 4.8 Preferred option
  • 4.9 Monitoring and evaluation
  • 5.Conclusions & Recommendations
  • 5.1 The problem of illicit firearms trafficking
  • 5.2 Existing legal frameworks to combat illicit arms trafficking
  • 5.3 Policy objectives and evaluation of policy options
  • APPENDICES
  • A. Supporting Information – Definitions and Policy Context
  • B. Supporting Information – Problem Definition
  • C. Analysis of Survey Responses
  • D. Comparative Tables for Legal Analysis
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