Viktor Bout is on his way back to Russia after a high-profile prisoner exchange that saw WNBA star Brittney Griner free early Thursday.
But in real life, the U.S. government set up an elaborate operation in 2008 to capture and prosecute Bout, dubbed “the Merchant of Death,” because he was said to be one of the world’s largest illicit arms dealers.
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