Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (born 13 January 1967, near Dushanbe

Dushanbe

-Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...

, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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) is a convicted arms smuggler. A citizen of Russia

Russia

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, he was arrested in Thailand

Thailand

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 in 2008 and was extradited in 2010 to the United States to stand trial on terrorism

Terrorism

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 charges after being accused of smuggling arms to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

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 (FARC) to use against US forces. On November 2, 2011, he was convicted by a jury in a federal court in Manhattan of conspiracy to kill US citizens and officials, deliver anti-aircraft missiles and provide aid to a terrorist organisation.

A former Soviet military translator, Bout had reportedly made a significant amount of money through his multiple air transport companies shipping cargo mostly in Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s.