Bout’s release threatens global security; it’s also an opportunity
BY KATHI LYNN AUSTIN AND BRIAN FRESKOS, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS - 12/13/22 His release provides an opportunity to redouble our efforts to...
“Personified Weapon of Mass Destruction”: Ex-Arms Trafficking Inspector on Freed Russian Viktor Bout
Democracy Now! December 9, 2022 Kathi Lynn Austin, a former U.N. arms trafficking investigator, says that while Griner’s release is cause...
Viktor Bout is released from U.S. prison
CNN: OUTFRONT with Erin Burnett and Kathi Lynn Austin December 8, 2022 The release of the iconic gunrunner Viktor Bout from prison...
Russia Frees Arms Dealer
BBC World News December 8, 2022 This is not the last we will hear of Viktor Bout. His release was a means for Russia's Vladimir Putin to...
Questionable Connections Surround Beirut Explosion
The explosives factory that was meant to receive the Rhosus’ cargo also shares an address with ExploAfrica, a company co-owned by the...
Česká zbrojovka je v Mosambiku jedničkou. Pytláci nosorožců ji zbožňují. (Česká zbrojovka is number
Na to, abyste jednou ranou sundali dvoutunového nosorožce tuponosého, potřebujete víc než jen přesnou mušku. Chce to opravdu...
Four-year probe cracks rhino-poaching gun racket
A gun manufacturer in the Czech Republic is implicated in flooding Africa with thousands of high-calibre hunting hunting rifles. Now...
Guns that kill rhinos in South Africa are bought in Maputo with collusion from Mozambican Government
Large-caliber weapons, manufactured in the Czech Republic, used by poachers of rhinos in South Africa are acquired in hunting shops in...
She Hunted History’s Worst Arms Dealers. Now She’s Taking on Rhino Poachers.
Kathi Lynn Austin pulls the trigger of a pistol at a shooting range outside Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. It’s a fall afternoon in...
How Did Rifles With an American Stamp End Up in the Hands of African Poachers?
HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa — High-powered hunting rifles are the tools of the trade for poachers in South Africa and Mozambique. Steady and...
