The life of Viktor Bout, a jailed Russian arms dealer in the United States linked to a possible swap for two US citizens detained by Moscow, sometimes reads as a far-fetched espionage thriller goes. Before his 2008 arrest on multiple arms smuggling charges, 55-year-old Bout, who was called a 'merchant of death and a 'ban buster' for his abilities related to arms smuggling, was one of the world's most wanted men. Bout had become the world's most notorious arms dealer for nearly two decades. He was selling weapons to rogue states, rebel groups and assassin warlords in Africa, Asia and South American films on the life of Bout. Such was the Bout's notoriety that a 2005 Hollywood film, Lord of War, was produced on his life, starring Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov, an arms dealer based on t
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