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Article: INTERNATIONAL ARMS DEALER ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY U.S. FIGHTER JET ENGINES TO IRAN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following press release:
Jacques Monsieur, a Belgian national and resident of France suspected of international arms dealing for decades, has been arrested on charges alleging that he conspired to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the United States to Iran. Monsieur is scheduled to have his arraignment today in federal court in Mobile, Alabama.
A six-count indictment returned on Aug. 27, 2009, in the Southern District of Alabama charging Monsieur, 56, and co-defendant Dara Fotouhi, aka Dara Fatouhi, 54, an Iranian national currently living in France, with conspiracy, money laundering, smuggling, as well ...