Kathi Lynn Austin of the Conflict Awareness Project calls arms dealer Viktor Bout's sentencing lenient.
With his client due in federal court next week for sentencing, the defense attorney for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is asking the judge to set aside Bout's guilty verdict.
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down an attempt by lawyers for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout to overturn his verdict on the ground that a juror was tainted by his notoriety.
Albert Dayan, attorney for Viktor Bout, responds to the guilty verdicts on 4 federal counts including conspiracy to kill.
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout could face life in prison after a federal jury returned guilty verdicts Wednesday on four counts related to a conspiracy to kill Americans, acquire and export anti-aircraft missiles and provide material support to a terrorist organization.
Juror deliberations got under way Tuesday in the case against alleged Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, marking a near-end to the high-profile trial.
Accused of trying to kill Americans, alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout goes on trial. CNN's Richard Roth reports.
Alleged Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout was "ready, willing and able" to make a deal to acquire weapons for Colombian rebels, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday in closing arguments of Bout's trial.
It's no surprise that a movie, "Lord of War," has already been made based on the story of Viktor Bout, the alleged Russian arms trafficker currently on trial in Manhattan federal court.
Accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout knowingly sold weapons to those he believed to be Colombian narco-rebels who intended to kill Americans, prosecutors said in opening statements in Bout's trial Wednesday.
After evading international authorities for nearly two decades, alleged international arms and drug smuggler Viktor Bout, widely dubbed the "merchant of death" by his accusers, went on trial in New York Tuesday.
The wife of suspected international arms dealer Viktor Bout said Monday that her husband was illegally extradited to the United States -- and she plans to take legal action against those responsible.
He's known as the "Merchant of Death" and the "Lord of War," -- an alleged international arms dealer straight out of a cloak-and-dagger spy novel who eluded authorities for years and inspired Hollywood villains.
CNN's Brian Todd looks at Viktor Bout, an alleged Russian arms dealer extradited to the U.S.
An accused international arms dealer, now in U.S. custody for allegedly agreeing to sell millions of dollars of weapons to a Colombian narco-terrorist organization, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a U.S. courtroom to four counts of terror-related crimes.
An accused international arms dealer known as "The Merchant of Death" was extradited to the United States on terrorism charges Tuesday, Thai police said.
A Thai court has cleared the way for the United States to move to extradite an accused international arms dealer on terrorism charges, but he is expected to throw up as many legal roadblocks as possible.
A Thai court has rejected requests to drop money-laundering and wire-fraud charges against an accused international arms dealer.
Russian businessman Viktor Bout proclaimed his innocence Friday, accusing the United States of wrongfully portraying him as a billionaire arms dealer with ties to a Colombian guerrilla group.
Suspected international arms dealer Viktor Bout waited for extradition to the United States in a Thai prison Thursday as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs processed a letter from Washington to clear the way, government officials said.
A Thai appeals court ruled Friday that suspected international arms dealer Viktor Bout can be extradited to the United States.
A Thai appeals court ruled Friday that suspected international arms dealer Viktor Bout can be extradited to the United States.
International arms dealer Viktor Bout has been indicted by federal authorities on a series of new charges, including counts of illegally purchasing U.S. cargo planes to ferry weapons to warring parties and regimes in Africa and the Middle East.
Alleged arms smuggler Viktor Bout arrives at a Thai court for his extradition hearing to the United States.
CNN's Dan Rivers reports on the extradition hearing for arms dealer Viktor Bout in Bangkok, Thailand.
The U.S. government has charged an international arms dealer with conspiring to sell a rebel group millions of dollars in weapons "to be used to kill Americans in Colombia," federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
The man known as the biggest arms smuggler in the world has been arrested in Thailand, as CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
A lawyer for a purported Russian arms dealer said Monday his client had not committed any crime "anywhere in the world," adding that he would beat U.S. allegations that he tried to supply arms to Colombian rebels.
The U.S. and Thailand capture the world's most notorious arms merchant. Now, who gets to put him on trial?
He was considered one of the world's most-wanted international arms traffickers this week. But when Thai authorities produced Viktor Bout at a Friday news conference, there was no swagger -- just a somber man dressed in an orange polo shirt.
For years, Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout made millions of dollars delivering weapons and ammunition to warlords and militants, officials say.
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