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WEAPON SEIZURES IN BAHRAIN
This report examines common features of seizures of conventional weapons and ammunition carried out in Bahrain between 2013 and 2018 — a time of heightened tensions in the country, and in the wider region. It identifies three main commonalities: links with items recovered in maritime seizures in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden; the co-location of weapons with components and chemical precursors used to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and a pattern of obliterations of unique identifying markings.
This report draws on CAR’s wider investigations in the region to assess linkages between the weapons seized in Bahrain at this time, and illicit supplies across the Gulf, which have continued into 2024.
ISLAMIC STATE WEAPONS IN HIGH-PROFILE OPERATIONS IN NORTH-EAST SYRIA
On three occasions in 2021 and 2022, Islamic State (IS) cells in north-east Syria attempted to carry out major, complex attacks on detention centers housing IS prisoners and suspected affiliates. In this report, CAR investigates the weapons used in the attacks, showing how common links between the materiel used by the different cells shows that they were closely linked and supported by a centralised distribution network that equips top-tier members for specific, high-profile, operations.
ОРУЖИЕ ВОЙНЬІ В УКРАИНЕ
С 2018 года следственные CAR проводят в полях экспертизу военной техники, изъятую у вооруженных образований самопровозглашенных Донецкой и Луганской “Народных Республик” (ДНР и ЛНР) на востоке Украины.
Этот отчет является результатом трехлетнего исследования источников поставок оружия, боеприпасов, транспортных средств, бронетехники и артиллерии, использующихся в ходе конфликта. Изучите динамические тематические исследования и ознакомьтесь с данными расследования в CAR Ukraine iTrace Resource Centre.
ЗБРОЯ ВІЙНИ В УКРАЇНІ
З 2018 року слідчі CAR проводять у полях експертизу військової техніки, вилучену у збройних утворень самопроголошених Донецької та Луганської “Народних Республік” (ДНР та ЛНР) на сході України.
Цей звіт є результатом трирічного дослідження джерел постачання зброї, боєприпасів, транспортних засобів, бронетехніки та артилерії, що використовуються під час конфлікту.Вивчіть динамічні тематичні дослідження та ознайомтесь з даними розслідування в CAR Ukraine iTrace Resource Centre.
WEAPONS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Since 2018, CAR field investigation teams have carried out forensic documentation of the military equipment that has been recovered from armed formations of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk 'People's Republics' (DPR and LPR) in eastern Ukraine.
This report is the result of a three-year study into the supply sources of weapons, ammunition, vehicles, armour, and artillery used in the conflict.
Explore dynamic case studies and interact with the data from these investigations in CAR's Ukraine iTrace Resource Centre
PROCUREMENT NETWORKS BEHIND ISLAMIC STATE IMPROVISED WEAPON PROGRAMMES
The findings of an 18-month investigation mapping the human and financial networks behind the global procurement of goods and technologies for Islamic State weapons production. Shows how Islamic State procurers concealed their efforts behind front companies, pseudonymous communications and proxy purchasers.
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الشبكات التي تقف وراء برامج الأسلحة المرتجلة الخاصة بتنظيم داعش
نتائج تحقيق استمر 18 شهراً يحدد الشبكات البشرية والمالية وراء الشراء العالمي للسلع والتقنيات المستخدمة في إنتاج أسلحة تنظيم داعش. يُظهر هذا التحقيق كيف أخفى سماسرة التنظيم جهودهم وراء الشركات الوهمية والأسماء المستعارة والوكلاء لإتمام عمليات الشراء.
IŞİD’İN DOĞAÇLAMA SİLAH PROGRAMLARININ ARDINDA YATAN TEDARİK AĞLARI
Bu rapor, IŞİD’in silah üretimi için kullandığı küresel mal ve teknoloji tedarik zincirlerinin ardında yatan insan şebekeleri ve finansal ağların haritalanması için 18 ay süren bir araştırmanın bulgularını içerir ve IŞİD tedarikçilerinin çalışmalarını nasıl paravan şirketler, sahte iletişimler ve vekil alıcılar kullanarak sakladığını gösterir.
THE IED THREAT IN BAHRAIN
This report shows that external supply chains have provided components for the construction of IEDS to Bahraini militants. This materiel is identical to materiel captured from Houthi forces in Yemen and demonstrates Bahraini militants’ capability to manufacture explosives and IEDs domestically.
WEAPON SUPPLIES INTO SOUTH SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR
Based on three years of fieldwork, this report shows how military equipment has reached all sides of South Sudan’s civil war: through the intermediation of neighbouring states, through networks of brokers and intermediaries, and via air and land logistics.