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Task force agents had information that Fayad, a joint Lebanese and Ukrainian citizen, and the Ghost were involved in moving conventional and chemical weapons into Syria for Hezbollah, Iran and Russia to help President Assad crush [[Syrian war|the insurgency against his regime that began in 2011]].
Task force agents had information that Fayad, a joint Lebanese and Ukrainian citizen, and the Ghost were involved in moving conventional and chemical weapons into Syria for Hezbollah, Iran and Russia to help President Assad crush [[Syrian war|the insurgency against his regime that began in 2011]].
Fayad also served as a Ukrainian defense ministry adviser under former Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yanukvych]],<ref>https://mideastwire.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/leila-hatoum-intelligence-warfare-the-missing-czech-nationals/ </ref> worked for the state-owned arms exporter Ukrspecexport and appeared to have taken Viktor Anatolyevich Bout place as Vladimir Putin’s go-to arms merchant. Bout was convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to Colombian [[FARC]] narcoterrorists.
Fayad also served as a Ukrainian defense ministry adviser under former Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yanukovych]],<ref>https://mideastwire.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/leila-hatoum-intelligence-warfare-the-missing-czech-nationals/ </ref> worked for the state-owned arms exporter Ukrspecexport and appeared to have taken Viktor Anatolyevich Bout place as Vladimir Putin’s go-to arms merchant. Bout was convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to Colombian [[FARC]] narcoterrorists.
When Fayad’s name surfaced in a DEA investigation in West Africa as a senior Hezbollah weapons trafficker, agents created a sting operation, with undercover operatives posing as Colombian FARC narcoterrorists plotting to shoot down American government helicopters. Fayad offered his expert advice, and after agreeing to provide them with 20 Russian-made shoulder-fired Igla surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS), 400 rocket-propelled grenades and various firearms and rocket launchers for $8.3 million, he was arrested in [[Prague]] by [[Czech]] authorities on a U.S. warrant in April 2014, U.S. court records show.
When Fayad’s name surfaced in a DEA investigation in West Africa as a senior Hezbollah weapons trafficker, agents created a sting operation, with undercover operatives posing as Colombian FARC narcoterrorists plotting to shoot down American government helicopters. Fayad offered his expert advice, and after agreeing to provide them with 20 Russian-made shoulder-fired Igla surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS), 400 rocket-propelled grenades and various firearms and rocket launchers for $8.3 million, he was arrested in [[Prague]] by [[Czech]] authorities on a U.S. warrant in April 2014, U.S. court records show.