by the German company, Cuffsland, on its website, which stated that the device can be
attached “to a fixed object or the handle of a case without needing an external padlock”.199
[Emphasis added]
Clemen & Jung (Germany)
Image of the “No.17 [hand]cuff with anchor” downloaded from the Clemen & Jung company
website, January 2018.
The German company Clemen & Jung, “Deliver their products to law enforcement, military,
justice institutions, and correctional facilities worldwide.”200 As of January 2018, among the
product range advertised by the company on its website are a single handcuff described as the
“No.17 heavy [cuff] with anchor” weighing 1,055 grams; which appears to be designed for
attachment to a fixed object.201 The company also currently promotes two weighted
handcuffs the “No.13 heavy”, weighing 1kg202; and the “No.15 heavy”, weighing 1.38kg.203
Previously, on 17 April 2015, the Omega Research Foundation and Amnesty International
wrote to Clemen & Jung requesting information on these products.204 On 22 April 2015 the
Clemen & Jung website was updated, placing the “No.17 heavy [cuff] with anchor”, “No.13
heavy [handcuffs]”, and the “No.15 heavy [cuff]” in an undefined “Phantasise cuffs”
section.
The range of Clemen & Jung handcuffs (including both the “No.15 heavy” handcuffs, and
the “No.17 heavy [cuff] with anchor”) has also been marketed by a second Germany
company, Cuffsland, which has promoted restraints to both law enforcement and civilian
communities. Its website entry for the Clemen & Jung “No.17 [hand]cuff with anchor” has
stated: “At first sight [this restraint] is a strange combination of a single Clejuso 15 heavy
weight handcuff with a lockable anchor. Its purpose is to attach a prisoner or suspect to a
solid anchoring point like a ring on a wall.”205[Emphasis added].
199
Cuffsland website, http://www.cuffsland.com/czech.html (accessed 17 January 2018).
Clemen & Jung website, http://clejuso.com/ (accessed 17 January 2018).
201
Clemen & Jung products, http://clejuso.com/product/no-17-heavy-with-anchor/ (accessed 17 January 2018).
202
Clemen & Jung products, available at: http://clejuso.com/product/no-13-heavy/ (accessed 17 January 2018).
203
Clemen & Jung products, available at: http://clejuso.com/product/no-15-heavy/ (accessed 17 January 2018).
204
Amnesty International & Omega Research Foundation, Grasping the Nettle: Ending Europe’s Trade in
Torture Technology, EUR 01/1632/2015, May 2015.
205
Cuffsland company website, ID: CL17N, products from Germany, http://www.cuffsland.com/ (accessed 17
January 2018).
200
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