Indios Pirotecnia Ltda According to a guide to defence companies and products published by the Brazilian Ministry of Defence, Indios Pirotecnia Ltda supplies several foreign armed forces including Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Paraguay, Turkey, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates190. Poly Defensor Poly Defensor has a subsidiary company in the USA and exports around the world including to the UK, China, Singapore and India191 RJC Defesa Aeroespacial Ltda RJC Defesa Aeroespacial Ltda is listed in a registry of exporting companies published by the Ministry for Economy, Industry, Foreign ANNEX A BRAZILIAN EXPORTERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS Algemas Brasil On its website, Algemas Brasil claims to sell instruments of restraint ‘throughout Brazil, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America’184. We have been unable to verify this claim. Furthermore, Algemas Brasil has not appeared on the Brazilian Government’s list of exporting companies for the past several years (2012-19). Amadeo Rossi S.A. Metalurgica E Municoes Although Rossi no longer produces firearms for sale in the Brazilian market, its guns can still be found in the foreign market, made by Amadeo Rossi (exclusively for export) or by Taurus (who owns the Rossi brand and manufactures its short-barrelled firearms). Rossi products are primarily sold to the civilian market. Bélica Militar Belica Militar are listed in a registry of exporting companies published by the Ministry for Economy, Industry, Foreign Trade and Services185 Trade and Services 192 Taurus Armas S.A. For details of Taurus’ exports, see the exports section above. ER DO Brasil ER DO Brasil claims on its website that its Knockout self-defence spray is used by police and security forces ‘from various cities in Brazil and abroad’. However, we have been unable to verify this claim. Furthermore, ER DO BRASIL has not appeared on the Foreign Ministry’s list of exporting companies for the previous three years (2016-18). O Filizzola & Cia Ltda O Filizzola & Cia Ltda are listed in a 2019 registry of exporters published by the Ministry for Economy, Industry, Foreign Trade and 66  Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC) CBC, based in Ribeirão Pires, São Paulo, is one of the largest manufacturers of small arms ammunition in the world, producing a wide range of lethal and non-lethal ammunition. The CBC holding company CBC Global Ammunition owns a number of subsidiaries, including Magtech Ammunition (US), MEN (Germany) and Sellier & Bellot (Czech Republic). Collectively the CBC group claims to produce over 1.5 billion rounds of ammunition each year, with production units in Brazil, Germany and the Czech Republic and distribution centres in Brazil, the United States and Europe186. Condor Tecnologias Nao Letais For details of Condor’s exports, see the exports section above. E.R. Amantino Industria de Maquinas Equ. Accessorios e Armas EsportivasW Ltda. (Boito) Boito exports around 90% of the weapons it produces, mainly to the United States187. On its website, Boito lists resellers in several other countries, including Angola, Malawi, South Africa, Canada, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Georgia, Lebanon, Italy, Norway, Czech Republic, Russia, Australia, New Zealand188. Industria De Material Belico Do Brasil (IMBEL) Around 60% of IMBEL’s pistols are exported to countries including the United States, Venezuela and Uruguay189. Services 193 67

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