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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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Revealed: loopholes letting EU firms 'break' arms embargoes

by Stefano Trevisan, Padua,

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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EU & the World Investigations Investigation

Author Bio

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

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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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EU & the World Investigations Investigation

Author Bio

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

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