Switzerland already exports this many weapons to countries at war (Swiss Press Online 2019, by Marie-José Kolly) - Swiss Press Award

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Online (www.nzz.ch) und Print

Marie-José Kolly

Last year, in 2018, the Federal Council wanted to grant the arms industry's request to export weapons to warring countries. Our research shows that Switzerland is already exporting weapons to warring countries. In recent years, this figure has even increased. We also discuss what the Seco and our data consider to be conflicts, and categorize the most important conflicts.