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Two men convicted in UK of trying to send weapons to conflict zones
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Two men have been found guilty in a UK court of running an arms brokering operation that tried to send weapons to conflict zones. The men, who are British and Greek nationals, brokered the supply of weapons from Eastern European countries to destinations including Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Iraq, and Iran. They used an international network to hide their deals from UK authorities and sourced supplies from countries such as Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, and the Czech Republic