ABSTRACT
W E have covered trafficking of humans and drugs, but they are only two of the three major trafficking concerns for international law enforcement. More recently, the globalization of weapons trafficking has become increasingly problematic. For the majority of the 20th century most international regulation of weapons dealt with nuclear or chemical weapons.1 However, in recent years the international community has begun to discuss small arms and light weapons (SALW). Meyer explained:
The year 2013 was marked by two significant achievements in the realm of multilateral conventional arms control. The first was the adoption by the UN General Assembly in April of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first legally binding agreement to establish common standards for the international transfer of conventional weapons, including SALW. The second was the unanimous adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2117 at its meeting of 26 September addressing the SALW issue as a threat to international peace and security.2
