San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Lax state laws allow arms traffickers, drug kingpins and money launderers to use U.S. companies to hide their illicit activities from investigators, government officials said Thursday. An example is the case of Viktor Bout, a Russian businessman accused of... Viktor Bout - Russia - United States - Government - Money laundering
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it was unacceptable for the United States to apply pressure to secure the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from Thailand.
ABC News (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Extradite Viktor Bout? Russia counters U.S. pressure.
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
OK, so it wasn't as exciting as, say, the possible extradition of Viktor Bout, but today was the first official day of Windows 7 availability. We've already rounded up the best of the Windows 7 reviews, and reports from the New York unveiling were lukewarm at best. (PC World said the ...
Fergie's Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout shows a victory sign at the Criminal Court in Bangkok in August. Via The Thailand Post . A senior Thai prosecutor rejected pressure from Washington Thursday over its appeal for the extradition of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout , known as the "Merchant of Death". Bangkok's appeals court is considering an appeal by the Thai government against the criminal...
Swampland (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Add another complication to the tangle of relations--with a happy face--that is the U.S.-Russian relationship. It does not concern nuclear weapons, Iran, missile defense, Saakashvili's Georgia or even Vladamir Putin's creepy penchant for baring his pecs. Rather the dispute centers around a notorious criminal, whom Russia authorities seem intent of protecting from prosecution. Viktor Bout, a [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
A senior U.S. Justice Department official on Tuesday told Thai officials the extradition of suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout is "a matter of great importance to the United States."
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
A senior U.S. Justice Department official on Tuesday told Thai officials the extradition of suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout is "a matter of great importance to the United States."
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
From The Washington Times: If Americans think we have problems with the recent disruption of a suspected terrorist cell in New York, they haven't seen anything yet. An appellate court in Thailand appears primed to uphold a recent lower court ruling that will unleash Viktor Bout, universally known as the "Merchant of Death," back on the global community. To say that Bout is upset with the...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Colombia has appealed to Thailand over its decision not to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the U.S., the Kommersant daily reported on Thursday.
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