US State Department,
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government has had increasing success over the past five years in arresting and convicting violators of the Arms Export Control Act, according to a State Department fact sheet released July 3.
The release provides some figures and some case summaries for criminal enforcement actions since the adoption of the action program at the conclusion of the U.N. Conference to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in July 2001.
On June 27, Robert Joseph, under secretary of state for arms control and international security, addressed the conference
