Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime 25d ago

Arms trafficking from the Ukraine conflict may not yet be a crisis — but the window to act is now. In this video, Tuesday Reitano, Managing Director at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime breaks down the looming threat of weapons diversion from the Ukraine-Russia conflict: from small arms flooding criminal markets to drone expertise being sought by criminal enterprises. The message is clear: anticipation and preparedness today will determine how severe the consequences are tomorrow. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:26 Arms trafficking from the Ukraine conflict 00:43 Hardware vs. knowledge diversion 01:23 The threat to criminal economies 01:49 5–20 million unaccounted small arms 02:49 The challenge of political will and preparedness 03:28 What needs to happen: networks, legislation & evidence