British businessman jailed over illegal arms deals to war zones worth millions
Judge Sally-Ann Hales said the men deliberately bypassed export controls in deals worth tens of millions of pounds, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, a London court sentenced British businessman David Greenhalgh and Greek national Christos Farmakis to 16 years each for brokering illegal arms deals between 2009 and 2016.
- Greenhalgh and Farmakis operated a sophisticated criminal enterprise selling AK-47 assault rifles, missiles, and fighter jets to embargoed regions including Libya and South Sudan, referring to illicit transactions as 'sensitive projects.'
- Using his position at Greater London Enterprise as a respectable facade, Farmakis helped forge end-user certificates and facilitate bribes to foreign officials, according to prosecutors.
- While Greenhalgh appeared in court, Farmakis remained absent after fleeing the UK on bail; Judge Sally-Ann Hales described their actions as a 'conscious decision to engage in serious criminal conduct.'
- The sentencing concludes a seven-year investigation by HMRC; Edwige Hill, deputy director of the Fraud Investigation Service, stated strict export controls protect the UK from military equipment reaching wrong hands.
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British Businessman Jailed Over Illegal Arms Deals To War Zones Worth Millions
David Greenhalgh, 68, and Greek national Christos Farmakis, 48, were found guilty in June over the deals worth tens of millions of pounds between 2009 and 2016. The pair acted as middlemen for the black market supply of ex-Soviet jets, surface-to-air missile systems, anti-tank missiles, and thousands of assault rifles to be sent to war-torn […]
UK Arms Broker Jailed 16 Years Over Libya, Sudan Weapons Deals
A British arms broker has been jailed for 16 years for brokering illegal weapons deals involving fighter jets, missiles and assault rifles destined for conflict zones including Libya, Sudan and South Sudan. David Greenhalgh, 68, was sentenced on Wednesday at Southwark Crown Court in London after being convicted of 10 counts relating to the unlicensed […] UK Arms Broker Jailed 16 Years Over Libya, Sudan Weapons Deals is first published on The Whi…
Southwark Crown Court in London sentenced 68-year-old British arms broker David Greenhalgh and his 48-year-old Greek accomplice Christos Farmakis (in absentia) to 16 years in prison each for organizing a large-scale international scheme to illegally supply military products. During 2009-2016, the attackers attempted to deliver anti-aircraft missile systems, AK-47 assault rifles, tanks, fighters and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition t…
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