The Sou da Paz Institute and other civil society organizations launch a manifesto on Thursday (23) calling for a CPMI to investigate arms and ammunition trafficking in Brazil. Signed by more than 100 people, the document highlights the lack of an updated national diagnosis on illegal arms market routes.
The manifesto stresses the rise in illegal arms circulation, which bolsters organized crime and worsens lethal violence, including against police and vulnerable populations. It cites data from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, which recorded 107,653 arms seizures in 2025, the highest in four years.
The text calls for a thorough probe into supply routes, trafficking mechanisms, and recent phenomena such as arms assembled from trafficked parts, homemade production using 3D printers, and clandestine ammunition reloading.
Signatories include anthropologist Luiz Eduardo Soares, National Public Security Secretary Mario Luiz Sarrubbo, USP Law professor Conrado Hübner Mendes, and journalists Bruno Paes Manso, Cecília Olliveira, and Isabel Figueiredo.
The effort is backed by groups like Brazilian Public Security Forum, Fogo Cruzado Institute, Vladimir Herzog Institute, Viva Rio, and Transparency International Brazil, among others.
