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If the EU member states that licence these ongoing arms exports were truly committed to ending the violence in Libya, then the military cargo planes of Turkey would be grounded within weeks. (Photo: Yarden Sachs)

Investigation

Revealed: loopholes letting EU firms 'break' arms embargoes

The training and maintenance contracts between European companies and foreign armies sustains the conflicts in Yemen and Libya. It is effectively enabled by EU member states because it is hidden from political and judicial oversight.

This is revealed by a joint investigation of Dutch media organisation

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If the EU member states that licence these ongoing arms exports were truly committed to ending the violence in Libya, then the military cargo planes of Turkey would be grounded within weeks. (Photo: Yarden Sachs)

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Stefano Trevisan is an Italian lawyer and associate of the open-source Dutch investigative website Lighthouse Reports.

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