For the last 2 years @LHReports has lifted the lid on murky #EUarms exports. We’ve revealed where weapons end up & how. But sales are just part of the picture. Lucrative after-sale contracts drive profits & often leave companies with an unseen stake in controversial conflicts

These deals for servicing equipment, training users & future supplies can amount to arms embargo violations or worse. But EU states fail to respond to the damaging impact of extensive, long-term post-sale commitments by the arms industry #EUarms #InvisibleLinks

Now a new report by Dr. Valentina Azarova (Manchester Internll Law Centre & @GLAN_LAW @ValentinaAzarov) and attorney Stefano Trevisan ( @trevisanste), with @LHReports, out today, provides a guide to investigate malign actors & hold them accountable

It reveals huge discrepancies in the control & scrutiny of post-sale services. Some European national practice is exceedingly lenient and fails to fully implement international & European arms export prohibitions #GermanArms #FrenchArms #ItalianArms #SpanishArms #BelgianArms

Previously by the #EUarms newsroom: Airbus, OCCAR & Dassault may be liable for breaching the UN arms embargo for Libya, because of maintenance commitments. French company DCI might be complicit in int. human rights violations for training Saudi soldiers: https://www.arte.tv/sites/story/reportage/euarms/

The legal analysis & methodology, the basis for their advice on our investigations, is worked up into a legal guide. A powerful tool for civil society that aims for a responsible and accountable arms industry.

It can be downloaded here: http://EUarms.com