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Viktor bout is one of the most notorious weapon traffickers in the world. it started wars and people killing each other and child soldiers operating. many dont realize and dont see it and live it. i live in these areas. i see the conflict still going on today so what he did as a person is like the ultimate evil. >> as investigators, we wanted to roll up someone like that and bring them to justice in a transparent u.s. court. >> from the d.e.a., the viktor bout case kicked off at the end of 2007....

That were from the fark that way he can go on and tell viktor bout about those. he has no idea that the dea is nearby and carlos is working with us. he has no idea. >> it was a critical meeting for us because it was going to be the first time he met him and if he didnt buy it and believe carlos was a fark member, this wasnt going anywhere. [speaking foreign language]. >> it took place at a hotel. outside the beach. so there was a perfect place to talk about business. >> when somalia met with car...

English to get their hands up and viktor was frozen and stunned. his hands were in a bag, his bag. >> when the head thai commander told viktor let me see your hands and viktor was very hesitant about taking his hands out of his briefcase and i really thought at one point that thai officer was going to just light him up. >> the thai cops were absolutely dialled in on him and his hands and gave the commands again. >> hands up! hands up! >> and then everyone compiled. everybody was put up against t...

The people that i work. >> he said i dont look like a fark. i go off and collect the money. i help get the weapons and put the orders in. >> andrew was testing the waters at any moment the whole thing could fall apart. someone could say something that sounds a little off, he could become suspicious and viktor coached him to be careful so there was a lot riding on it. >> we have several meetings down between andrew, mike snow and our two sources that played the role of a military guy who was oper...

They dont care who they do business with and provide weapons to drug traffickers, terrorists, human traffickers. they are basically the engine behind those groups. he facilitates that death and destruction. and the deaths of many innocence. >> what he did is the worst thing ive ever experienced as a dea agent. the drugs are one thing. drugs can go away but the weapons never go away. they live on. they continue to cause conflict. nothing good comes out of a weapon. >> viktor bout spreads death an...

We need to meet and discuss this and the members hell meet with are actually undercover operatives. sometimes you can use the dea agent but sometimes you have to use a source. >> my source carlos was the right person for this case. he had the ability to talk the lynn go of weapons. he had the ability to talk about money laundering. so he was able to pose as a fark person, not as a fark gorilla because fark gorillas, they need money to sell drugs, travel and carlos had that ability to pose himsel...