Two of the convicted arms dealer's lieutenants nearly set up fresh gunrunning ring despite being under government watch Even with Viktor Bout in prison and US sanctions against them two associates were about to circumvent laws. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features Former associates of convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout exploited loopholes to set up a global trafficking ring with their sights set on selling weapons to war-torn countries like Sudan, Somalia, Iran and possibly Syria, an investigation has revealed. The report, by Kathi Lynn Austin, a former UN arms investigator and executive director of Conflict Awareness Project (Cap) shows how close two of Bout's...
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