British businessman jailed for illegal arms deals to war zones

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Sept, 18:26

A British businessman and an adviser have each been jailed for 16 years for brokering illegal arms deals.

David Greenhalgh and Christos Farmakis were convicted of supplying fighter jets, missiles and other weapons worth tens of millions of pounds to war zones. Farmakis was an adviser to a quango funded by the UK government.

How it is being reported

• British tycoon jailed for illegal arms deals supplying fighter jets and missiles to warzonesThe Independent · 23 Sept, 16:26
• British businessman jailed over illegal arms deals to war zones worth millionsSky News · 23 Sept, 14:43

In this story: David Greenhalgh · Christos Farmakis

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