EU launches ‘torture-free trade’ alliance EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom has launched an international alliance calling for a ban on torture products. In an interview with DW, she said she wants to send a signal against torture and capital punish

From batons with metal spikes and electric shock belts to chemicals used in executions , tools of death and pain are still traded across the globe. European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom is aiming to end the sale of goods used for torture and the death penalty.