Division 4.6.2 Benefit to Union arms control initiatives

Trace requests have enabled the iTrace project to provide input in support of various Member State (and non-Union) law enforcement interventions, including the prosecution and sentencing of individuals engaged in trafficking conventional arms and their ammunition, and related materiel.

Trace requests also alert Member States to cases of post-export diversion, providing vital information to support effective arms export licensing risk assessments. As such, iTrace directly contributes information to assist Member States in implementing Criterion 7 of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and Article 11 of the ATT. Information obtained through the tracing process also identifies unauthorised end users, conventional arms diverters, unlawful parties to the supply chain, and illicit financiers, providing Member States with critical export risk-profiling data.