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reply posted on 10-4-2008 @ 03:57 PM by Hellmutt
Washington Has Not Yet Filed The Request

Washington apparently has 60 days to file an extradition request...


Moscow News: Moscow Watching Thai Arms Case


10/04/2008


Thai authorities said on Wednesday that they would not bring charges against Bout, but would keep him in custody pending a decision on a U.S. extradition request.

Washington has not yet filed the request and has 60 days to do so.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.

"Washington has not yet filed the request"... Why not? And again, why is only Russian media reporting this?


reply posted on 11-4-2008 @ 04:21 AM by Hellmutt
Viktor Bout's Appeal

Here's Viktor Bout's appeal to the Russian government.


RussiaToday: Russia promises ‘Merchant of Death’ help


April 10, 2008




“I, Viktor Bout, appeal to the government of the Russian Federation as a citizen. I'm asking you to take measures to free me, because I have been jailed and held under guard under fabricated accusations. I didn’t commit any crimes in Thailand, where I spent only three hours and then was arrested. I have never been to the United States, I don't have any connection with them, and I have never been connected to any terrorist groups. I'm asking the government of the Russian Federation to take measures, and ask the government of Thailand, what grounds I am being held on and why I am being unlawfully held in this country on fabricated American accusations".

"I hope that my request has been heard and thank all my compatriots, who are giving me support and help”.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 12-4-2008 @ 04:53 PM by Hellmutt
Thailand Foreign Minister said today that Viktor Bout is being treated well in prison, and there are "no plans yet to extradite him to the United States".


Christian Today: Thailand says 'Merchant of Death' treated well


April 12, 2008


Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is being treated well in a Thai prison and there are no plans yet to extradite him to the United States, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama said on Saturday.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.


Meanwhile, Viktor Bout's wife Alla says her husband is "innocent". They watched "Lord of War" together and laughed a lot during the movie because it's "not true". She says she saw no weapons, they are broke and he's a poet, etc.

Timees Online: Viktor Bout’s a poet, not the lord of war


April 13, 2008


“What a load of rubbish. The only resemblance is that both Cage in the film and Viktor in real life speak several languages. The rest is just fantasy. Viktor is no international arms baron.”

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.

Maybe he wanted to teach FARC some languages?


reply posted on 21-4-2008 @ 04:05 AM by Hellmutt
Thailand has started hearings on whether Viktor Bout is to be extradited to the US or not...



Thailand Arms Dealer Cameroon Involvement

19-04-2008 (Itar-Tass)


Thailand is starting hearings in the case of extradition to the United States of Russian citizen Viktor Bout who is suspected of arms smuggling, Lieut-Gen Phongphan Chayaphan, chief of the Thai police Crime Suppression Division, stated on Wednesday.




The US and the UN are among his customers.
Bout has essentially done business with anyone irrespective of ideology, often contracted on both sides of a war. As well as some of the more controversial customers such as the Taliban or Charles G. Taylor, the UN and the US have also paid for his services.




Former British Foreign Office minister, Peter Hain giving Viktor his nickname "Merchant of Death" in 2003:
Hain said: Bout is the leading merchant of death who is the principal conduit for planes and supply routes that take arms, including heavy military equipment, from east Europe, principally Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, to Liberia and Angola. The UN has exposed Bout as the centre of a spider’s web of shady arms dealers, diamond brokers, and other operatives, sustaining the wars.



reply posted on 26-4-2008 @ 04:41 PM by Hellmutt
Mobsters Without Borders

"Mobsters without borders" are global threat and provide support for terrorists.


"Mobsters without borders" are global threat: U.S.


Apr 24 2008


Crime groups operating as "mobsters without borders" have gained significant footholds in global markets and provide logistic support to terrorists, the United States said on Wednesday.

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"These international criminals pose real national security threats to this country," Mukasey said in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. He cited recent cases, many with links to the former Soviet bloc.

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Suspected arms traffickers such as Viktor Bout, a Russian national arrested in Thailand in March, provide support to terrorists, officials said.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 6-5-2008 @ 04:58 PM by Hellmutt
Viktor Offered Weapons To Kill Americans

Viktor Bout has been charged by the U.S. government with conspiring to sell weapons to be used to kill Americans.


CNN: Indictment: Arms dealer offered weapons to kill Americans


updated 2 hours, 15 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. government has charged an international arms dealer with conspiring to sell a rebel group millions of dollars in weapons "to be used to kill Americans in Colombia," federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.




reply posted on 6-5-2008 @ 05:12 PM by Hellmutt
And look, it's even on Fox News.


FOXNews.com - Indictment: Reputed Russian Arms Smuggler Conspired to Kill


The indictment charges Viktor Bout with four terrorism offenses, including conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to kill U.S. officers or employees, conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to acquire and use an anti-aircraft missile.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 7-5-2008 @ 05:40 AM by Hellmutt
"The most extraordinary serious conspiracy charges possible"

And now, it's in Russian media too.


RIA Novosti: U.S. authorities bring charges against Russian 'arms dealer'


07/ 05/ 2008


"Viktor Bout no doubt faces some of the most extraordinarily serious conspiracy charges possible for his crimes against Americans," Michele Leonhart, acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said in a statement late on Tuesday.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 7-5-2008 @ 03:12 PM by Hellmutt
I'm sure at least someone here is interested in this. So here's some more.


Here's the indictment document and links to TYR and CTB.


TYR: Viktor Indicted

May 07, 2008


You can get the document here, at the CTB. The document specifically mentions two cargo planes he apparently produced a brochure (!) on, explaining how they could be used for accurate airdrops into the Colombian backwoods. I'd really love to know which aircraft they were, but there is nothing in the document that helps, and practically all types in the network are capable of airdropping to some degree or other. (An12, An24/26, Il-76...even the An124, if they can get hold of one, can do it, although it would be a tad dramatic.)



reply posted on 8-5-2008 @ 03:25 AM by Hellmutt
The extradition documents from the U.S. are apparently to arrive in Thailand in the next few days.


Kommersant: U.S. Accusations against Russian Arms Trader


May 08, 2008


The United States has announced its official accusations against Viktor Bout, the Russian citizen arrested in Thailand at the request of the U.S. He is incriminated in providing surface-to-air ballistic missiles to the Colombian terrorist organization FARC, conspiring to kill American citizens, including officers, and providing material aid to terrorist organizations. U.S. extradition documents are to arrive in Thailand in the next few days.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 8-5-2008 @ 07:03 AM by Hellmutt
reply to post by The Godfather of Conspira


Thanks for your post. Really appreciated. Btw, the US and the UN were among Viktor Bout's customers. But I guess you knew that already.




Denmark

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Garcia, thanked the Danish National Police Security Services among others, for their cooperation.


U.S. Announces Indictment of International Arms Dealer Victor Bout for Conspiracy


Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2008


Mr. GARCIA praised the investigative work of the DEA and thanked the Royal Thai Police, Office of the Attorney General for Thailand, and the Royal Thai government for their assistance. Mr. GARCIA also thanked the Romanian Border Police, the Romanian Prosecutor's Office Attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, the Korps Politie Curacao of the Netherlands Antilles, and the Danish National Police Security Services, for their cooperation, and thanked the U.S. Department of Justice Office of International Affairs.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 8-5-2008 @ 02:09 PM by Hellmutt
Thailand has officially received the extradition request.


RIA Novosti: U.S. sends Russian arms dealer extradition request to Thailand





"We have official confirmation that Thailand has received the [Bout's] extradition request," the embassy's press secretary, Alexei Bulkin, said.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.




reply posted on 8-5-2008 @ 02:18 PM by Harlequin
pot-kettle = black , us in ilegal arms trade

the `al-qaeda` leader killed by the usa in somalia recently was about to break this news story wide open - how he has brand new US issued M16`s in the possesion of the warlords and other weapons.


reply posted on 22-5-2008 @ 02:54 PM by Hellmutt
I'm bumping this thread to say that there's still no news regarding the extradition of Viktor Bout from Thailand....


US Prosecutor Praises International Cooperation


22 May 2008


Garcia would not comment on the efforts to have Bout extradited from Thailand.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 22-5-2008 @ 03:12 PM by khunmoon
reply to post by Hellmutt


Just read up on this.

Do you know what Bout's connection to Denmark may be or why the police force is mentioned?


reply posted on 22-5-2008 @ 03:15 PM by Hellmutt
reply to post by khunmoon


Apparently, some of the negotiations for the weapons deal were held in Denmark, while the danish secret service were listening...
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