Arms and security companies shaping the EU’s border policies profiting from militarisation

On the Frontex website you can find annual overviews of contracts and involved companies.

More details can often be found in the contract (award) notices and tender procedures on the EU ‘tenders electronic daily‘ (TED) website.

The Frontex Files gives an overview of meetings between Frontex and industry (2017-2019).

For a picture of the most important companies in the field of European border security, see the reports ‘Border Wars‘ (2016) and ‘The Business of Building Walls‘ (2019) by TNI, Stop Wapenhandel and Centre Delàs.

The most important European lobby organisations on border security and control are:

For an overview of EU arms exports, see the Export Data Browser from the European Network Against Arms Trade.

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