Suspected Arms Dealer Seems Closer to Extradition -- New York Times
BANGKOK — A contentious, four-hour hearing on the extradition of Viktor Bout, a Russian suspected of being an arms dealer, ended inconclusively Monday, but judges appeared to quash the prospect of a lengthy second trial that could have delayed or scuttled Mr. Bout’s departure for the United States.
Mr. Bout, a Russian businessman whom United States officials accuse of running a vast network of arms trafficking spanning Africa, Afghanistan and beyond, faces charges of selling arms to a terrorist group and conspiring to kill American citizens with those weapons.
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