Viktor Bout is the most famous arms dealer in the world. This fact is greatly facilitated by the film "Lord of War" starring Nicolas Cage, which skyrocketed Bout's popularity. Despite many scenes in the film being fictitious or embellished, Bout really did do business with the most cruel and bloody people on Earth. He worked with Al-Qaeda and with the Taliban, ran military equipment for the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, supplied weapons to probably all African countries where civil wars were fought, and did not shy away from transporting weapons to all the belligerents involved. People died because of people like him, and he was dubbed the "Merchant of Death." In American law enforcement circles, Bout was second only to Osama Bin Laden, while in Russia, on the contrary, he was considered an innocent victim of American politics and almost a national hero. He was hunted by numerous international intelligence agencies, but unimaginably always managed to escape. So how did he get caught?
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26 янв 2024
