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According to Hugh Griffiths, a prominent expert on the weapons trade, a flurry of planes was flying between the two countries just as the international community was preparing an arms embargo against Gaddafi. The embargo, finally imposed on Sunday by the U.N. Security Council, may have come too late to make a difference. According to Griffiths, several shipments from Belarus look to have slipped into Libya, most likely carrying arms. "So by the time [the U.N. sanctions] were put in place, the horse had already bolted," says Griffiths, who works for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, an independent think tank that works closely with the U.N.
A leading arms trade watchdog group suspects that Libya received a shipment of military equipment from Belarus, as forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi began a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.
A plane landed at Sebha airport in the Libyan desert on 15 February just before the UN imposed an arms embargo, says Sipri.
A leading arms trade watchdog suspects Libya received a shipment of military equipment from Belarus shortly before the UN imposed an arms embargo on the country.
Svenske fredsforskere tror Hviterussland kan være en mulig destinasjon for Muammar Gaddafis innerste krets, etter at den libyske lederens privatfly er observert i landet.
Et libysk regjeringsfly har minst to ganger den siste uken tatt av fra Tripoli til Hviterussland, ifølge det svenske fredsforskningsinstituttet Sipri.
ONGs que chegaram ao leste da Líbia afirmam que "situação é muito grave", diz diplomata da União Europeia. Equipamentos médicos, remédios e alimentos estariam ficando escassos no país. /.../
Enquanto isso, é possível que Kadafi e sua família estejam preparando sua fuga para Belarus. Indícios neste sentido foram divulgados pelo Instituto de Pesquisas da Paz (Sipri, do inglês), de Estocolmo, que detectou pelo menos dois voos do jato particular de Kadafi entre Trípoli e um aeroporto de Belarus nos últimos sete dias.
STOCKHOLM -- An arms trade watchdog says it suspects Libya received a shipment of military equipment from Belarus as Moammar Gadhafi's regime started a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.
The United Nations secretary-general said a suspected shipment of helicopter gunships from Belarus to Ivory Coast would be a "serious violation" of an international arms embargo imposed on the West African nation, whose longtime ruler is clinging to power despite losing a presidential election. /.../ Weapons from Belarus "have a track record of ending up in places subject to U.N. arms embargoes," said Hugh Griffiths, an expert on illicit arms trafficking at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
De senaste veckorna har stora mängder vapen flugits in till Libyen från Vitryssland. Dessutom har Muammar Kadaffis privatplan vid minst två tillfällen landat i bundsförvanten Lukasjenkos Vitryssland, troligen med betalning i form av diamanter i bagaget. Det säger den brittiske forskaren Hugh Griffiths vid Stockholms internationella fredsforskningsinstitut, Sipri.
Article on ethical procurement of air cargo services by EthicalCargo Training Manager, Jon Fowler, in the latest edition of Humanitarian Exchange (published February 2011 - pages 29-31).
Hugh Griffiths, who monitors arms trafficking for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, said Hyde "has long been the subject of interest by (United Kingdom) authorities and international arms groups." Many arms dealers — some contracted by the U.S. government — bought up weapons from the Balkans after the conflicts there and shipped them to Iraq or Afghanistan, Griffiths said. Many of the firearms had been poorly stored and were in unreliable condition, he said.
Hugh Griffiths, an arms trafficking expert with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, sheds some light on the gray business of small arms and tells us about his innovative project called Ethical Cargo which works to curtail the trade.
The world's most infamous arms dealer, Viktor Bout, could be extradited to the United States. Yet around the globe, most dealers operate with impunity because they supply the demand for a hot commodity: small arms.
He's been called "the lord of war" and "the merchant of death." He stands accused of selling weapons to the world's most murderous regimes from Afghanistan's Taliban to Liberia's Charles Taylor, who is now on trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity.
