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4 unusual facts about Leonid Minin


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The Ukrainian-Israeli Leonid Minin traveled with Robleda to Liberia to meet with Taylor in September 1998 to set up the deal.

Leonid Minin

He was arrested on August 4, 2000 by Italian authorities in Cinisello Balsamo near Milan.

It is believed that his customers have included Liberian dictator Charles Taylor and the Revolutionary United Front militants in Sierra Leone.

Nicolas Cage's character in the film Lord of War is a composite of Minin and suspected arms smuggler Viktor Bout.



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