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Treasury Department Designates Victor Bout Arms Network

By Andrew Cochran

"The U.S. Department of the Treasury today identified 30 companies and four individuals linked to Viktor Bout, an international arms dealer and war profiteer. Today's action took place pursuant to Executive Order 13348, which targets family members and associates of former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor. Bout himself was designated under the same authority in July 2004 because his association with Taylor." Doug Farah will comment on this later today.

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