The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence and as a resource centre for governments, policy-makers, researchers and activists. The project has an international staff with expertise in security studies, political science, law, economics, development studies, sociology and criminology, and collaborates with a network of partners in more than 50 countries.

• Introduction; 1. A fatal relationship: guns and deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean; 2. When business gets bloody: state policy and drug violence; 3. A matter of survival: non-lethal firearm violence; 4. Blue skies and dark clouds: Kazakhstan and small arms; 5. Between state and non-state: Somaliland's emerging security order; Photo essay: troubled waters: Somali piracy; 6. Escalation at sea: Somali piracy and private security companies; 7. Precedent in the making: the UN Meeting of Governmental Experts; 8. Piece by piece: authorized transfers of parts and accessories; 9. Point by point: trends in transparency; 10. Surveying the battlefield: illicit arms in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia.

'Like previous editions, the Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets provides original research and analysis that can improve policy-making. It can also contribute to the development of measurable goals for small arms control. I commend the Small Arms Survey 2012 as an authoritative volume to Member States and all stakeholders committed to reducing the devastating toll that small arms inflict on individuals, communities, and entire countries and regions.' Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence and as a resource centre for governments, policy-makers, researchers and activists. The project has an international staff with expertise in security studies, political science, law, economics, development studies, sociology and criminology, and collaborates with a network of partners in more than 50 countries.

• Introduction; 1. A fatal relationship: guns and deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean; 2. When business gets bloody: state policy and drug violence; 3. A matter of survival: non-lethal firearm violence; 4. Blue skies and dark clouds: Kazakhstan and small arms; 5. Between state and non-state: Somaliland's emerging security order; Photo essay: troubled waters: Somali piracy; 6. Escalation at sea: Somali piracy and private security companies; 7. Precedent in the making: the UN Meeting of Governmental Experts; 8. Piece by piece: authorized transfers of parts and accessories; 9. Point by point: trends in transparency; 10. Surveying the battlefield: illicit arms in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia.

'Like previous editions, the Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets provides original research and analysis that can improve policy-making. It can also contribute to the development of measurable goals for small arms control. I commend the Small Arms Survey 2012 as an authoritative volume to Member States and all stakeholders committed to reducing the devastating toll that small arms inflict on individuals, communities, and entire countries and regions.' Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence and as a resource centre for governments, policy-makers, researchers and activists. The project has an international staff with expertise in security studies, political science, law, economics, development studies, sociology and criminology, and collaborates with a network of partners in more than 50 countries.

• Introduction; 1. A fatal relationship: guns and deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean; 2. When business gets bloody: state policy and drug violence; 3. A matter of survival: non-lethal firearm violence; 4. Blue skies and dark clouds: Kazakhstan and small arms; 5. Between state and non-state: Somaliland's emerging security order; Photo essay: troubled waters: Somali piracy; 6. Escalation at sea: Somali piracy and private security companies; 7. Precedent in the making: the UN Meeting of Governmental Experts; 8. Piece by piece: authorized transfers of parts and accessories; 9. Point by point: trends in transparency; 10. Surveying the battlefield: illicit arms in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia.

'Like previous editions, the Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets provides original research and analysis that can improve policy-making. It can also contribute to the development of measurable goals for small arms control. I commend the Small Arms Survey 2012 as an authoritative volume to Member States and all stakeholders committed to reducing the devastating toll that small arms inflict on individuals, communities, and entire countries and regions.' Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations