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Viktor Bout, Arms Dealer in Prisoner Swap, Remembered as Monster

Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer swapped for Griner?

Variously dubbed “the merchant of death” and “the sanctions buster” for his ability to get around arms embargoes, Bout, 55, was one of the world's most wanted men prior to his 2008 arrest on multiple charges related to arms trafficking.

NEWSMAKER-Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer swapped for Griner?

Even so, Bout, who first appeared on the CIA's radar amid reports of a shadowy Russian citizen trading arms in Africa, was by the turn of the millennium one of the most wanted men in the world. But Bout, whose clients included rebel groups and militias from Congo to Angola and Liberia, had little in the way of firm ideology, tending to place business above politics.

Viktor Bout, Arms Dealer in Prisoner Swap, Remembered as Monster

Viktor Bout, Arms Dealer in Prisoner Swap, Remembered as Monster
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