Omega Research Foundation Two of the three companies that attended all four trade fairs are privately-owned. The other companies are four of the largest South American state-owned companies that manufacture law enforcement equipment. In spite of their size, their attendance at the largest regional trade fairs was sporadic. In recent decades, South American countries have not been large exporters of law enforcement equipment and this is particularly true with regard to the sale of equipment outside the region. Notwithstanding this, several companies have increased their presence outside of South America and some state-owned companies appear to be attempting to forge trading links with governments from other regions. One indicator of this growing commercial activity is the participation of South American companies in arms and security trade fairs worldwide. Brazilian company Condor is most active in attending trade fairs outside the region. Since attending EUROSATORY 1996 in France, Condor has attended fairs in countries including China, the UK, the UAE and Malaysia. The regularity of Condor’s attendance at these fairs has increased markedly since 2011. Other companies have recently begun attending trade fairs outside of Latin America. FAMAE (Chile) ‘made its presence felt in the international market’ by exhibiting weapons at EXPO SHOT in the USA in January 2015,167 as well as participating in EUROSATORY 2014 in France in collaboration with Israeli company IWI.168 Having no previous record of Brazilian manufacturer Indios participating in extraregional fairs, the company’s presence at fairs in the UK, France and the UAE in 2015 indicates a new export strategy. Visits by country delegations could also be seen as an indicator of state-owned companies’ presence internationally. Between September 2014 and August 2015, FAMAE was visited by delegations from China, the USA and several South American countries.169 Colombian state-owned company INDUMIL was visited by a South Korean delegation in 2014.170 Exports As several of the countries in the region have placed increasing emphasis on the production of law enforcement equipment, transfers between both state- and privately-owned entities operating in different countries in the region have increased. The lack of trade data available in most certain countries makes monitoring exports difficult; however, companies themselves or their clients sometimes make information available which suggests that transfers have occurred. On its website, Houston Fundas, an Argentinean manufacturer of, inter alia, handcuffs and striking weapons, lists distributors in Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, the USA, New Zealand and South Africa.171 Several state-owned companies manufacture small arms components for 167 FAMAE, 'FAMAE se abre al mercado estadounidense con exitosa exhibición en EXPO SHOT de Las Vegas', <http://www.famae.cl/modulos_famae.php?cod=noticia_famae&id2=164> [accessed 7 December 2015]. 168 FAMAE, 'FAMAE Participó Exitosamente en la Feria Eurosatory 2014 Realizada en París', <http://www.famae.cl/modulos_famae.php?cod=noticia_famae&id2=149> [accessed 7 December 2015]. 169 FAMAE, 'Agregados Militares y de Defensa Extranjeros en Chile Visitaron FAMAE', <http://www.famae.cl/modulos_famae.php?cod=noticia_famae&id2=144> [accessed 07 December 2015]; FAMAE, 'Agregado Militar de la República Popular de China visita FAMAE', <http://www.famae.cl/modulos_famae.php?cod=noticia_famae&id2=180> [accessed 07 December 2015]. 170 Indumil, ‘Corea Apoya Desarrollo Tecnológico Del Sector Defensa Nacional. - INDUMIL - Industria Militar’ <https://www.indumil.gov.co/noticia/noticia/225-corea-apoya-desarrollo-tecnol%C3%B3gico-del-sectordefensa-nacional.> [accessed 1 June 2016]. 171 ‘DISTRIBUIDORES | HOUSTON’ <http://houstonfundas.com/distribuidores/> [accessed 1 June 2016]. 38