BRITISH actress Helen Mirren slated the European small arms trade on Saturday, blaming it for fuelling South Africa’s rampant crime. “European countries are very culpable for the spread of arms throughout the world and it’s time to stop them,” she told a press conference in Johannesburg. Mirren, star of the Prime Suspect television series, is touring South Africa as an ambassador for the British-based charity Oxfam. Mirren said she would lobby the British government to tighten laws on arms traders and manufacturers. A British television crew is filming a documentary about her trip.