Last weekend, a shooting in the Seville district of Las Three thousand houses She raised the alarm because weapons of war were used, probably an AK-47 assault rifle. If this is the case, they came from a very specific traffic in Spain, that of weapons from the war in former Yugoslavia and whose best clients are drug traffickers.
Despite the social concern that their use arouses, experts consider that the illicit entry of these weapons is not significant. per year, In Spain, more than 8,000 weapons are seized, of which only 100 are of military type.
Their main clients are said to be organized gangs, clans and drug traffickers. In fact, the discovery of this type of weapon is common during operations carried out on the Costa del Sol.
Concerning their origin, most of them are surplus weapons or non-returned weapons from the former Yugoslavia. Also come from Eastern European countries like the Czech Republic, Serbia and the Asian giant, where they are manufactured.
They are brought into our country using fake vehicles and buses, often accompanied by drug shipments.
Although this is not an alarming situation, it is only in the last five years that The Civil Guard carried out 128 operations against arms trafficking.
