Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 10/2010

Illicit Arms in Indonesia

September 2010

International Crisis Group

Abstract

Illicit arms in Indonesia, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines four sources of illegal guns in Indonesia: theft or illegal purchase from the security forces, leftover stockpiles in conflict areas, manufacture by local gunsmiths and smuggling. The issue has come to public attention after a rash of high-profile robberies and the discovery in February that weapons used in a terrorist training camp came from old police stocks.