On the same day, Griner testified in Russian court as part of her ongoing trial on drug charges following her February arrest at a Moscow airport. Whelan was arrested on alleged espionage charges in 2018 and sentenced to 16-years in prison in a trial that U.S. officials have called unfair.
"Viktor Bout has been international arms trafficking enemy No. 1 for many years, arming some of the most violent conflicts around the globe," said Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan when Bout was"He was finally brought to justice in an American court for agreeing to provide a staggering number of military-grade weapons to an avowed terrorist organization committed to killing Americans.
Bout has repeatedly maintained that he operated legitimate businesses and acted as a mere logistics provider. He is believed to be in his 50s, with his age in dispute because of different passports and documents. Bout has said that he worked as a military officer in Mozambique. Others have said it was actually Angola, where Russia had a large military presence at the time, Farah told CNN. He first became known when the United Nations began investigating him in the early-to-mid 1990s and the United States began to get involved.
What is happening to this world when a drug carrying athlete of questionable talent is swapped for a dangerous arms dealer? Americans will then offer her millions for a book or movie deal. Time to blow this world up
So an arms dealer gets out because a WNBA star can't travel without thc?