and states so yes the german. government has to definitely rethink. if the. codex and the laws to prevent these kind of illegal exports are good enough if the control system that we are having and which germany says we are proud of it because it s one of the strictest in the world no it s not because there are so many so conventions and as we ve seen in the mexico deal they all work together and even politics is involved so it s a bit of the training of the german public to say we have the strictest laws and everyone is asking why is germany on number three and four especially in small weapons exports well we want to thank you very much for joining us to share that you whole globe the lawyer for the group that launched this procedure and against the arms make a heckler and koch we appreciate your insights. thank you. you re
exporting thousands of assault rifles to crisis regions in mexico while two former employees of the firm heckler and koch have been given suspended jail terms germany is among the world s top arms exporters and the case has highlighted the impact of german arms manufacturing in conflict regions. the presiding judge said the case was not a tribe you know on german weapons makers but it was the company heckler and koch that was held primarily responsible for the illegal sales of arms the firm now has to pay a hefty fine. with these multi-use because i m through with them this judgment illustrates the excesses of weapons exporting in this country it s clear that formal declarations about where arms are going don t work and can be swapped are falsified it will without any checks by the authorities or. it was proven the region of mexico was blacklisted but between two thousand and six and two
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official complaint against heckler and koch welcome to the program thank you so much for joining us this afternoon and i d like to begin by asking you is this the verdict that you were hoping for. well in parts it s a historic trial that we have experienced here today and we are very happy that the . heckler and koch company is being sentenced for three point seven three zero million euros as damage payments and. the. tool of the c.e.o. is being liberated it s and have got to know punishment. so you want higher accountability individual accountability than there internally i d like to ask you more about that and also about this fine you reference three point seven million euros for the company do you see that as enough of
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