Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Everyday dangers: non-conflict armed violence; 2. Too close to home: guns and intimate partner violence; 3. Turning points: gang evolution in Nicaragua; 4. Guns in the family: Mafia violence in Italy; 5. Survival at stake: violent land conflict in Africa; 6. Trend lines: armed violence in South Africa; 7. Second wind: the PoA's 2012 review conference; 8. Trade update: authorised small arms transfers; 9. Burning the bullet: industrial demilitarisation of ammunition; 10. 'Infernal machines': improvised explosive devices; 11. Price watch: arms and ammunition at illicit markets; 12. Captured and counted: illicit weapons in Mexico and the Philippines.

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Highlights emerging trends and concerns regarding armed violence and small arms proliferation as well as related policies and programming.

About the Author

The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence and as a resource centre for governments, policymakers, researchers and activists. The project has an international staff with expertise in security studies, political science, law, economics, development studies, sociology and criminology, and collaborates with a network of partners in more than 50 countries.

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'Law enforcement must address and anticipate new trends in the illegal acquisition, use, and transfer of firearms to ensure the safety of our communities. Evidence-based research provided by the Small Arms Survey 2013 can help us better understand the problem of violent crime involving the use of firearms. I invite all those organizations, authorities, and services tasked with preventing and combating crime worldwide to draw full benefit from this new edition of the Survey.' Ronald K. Noble, Secretary General, INTERPOL

'The 2013 edition of the Small Arms Survey provides valuable insight into the uses of firearms by organized criminal groups. The information it contains will be of interest to those looking to understand and ultimately prevent armed violence by such groups.' Don Luigi Ciotti, President, Libera (Italy)