Articles by Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer

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Tracking Cross-Border Weapons Trade with Youtube
Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, 25 Aug 2014

How German reporters revealed questionable international export practices of a major German arms manufacturer – and how a YouTube video helped break open the case.

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The Dubious Colombia Exports of German Arms Manufacturer Sig Sauer
Volkmar Kabisch, Georg Mascolo, Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer – Süddeutsche Zeitung International, 11 Aug 2014

Military experts estimate that German small arms have killed more people than were killed by the atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. In just the past decade small arms and ammunition exports have been nearly 1 billion euro. In 2013 the German government allowed exports amounting to 135 million euro, some 43 percent more than the year prior.

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