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Ali Fayad (arms dealer)

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105:, his extradition was refused as part of a deal to release five Czech citizens who had been kidnapped in Lebanon in July 2015 by Fayad's half-brother and other Hezbollah operatives. It has been suggested that the US government did not apply serious pressure on the Czech government to extradite Fayad due to their desire to achieve the 51:
on charges including 'conspiracy to kill officers and employees of the United States', 'conspiracy to acquire and transport anti-aircraft missiles', 'conspiracy to commit money laundering', 'conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States' and 'conspiracy to provide material support or resources
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On 4 February 2016, Prague's Municipal Court ordered his release after Justice Minister
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In April 2014, Fayad was arrested alongside Fawzi Jaber and Khaled Marabi in a
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arms dealer . He has been a manager at Ukrainian state arms company
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and served as an advisor to former Ukrainian President
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Lebanese
Ukrainian
Ukrspecexport
Viktor Yanukovych
New York
Prague
Drug Enforcement Administration
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Ghana
Warsaw
sting operation
9K38 Igla
surface-to-air missiles
rocket-propelled grenades
Robert Pelikán
United States
Martin Stropnický
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Iran
"Indictment of Ali Fayad"
"The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook"
Politico
"U.S. Slams Release Of Arms-Trade Suspect"
Categories
Naturalized citizens of Ukraine
Lebanese criminals
Arms traders
Lebanese people imprisoned abroad
Living people
Hezbollah

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