Omega Research Foundation goods, the total amount exported by each company per year and the country destination. However, there is no precise description of the goods, nor the identity of the purchaser or eventual end user. Brazil also publishes a limited amount of information concerning exports.217 The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and International Commerce publishes searchable data on exports made by Brazilian companies since 2000. While the data includes the name of the company and the country where the goods were exported, there is only limited information on the total amount of goods sold, with no information provided regarding the end user, the purchaser or the nature of the goods. The Brazilian Government has refused freedom of information requests for details of weapons transfers to countries where mass human rights violations were being committed.218 Finally, although Chilean public bodies were responsive to information requests, it was not possible to obtain detailed information on the export of law enforcement equipment as it is considered classified. Article 16 of Chilean Law No. 17798, ‘Control of Arms and Similar Elements’, prohibits the Directorate General of National Mobilisation (DGMN) from revealing information received or emitted in the carrying out of its duties regarding the supervision and control of weapons and related material. Any export of weapons or military equipment by the state-owned FAMAE must be authorised by the Under-Secretary for Defence in the form of a Ministerial Resolution.219 However, the Under-Secretary for Defence informed Omega that it is not permitted to provide information on FAMAE exports, stating that it acts only as the body through which FAMAE deals with the Government.220 The availability and accessibility of information on the type of equipment exported, the identity of the end user and the parties to the transaction and the amount paid for the goods are vital in facilitating greater accountability and oversight of the trade in law enforcement equipment, thereby helping to prevent human rights violations. At present, such transparency is lacking in South America. Transit: Law enforcement equipment often has to be transported through one or more transit countries to reach its final destination. While steps have been taken by several countries in the region to control the transporting of certain equipment through territory under their control,221 it is important to ensure that a formal process requiring companies to obtain a transit authorisation is in place. Such controls, properly implemented, have a real impact on domestic law enforcement. Given that diversion of firearms is a challenge in the region, such controls are of particular importance. There are examples of states acting to prevent the illegal transit of military equipment through their territory. In March 2015, the Colombian Attorney General’s Office intercepted a Chinese ship which docked at Cartagena while en-route to Cuba with military equipment reportedly manufactured by Norinco Corp.222 Although the ship’s documentation reportedly stated that it was carrying grains, a Cartagena court eventually authorised the ship to continue its journey due to the lack of local capacity 217 Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior, <http://www.mdic.gov.br//sitio/interna/interna.php?area=5&menu=1444&refr=603> [accessed 24/11/2015]. 218 Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2014/15: The State of the World’s Human Rights., p. 86. 219 Correspondence received from FAMAE, 4 December 2015. 220 Correspondence received from the Chilean Under-Secretary for Defence, 30 November 2015. 221 See for example, RENAR Regulation 251/08, Importación/exportación de armas de fuego, materiales de usos especiales, repuestos y municiones - aprobación instructivos y procedimientos, Arts 5-6 (Argentina). 222 ‘China Says Arms Found in Cuba-Bound Ship Were Part of ‘Normal Military Trade’, EFE, 4 March 2015 <http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/03/04/colombia-discusses-arms-cargo-aboard-detainedchinese-ship/> [accessed 1 June 2016]. 50