The Arms Tracking Newsroom began as a series of intensive investigations conducted all over the EU. We built on this reporting on arms exports to focus on where much of the real money is hidden, in long-term maintenance contracts. These agreements are often invisible links connected selling countries to controversial conflicts. We find them.
NEWSROOM ARMS TRACKING

At war without ammo
Why Europe and Ukraine are still struggling to ramp up ammunition production


War profiteers
How an Estonian arms broker pocketed millions at Ukraine’s expense


Turning a blind eye to Egypt’s violent navy
Dictatorship known for war crimes gets billions in naval exports


From Switzerland with love
Swiss arms harming civilians from Brazil’s favelas to Afghanistan


Circumventing a Danish export ban
Denmark’s largest IT company arming UAE forces active in Yemen


EU’s Invisible Links to Wars
Maintenance deals perpetuate French involvement in war in Libya, Yemen


UK’s toothless arms control
Tracing British-made sniper rifles to Yemen, Syria and Russian-occupied Ukraine


Airbus maintaining Turkey’s war
European giant aids Turkey with military airbridge to embargoed Libya


Spain maintains war in Yemen
Iberia and Airbus secretly profit from Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen


Under the Scandinavian radar
Swedish and Danish companies profit from selling arms to UAE and Saudis


Belgian Arms
Belgium sells air power to Saudis and ‘cop killer’ guns Mexico cartels


French arms, and deception
Secrets of France’s arms sales give lie to strict control regime


German support for Yemen
German-made military equipment used by Saudis and UAE in war in Yemen


Italian arms serving dictators
Tracing Italian weapons to Turkmenistan, Syria and Saudi Arabia
