cia's top Target Victor boat The Merchant of death was a former Soviet officer turned notorious arms dealer born in 1967 boat built a global arms Empire post Soviet Union supplying weapons to conflict zones worldwide his operations fueled Wars and human suffering drawing the attention of the CIA in 2008 the CIA and DEA staged a sting operation DEA agents posing as Colombian farc members met boat in Bangkok to buy weapons bout agreed to supply missiles aimed at American forces leading to his arrest By Thai authorities after a lengthy legal battle vout was extradited to the US in 2010 and convicted in 2012 of conspiracy to kill US citizens his 25-year prison sentence marked a major victory for the CIA disrupting the global illegal arms trade and proving that no one is beyond Justice's reach boat's dramatic capture highlighted the cia's Relentless pursuit of the world's most dangerous criminals thank you for watching please subscribe [Music]