Explosives In India
The 25% of 22,000 explosives facilities that were inspected by the government of India report the following has gone missing between 2004 and 2006 – likely absorbed by the black economy and available to the highest domestic or foreign bidder –
- 86,899 detonators
- 20,150 kilograms of slurry explosives
- 52,740 meters of fuse
- 419 kilograms of gelatin sticks
International connectivity plays a major role in driving the theft of explosives. Explosives bound for India’s Border Roads Organization, which builds connectivity into rural areas of Afghanistan, were stolen some 20 miles off the coast of Mumbai. 61,000 detonators were found by the Sri Lankan Navy on a vessel falsely marked as a gulf oil company transporting oil.
At the same time, the illicit explosive RDX, formerly a driver of the illicit trade network between Bangladesh and eastern India is being supplanted by the open-market alternative of ammonium nitrate (used as fertilizer and in the mining industry) which is making it tougher for the security establishment to trace and react.
-Shlok
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