In 2024, the Government approved a significant increase in licences for the sale of Italian arms abroad: almost 8 billion overall (also considering intermediations), of which 7.6 billion (+1.4 billion in one year) from individual authorisations and global licences. Exports to authoritarian countries or countries with human rights violations and also to Ukraine at war continue; if the worsening amendment to Law 185/90 currently under discussion is confirmed, this could be the last Annual Report with a good degree of transparency.