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good morning there. eric: good morning, bill, yes, he does have the moniker, merchant of death, 42-year-old victor booth, a former soviet military officer in jail behind bars, here at the courthouse, this morning he ll be arraigned, later on, this afternoon. as you said, he s accused of being one of the world s leading arms traffickers, helping to fuel conflicts around the globe from afghanistan to south america and the middle east and africa. he was brought in here to the u.s. last night, westchester county aboard a drug enforcement administration chartered plane, and flew from bangkok where he was arrested in 08 as part of a sting where he allegedly tried to sell surface-to-air missiles to columbia drug lords, being a part of the united states effort to try and curtail his alleged business. and he was charged with trafficking, massive weapons business around the globe for years and reports say at one point he had up to 50 cargo planes, and is charged with conspiracy to kill u.s. nat

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