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| MERCHANT OF DEATH? |
Viktor Bout stands accused of providing a massive arsenal of weapons to “kill Americans,” as part of his alleged global network of illegal arms trafficking.
Prosecutors are also claiming that he made $50 million alone from supplying weapons to the Taliban after decades of providing weapons to countries like Lybia and the Congo.
Kathi Lynn Austin, director of the Conflict Awareness Project, who has followed Bout for 15 years called the Russian born Bout, who describes himself as a businessman, as "maniacal" as the trial started.
