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Belgium's black market gun trade

As French and Belgian police carry out more raids on suspected extremists, in their hunt for those responsible for the Paris attacks, questions are being asked about Europe's illegal weapon trade. How might the gunmen have purchased their Kalashnikov-style assault weapons? Nils Duquet - a researcher at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels - explains just how easy it is, to buy a gun in Belgium

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4 minutes