Border Profiteers
The Border Profiteers List is a database compiling companies which are involved with and profiting from the European border system. The fortification and externalisation of borders is not only driven by political interests but also by being a source of profit for an array of different companies from producers of surveillance equipment and weapons to concrete and food distribution for camps, consultant companies and research facilities.
The Border Profiteers List is a non-exhaustive and growing resource for civil society actors, researchers and activists. An online form to submit contributions to this list will be available here shortly.
As the Border Profiteers List relies on open and public sources we make no warranties about the completeness of information provided in this list. We also do not assume any legal liability or responsibility for outdated, incorrect, or incomplete information. However, we will address reports of outdated, incorrect, or incomplete information as quickly as possible.
A large proportion of the entries is based on research by the Informationsstelle Militarisierung (Information Centre for Militarisation).
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| Registered office | United Kingdom - London |
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| Categories | transport |
BAE Systems is the biggest British arms company and one of the major suppliers of weapon systems worldwide.
Read more| Registered office | Germany - Meckenheim |
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| Categories | transport |
Elettronica GmbH was initially founded in Meckenheim near Bonn as a branch of the Italian joint stock company of the same name to handle major orders from the German armed forces. It initially specialized on components for electronic reconnaissance and electronic combat and supplied corresponding components for the Starfighter, the Eurofighter and the NATO NH90 combat helicopter, among others.
Meckenheim is also the location of the federally owned IT service provider of the Bundeswehr (BWI GmbH) as well as the Federal Criminal Police Office. It is virtually in sight of two Fraunhofer Institutes (FHR and FKIE), which are very active …
Read more| Registered office | Germany - Alsfeld |
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| Categories | transport |
The Alsfeld-based company, which employs around 100 people (as of May 2020), specializes in commercial vehicle bodies. In addition to camping vehicles, it also offers money transporters, police vehicles and prisoner transporters.
Read more| Registered office | Türkiye - Sakarya |
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| Categories | transport |
The Turkish bus and military vehicle manufacturer Otokar started in the 1960s as a manufacturer of coaches and regular-service buses under the license of &Magirus-Deutz and as such still supplies the Berlin public transport company, among others. In the 1980s, the company also started armaments production and is, among other things, the main contractor for the production of the most important Turkish battle tank "Altay".
Read more| Registered office | Germany - Borkheide |
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| Categories | transport |
Stoof describes itself as a "tradition-rich and family-run company in Brandenburg [...] that police and security authorities can rely on anytime, anywhere!" It specializes on manufacturing armored vehicles, including sedans, jeeps and trucks.
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