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Viktor Bout: Nickname, Trade, Wealth
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer. An entrepreneur and former Soviet military translator, he used several of his air transport companies to smuggle weapons from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout gained the nickname ‘Merchant of Death and Sanctions Buster’ after reading a report by Peter Hahn of the British Foreign Office.
On 6 March 2008 Bout was arrested in Thailand on terrorism charges by the Royal Thai Police with the cooperation of US authorities and Interpol. US Ambassador to Thailand Eric G. John requested his extradition to Thailand under the Extradition Act, which was eventually mandated by the Thai High Court in August 2010.
Nickname
The 31-year-old American player has been in custody since February after Moscow airport officials found cannabis oil in her luggage when she was returning to the US after playing in Russia.
US media reports suggest Moscow may now be interested in exchanging Ms Griner for the bout.
The former Soviet Air Force officer’s exploits are so infamous that they’ve inspired a Hollywood movie and earned him an impressively creepy nickname – the Merchant of Death.
Trade
Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and caught in a sting operation while selling military weapons to US drug enforcement informants, pretending to be an arms buyer for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) .
Wealth
According to the usa786.com, which are the consensus on Viktor Bout’s net worth, the value of his wealth – at the time of his arrest in 2008 – is approximately $6 billion, or approximately €5.3 billion, or £ 5 th billion.
I am still in prison, awaiting yet another ridiculous extradition hearing later this month. Maybe the protesters will break me out.
— Viktor Bout (@ViktorBout) April 13, 2009
How was Viktor Bout caught?
Camera agreeing to sell undercover U.S. agents posing as representatives of Colombia’s leftist FARC guerrillas 100 surface-to-air missiles.
Where is Victor Bout now?
| Viktor Bout | |
|---|---|
| Criminal penalty | 25 years in federal prison, 5 years of supervised parole, & forfeited 15 million USD |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at USP Marion |
| Spouse | Alla Bout ( m. 1992) |
| Children | Elizaveta Viktorovna Bout |