Viktor Bout

Viktor Bout

Viktor Bout is a alleged arm dealer who is currently living Thailand. U.S. officials are attempting to extradite Viktor Bout. Find more Viktor Bout news and information here.

 
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Photo: Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout. Photo AFP Extradite Viktor Bout? Russia Counters US Pressure. — Christina Science Monitor On Thursday, a Thai prosecutor said Thailand would resist US pressure to extradite Viktor Bout to the US. In August, a Thai court dropped all criminal charges against Bout, widely suspected of being a key player in the shadowy arms-smuggling world. MOSCOW – Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been framed by his American ‘military-industrial’ competitors and should not be extradited to the United States, some of his countrymen say. But the US has reiterated its call for him to face charges over ... Read Full Story
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The U.S. government continued their attempts to extradite accused arms dealer Viktor Bout from Thailand today. U.S. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden told the Thai government that trying Bout in American courts is "a matter of great importance to the United States." Accused arms dealer Viktor Bout. (Getty Images) Bout, a former officer in the Russian army, was nicknamed the "Merchant of Death." He is charged with selling millions of dollars to warlords in South America, the Middle East, and Africa. The U.S. wants to charge Bout with supplying weapons to a terrorist organization, after Bout allegedly sold arms to the Revolutionary Armed Forces ... Read Full Story
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Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout accused of terrorism Defense lawyers representing alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout are planning to submit another bail request to a Thai appeals court, after the...  
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Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout shows a victory sign at the Criminal Court in Bangkok in August.Via The Thailand Post.A senior Thai prosecutor rejected pressure from Washington Thursday over its appeal for the extradition of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death".Bangkok's appeals court is considering an appeal by the Thai government against the criminal court's ruling in August that Bout should not be sent...  
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Add another complication to the tangle of relations--with a happy face--that is the U.S.-Russian relationship. It does not concern nuclear weapons, Iran, missile defense, Saakashvili's Georgia or even Vladamir Putin's creepy penchant for baring his pecs. Rather the dispute centers around an alleged criminal, whom Russia authorities seem intent on protecting from prosecution. Viktor Bout, a [...]  
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Newly obtained documents prepared by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) describe an elaborate sting operation to capture purported weapons trafficker Viktor Bout in Bangkok and America's current appeal to extradite him to New York. However, the documents, made public recently, do not confirm that Mr. Bout had access to the weapons or where the arms and ammunition were located. Mr. Bout, a Russian citizen, has been dubbed the...  
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Ukrainian President stands for democratic way of countrys development and is concerned about Ukraines future, Viktor Yushchenko said while visiting his native village Khoruzhivka, Sumy region. Viktor Yushchenko stressed that the need for  
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The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it was unacceptable for the United States to apply pressure to secure the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from Thailand.  
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