Journal of International Relations Studies
Volume 2, Nomor 4, Tahun 2016

9. ANALISIS POLA PENYELUNDUPAN SENJATA ILEGAL: STUDI KASUS POLA PENYELUNDUPAN SENJATA OLEH VIKTOR BOUT DI ANGOLA DAN LIBERIA TAHUN 1990-1998

Arafat, M Yaser (Unknown)
Utomo, Tri Cahyo (Unknown)
Paramasatya, Satwika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Sep 2016

Abstract

The notorious Viktor Bout, the most influenced person in the illegal arms smuggling hashuge reputation in supplying illegal arms to the conflicted countries. With his offshorecompanies and his wide-scale network in arms business he supplied small arms and lightweapon (SA/LW) freely without any suspicion of violated the arms embargoes. Liberiaand Angola were countries which clearly cooperated with Viktor Bout to illegally sellarms with the high intensity. Using the method of library research, arms traffickingconcept, and refer to the previous research also with the comparison method in the patternused by Bout in both countries, this research concludes that there is opposite pattern inarms smuggling between Liberia and Angola by Bout. In his operation in Liberia, Boutused the pattern of government assisted-trade which he used to cooperate with localgovernment to illegally break arms embargo and smuggle arms. In Angola, he used thepattern of company brokered-trade which allowed him to utilize his companies andcooperation network to help him smuggled arms to both government and rebel group inAngola.

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jihi

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Education

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Journal of International Relations seeks original manuscripts that provide theoretically informed empirical analyses of issues in international relations, as well as original theoretical or conceptual analyses. The journal represents no particular school or approach, nor is it restricted to any ...