VIKTOR BOUT: The WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS ARMS DEALER

Viktor Bout an international Russian arms dealer known by many as the Merchant of Death used his air transport companies to smuggle weapons around the world during the 1990s and 2000s. The movie Lord of War is based on his life being an international weapons trafficker. In March 2008, Bout was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand for allegedly conspiring with United States undercover sources to provide surface to air missiles and other high-power weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Colombia to be used against U.S. military forces. Bout was later extradited, convicted and sentenced to twenty-five years in a United States federal court on numerous conspiracy charges including to kill U.S. nationals, officers and employees, conspiracy to acquire and export missile systems to destroy aircrafts and conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist organization.
This is the life of Viktor Bout, the Merchant of Death and the world’s most notorious international arms dealer.