by KanekoaTheGreat at Kanekoa News
President Joe Biden has released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as “The Merchant of Death,” from prison after attending a memorial for “victims of gun violence in America.”
Bout has been convicted of several crimes related to his illegal arms trafficking activities. Bout, believed to have supplied weapons to some of the world’s most dangerous regimes and rebel groups, was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the United States in 2010.
Bout, a former Soviet military officer, was serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States on charges of conspiring to kill Americans, acquiring and exporting anti-aircraft missiles, and providing material support to a terrorist organization.
As one of the most notorious figures in the global arms trade, he became the inspiration behind the Nicholas Cage Character in the movie “Lord of War.”
Bout’s criminal activities date back to the 1990s…
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