Times Herald-Record, NY
April 16 2005
Man accused in plot in U.S. for trial
A man who allegedly photographed rocket-propelled grenade
launchers and other weapons in a plot to smuggle the deadly machinery
into the United States has been brought from Armenia to the United
States for trial.
Herbert Haddad, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney David Kelley, said
Armen Barseghyan would appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan in
the next week to face charges contained in indictments charging 20
defendants.
Barseghyan was accused in court papers of photographing
rocket-propelled grenade launchers, shoulder-to-air missiles and
other Russian weapons that were supposed to be smuggled into the
United States.
The plot was broken up by an FBI informant who posed as an arms
buyer with ties to terrorists, prosecutors said as they announced
charges in the case last month.
In the case, U.S. investigators went to South Africa, Armenia and
the Georgian Republic, put wiretaps on seven phones and intercepted
more than 15,000 calls.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress