Viktor Bout

For almost two decades Bout became the worlds most notorious arms dealer selling weaponry to rogue states rebel groups and murderous warlords in Africa Asia and. Viktor Bout an outlaw Russian arms dealer known as The Merchant of Death is thought to be part of a proposed prisoner swap for Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.

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Russia got the jailed arms dealer back from the United.

. Shortly after US. Viktor Bout is known by the nicknames Merchant of Death and Lord of War a title also used for an eponymous movie based on his life and starring Nicolas Cage. Drug Enforcement Administration officials who were involved in the effort to bring Merchant of Death Viktor Bout to justice have characterized his trade to. Russia has released WNBA player Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout nicknamed the Merchant of Death by his accuser.

The United States has handed over notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout to Russian authorities in a prisoner swap that secured the release of WNBA Star Brittney Griner on. He attended the Military Institute. Americans now are at greater risk with international travel he said. He served 10 years in prison from 2012 to 2022 before his release.

Viktor Bout has been international arms trafficking enemy number one for many years arming some of the most violent conflicts around the globe said Preet Bharara the US. Viktor Bout an outlaw Russian arms dealer known as The Merchant of Death was exchanged in a prisoner swap between the US and Russia for the safe return of WNBA star. Bout has been dubbed as the Merchant of Death and has a book and film based on his life of the same. Viktor Bout a former Soviet military officer is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States on charges of conspiring to kill Americans acquire and export.

Im very disgusted Derek Maltz who oversaw the Drug Enforcement Administrations investigation of. Viktor Bout is a Russian arms dealer. He was serving a 25-year prison. Moscow long sought his release from US.

MOSCOW AP Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout swapped Thursday for WNBA star Brittney Griner is widely known abroad as the Merchant of Death who fueled. Viktor Bout 55 was snared by the DEA in a devilishly complicated sting operation in 2008 in which he thought he was selling arms to the FARC - Columbian rebels - to shoot down. Infamous arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner. He was released in exchange for Brittney Griner who was imprisoned in Russia on drug charges.

He was arrested in 2008. Drug Enforcement Agency DEA officers finally arrested him in a hotel in Thailand in 2008 Viktor Bout turned to one of the agents escorting him and said I. Viktor Bout is indeed the chief sanctions-buster and is a merchant of death who owns air companies that ferry in arms and other logistic support for the rebels in Angola and. Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout swapped Thursday for WNBA star Brittney Griner is widely known abroad as the Merchant of Death who fueled some of the worlds worst.

According to official records he was born in 1967 in Tajikistan then part of the Soviet Union. Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in a cell at the Criminal Court in Bangkok in 2010. Viktor Bout the notorious Russian arms dealer dubbed the Merchant of Death has been sentenced to 25 years in prison following his conviction on terrorism charges resulting. LONDON Dec 8 Reuters - The life of Viktor Bout reads like a spy thriller.

The precise details of Mr Bouts life are murky.