Where do Rio de Janeiro’s crime guns come from?
By Robert Muggah originally for OpenDemocracy The vast majority of firearms in the hands of the population are of Brazilian origin. Its... Read More
US arms, exported legally, are behind many violent crimes in Mexico
By Robert Muggah and Nathan B. Thompson originally for Global Post Image Credit: Alejandro Acosta, Reuters Mexican military and police authorities are still at war with... Read More
Building Peace at the Nexus of Organized Crime, Conflict, and Extremism
On November 13th, IPI together with the Folke Bernadotte Academy, the SecDev Foundation, and the Center for International Peace Operations-ZIF, hosted a... Read More
Ammunition Leakage from the Military to Civilian Markets: Market Price Evidence from Haiti, 2004-2012
Originally Published in SADO The rapid increase in the accessibility of firearms and ammunition represents a key factor in the destabilization of many... Read More
The Way of the Gun: Estimating Firearms Trafficking across the US–Mexico Border
Original posted to Journal of Economic Geography by: Topher L. McDougal, David A. Shirk, Robert Muggah, and John H. Patterson The volume of... Read More
Gun Violence and the Arms Trade
Originally Published in OpenCanada America is a violent place by any standard. The national firearm-related death rate has held steady at 10.5... Read More
Made in the U.S.A.: The Role of American Guns in Mexican Violence
Original posted to The Atlantic by: Topher McDougal, David Shirk, Robert Muggah, and John Patterson Despite Mexico’s tough legal restrictions, the ratio of... Read More
Child’s Play — the Business of Guns in America
By Robert Muggah, Co-authored with Jurgen Brauer for Huffington Post • Image: Chip Renata Sedmakova / shutterstock Children are at the front line of America’s gun debate.... Read More