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Who is Viktor Bout, the convicted Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner?

Por: ABC News World December 08, 2022

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Shortly after U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officers arrested him in a hotel in Thailand in 2008, Viktor Bout turned to one of the agents escorting him and said, I guess the game is over.Bout was arguably the world's best-known illegal arms trafficker and his capture was the end of a nearly decadelong hunt by the U.S. to stop him.Now, 14 years since his arrest and jailing, the U.S. has , who was detained in earlier this year.News first broke... + full article



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