'Merchant Of Death' Arms Dealer Trial Begins In New York -- FOX News
He is the only accused arms dealer with a website.
Viktor Bout, the so-called “Merchant of Death,” walked into the wood-paneled federal courtroom in lower Manhattan Tuesday to face charges he was willing to provide a massive arsenal of weapons to “kill Americans,” as part of his alleged global network of illegal arms trafficking.
Bout has a reputation for being the world’s most notorious arms dealer. Prosecutors say for decades he has provided weapons for bloody conflicts from Libya to the Congo, and that he even made $50 million supplying weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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