From Times Online:
A BRITISH businessman who became a close associate of Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian arms trader arrested last year in Bangkok, is emerging as a key witness who may give evidence against his former business partner if American officials succeed in extraditing Bout from Thailand.
Andrew Smulian, a 46-year-old former military pilot, was arrested by US federal agents last year and is understood to have agreed to a plea bargain that could earn him a reduced sentence – and a possible new life in a witness protection programme – if he testifies about his alleged role in the elaborate arms trading sting that lured Bout to Bangkok last March.
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My Comment: I an going to make a prediction .... Victor Bout will be a free man, and living in Russia within a year. Reason .... he knows to much.