Viktor Bout, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Viktor Bout

Convicted illegal arms dealer

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1967

Place of Birth: Dushanbe, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Tajikistan

Profession: military personnel, Esperantist, interpreter, arms trafficker

Nationality: Russia, Tajikistan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (; Russian: ??´???? ?????´?????? ???; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer. Bout, an entrepreneur and former Soviet military translator, reportedly used his multiple air transport companies to smuggle weapons since the collapse of communism from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Bout was nicknamed the Merchant of Death and Sanctions Buster for his reported wide-reaching operations, extensive clientele, and willingness to bypass embargoes.On March 6, 2008, Bout was arrested in Thailand on terrorism charges by the Royal Thai Police in cooperation with American authorities, and the United States ambassador requested his extradition under the Extradition Act with Thailand, which was eventually mandated by the Thai High Court in August 2010.
Bout was accused of intending to smuggle arms to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for use against U.S.
forces in Colombia, but denied his charges and predicted an acquittal.
On 2 November 2011, Bout was convicted by a jury in a Manhattan federal court of conspiracy to kill U.S.
citizens and officials, delivery of anti-aircraft missiles, and providing aid to a terrorist organization, and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment.
Since June 2012, Bout has been held at the United States Penitentiary, Marion.