Virginia Company Pleads Guilty to Arms Dealing
An Arlington company has pleaded guilty to trying to sell guns, night vision goggles and other military equipment to people in Yemen and Libya. At a hearing Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, a representative for Taipan Enterprises Ltd. pleaded guilty to unlawfully brokering sales of military equipment. The company was ordered to pay a [...]
Alabama Arms Dealer Pleads Guilty in Smuggling Case
A Belgian arms dealer has entered a guilty plea in an Alabama court to conspiracy to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and other parts from the United States to Iran. Jacques Monsieur and Dara Fotouhi (an Iranian national residing in France) were charged with six counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and smuggling. Monsieur, age [...]