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A BRITISH ARMS DEALER JAILED IN UK FOR ILLEGAL SALE OF ARMS TO AZERBAIJAN
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=8640
19:10 . 23/07
British Michael Ranger was sentenced to imprisonment of 2,5 years
in London at the end of the past week for illegal sale of arms and
ammunition to Azerbaijan.
Reuters informs Ranger tried to buy surface-to-air missiles from
North Korea, pistols from the United States to sell them to Azerbaijan.
Documents and email correspondence read out in court showed that
Ranger had boasted to his arms supplier in North Korea that he had
been a guest of the Azeri government and was chauffeured in a luxury
limousine during a visit to the country to discuss arms sales.
Britain's Prosecution Service said in a statement Ranger's dealings
with Azerbaijan were not only illegal, but potentially very dangerous
because of the arms embargo on Azerbaijan after the Karabakh war.
"Arms embargos are in place for a reason and those who seek to ignore
them in the hope of lining their own pocket should understand that
they are liable to prosecution in the criminal courts," the procuracy
has stated.
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=8640
19:10 . 23/07
British Michael Ranger was sentenced to imprisonment of 2,5 years
in London at the end of the past week for illegal sale of arms and
ammunition to Azerbaijan.
Reuters informs Ranger tried to buy surface-to-air missiles from
North Korea, pistols from the United States to sell them to Azerbaijan.
Documents and email correspondence read out in court showed that
Ranger had boasted to his arms supplier in North Korea that he had
been a guest of the Azeri government and was chauffeured in a luxury
limousine during a visit to the country to discuss arms sales.
Britain's Prosecution Service said in a statement Ranger's dealings
with Azerbaijan were not only illegal, but potentially very dangerous
because of the arms embargo on Azerbaijan after the Karabakh war.
"Arms embargos are in place for a reason and those who seek to ignore
them in the hope of lining their own pocket should understand that
they are liable to prosecution in the criminal courts," the procuracy
has stated.