While the international illegal arms trade is nothing new it has recently suffered some serious setbacks. A key player, who was known to supply small arms, as well as ordinance, and vehicles, was apprehended March 2008 in Thailand by the Thai Royal Police. On August 2010, after months of legal judo and letters back and forth from the Secretary of State and Congress, one of the biggest players in the illegal arms trade was extradited to the United States of America to stand trial for conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to kill American officers or employees, conspiring to acquire and use anti-aircraft missile, illegal purchase of aircraft, wire fraud, and money laundering.
This “Merchant of Death” is none other than Soviet Union national, Viktor Bout. He was born in Dushanbe, USSR on January 13, 1967. While it is known that he worked for the Soviet military as a translator there are no clear documents stating what rank he held, some people said he was discharged in 1991 with a rank of Lieutenant Colonel but others say he was a Major in the GRU (a special division of the Soviet Military that focused on intelligence services and special forces). While it is unclear what rank he was discharged it is known that Viktor was fluent in six different languages including, English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and he claimed to have learned several African languages due to his time spent in the region. While he was linguistically gifted he was also blessed with old Soviet army contacts that he kept close to and would use in his first aeronautical ventures.
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...08 by the Thai Royal Police in conjunction with, and political pressure by the CIA. After two years the “Merchant of Death” was extradited to the United States on multiple charges stemming from his gun running and cargo businesses. It will be interesting to see where his trial goes and how Russia reacts because of his deep knowledge of their ‘shadow’ state and his immense knowledge about the African warlords who continue to ravage the continent. His trial is scheduled to begin on September 12, 2011.
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