Viktor Bout

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Viktor Bout is a notorious Russian arms dealer, often dubbed the “Merchant of Death,” who was convicted in the United States for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian national
arms dealer
human
allegedFormerAffiliation Soviet Air Force NERFINISHED
arrestDate 2008-03-06
arrestedBy Thai authorities
arrestedIn Thailand NERFINISHED
arrestedInOperation U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation
birthDate 1967-01-13
birthPlace Dushanbe NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Tajik SSR NERFINISHED
chargedWith conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles
conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals
conspiracy to kill U.S. officers and employees
conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization
convictedIn United States District Court for the Southern District of New York NERFINISHED
convictedOf conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles
conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals
conspiracy to kill U.S. officers and employees
conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization
convictionDate 2011-11-02
countryOfCitizenship Russia NERFINISHED
extraditedTo United States NERFINISHED
extraditionDate 2010-11-16
familyName Bout NERFINISHED
fullName Viktor Anatolyevich Bout NERFINISHED
givenName Viktor NERFINISHED
imprisonedAt United States federal prison system NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Arabic
English
French
Portuguese
Russian
militaryService Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED
nativeName Виктор Анатольевич Бут NERFINISHED
nickname Merchant of Death NERFINISHED
notableFor illicit weapons smuggling
international arms trafficking
occupation arms dealer
businessman
operatedIn Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Africa NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
South America NERFINISHED
portrayedIn book "Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible" NERFINISHED
film "Lord of War" (loosely inspired) NERFINISHED
sentence 25 years in federal prison
sentencedBy United States District Court for the Southern District of New York NERFINISHED
sentencingDate 2012-04-05
subjectOf Interpol notices NERFINISHED
United Nations sanctions NERFINISHED
international sanctions
usedBusinessCover cargo airline companies

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