War criminals exhibiting at DSEI arms fair reported to the Met police

Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) has reported a number of individuals who attended Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair to the the War Crimes Unit at the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15). It informed the force of their criminal liability for atrocity crimes Israeli forces are currently carrying out in Gaza.

DSEI war criminals reported to the Met

Last week at the UK’s biennial arms fair, 51 Israeli companies were present. These included Israel’s three largest arms companies – Elbit Systems, Rafael, and Israel Aerospace Industries. The companies were attending despite the UK government refusing to invite an official Israeli government delegation.

Under Section 52(1) of the Act, it is an offence against the law of England and Wales to engage in “conduct ancillary” to a war crime or a crime against humanity. Under Section 55, an “ancillary offence” includes aiding, abetting, counselling, or procuring the principal offence.

The July 2025 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories named two exhibiting companies, Elbit Systems and Israeli state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries, as central to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Arms companies facilitating and profiting from genocide

A spokesperson for CAAT said:

These are the arms companies arming the IDF. These are the arms companies facilitating and profiting from Israel bombing hospitals, killing journalists and creating a man-made famine. UK law is clear – these individuals should be investigated for crimes against humanity, not invited to profit from the unspeakable devastation they have caused in Gaza.

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