Tag: arms trafficking
Manfred Gruber, Ammunition Export Conspiracy, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Manfred Gruber, an Italian national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to export American-made ammunition worth over $540,000 from the United States to Kyrgyzstan, where it was then reexported to Russia to fuel its war against Ukraine. The scheme, which involved multiple companies controlled by Gruber and his co-conspirator, Sergei Zharnovnikov, was uncovered…
Peter Mirchev, Arms Trafficking, Virginia 2022
⏱ 2 min read Peter Dimitrov Mirchev, a Bulgarian national, has been extradited from Spain to Alexandria, Virginia, to face charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and possess firearms, including machineguns and destructive devices, in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Mirchev, along with co-conspirators from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, allegedly plotted to supply Mexican…
