Bout accused of buying planes to transport weapons to Africa , Mideast . The indictment charges Bout , a Russian native , and his alleged American co-conspirator , Richard Chichakli , with the illegal purchase of a Boeing 727 and a Boeing 737 and with money laundering and wire fraud . Bout , a Russian , has been in jail in Thailand since the 1990s . Thailand has been trying to extradite him , hopes latest charges will help . Russian Viktor Bout also accused of illegal purchase of Boeing 727 , Boeing 727 .
Bout accused of buying planes to transport weapons to Africa , Mideast . Bout , a Russian , has been in jail in Thailand since the 1990s . Thailand has been trying to extradite him , hopes latest charges will help . Russian Viktor Bout also accused of illegal purchase of Boeing 727 , Boeing 727 .