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British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by VoodooDoll(m): 2:18pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
North Yorkshire arms dealer 'arranged gun shipment' A British-based arms dealer helped organise the shipment of thousands of guns from China to Nigeria without the necessary licence, a court has heard. Gary Hyde partly arranged and organised the shipment in 2007 of 80,000 rifles and pistols and 32 million rounds of ammunition. Southwark Crown Court heard he did not receive permission from the relevant government department. Mr Hyde, from Derwent near York, denies the charges. The court was told the shipment involved 40,000 AK47 assault rifles, 30,000 rifles and 10,000 9mm pistols. Profits 'concealed' Prosecutor Mukul Chawla QC told the jury his actions were a "deliberate and calculated breach of the law". "In order to ensure that his criminality, his illegal activities were not drawn to the attention of the UK authorities, he placed and thus concealed profits from his illegal trade into his bank account in Liechtenstein." Mr Chawla said the shipment required permission from the relevant government authority because it had been partly arranged and organised from the UK by Mr Hyde. The prosecutor told the jury Mr Hyde had made a statement through his solicitor in November 2009 which said: "I do not believe that I engaged in any activity in the UK which I understood required a licence but where instead I decided to ignore that obligation." Middle men Mr Chawla said: "The prosecution case is that the claim that he made in November 2009 is palpably false and that Mr Hyde deliberately engaged in activity within the UK which required a licence." Mr Hyde carried out his part in the deals with his business partner Karl Kleber, a German national based in Germany, the court was told. The pair acted as middle men between two Polish companies acting for the Nigerian buyers and Chinese companies, the court heard. Mr Chawla said commission payments for the deals totalled around $1.3m (£840,000). The trial continues. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-16491412 |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by sugardaddy1(m): 2:39pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Interesting |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Nobody: 2:40pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
hmmm, |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by phreakabit(m): 2:41pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
[size=18pt]WTF?![/size] |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Abayomin70(m): 2:44pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Badluk |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by slap1(m): 2:47pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
32 million rounds of ammunition? Nsogbu di kwa na dis country o! |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by VoodooDoll(m): 2:49pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests, Seems the UK's concern was just that he did not pay his taxes on the concealed profit.
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Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by ektbear: 2:50pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Who was the buyer? (or buyers, more likely) |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by 989900: 2:51pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
you can't touch arms dealers, they are always fronting for government or highly placed politicians |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by edoyad(m): 2:52pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
probably the army or police, i hope. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Rad1cal: 2:53pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
2007 -2009 - MEND . Am sure part of this cache is still buried somewhere |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by success4(m): 2:58pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
too bad |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by chibest5(m): 3:02pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
You guys should better go get yours rather than come here and complain, Naija is finished and there is no going back, nothing will ever remain the same |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by talktrue1(m): 3:02pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
British sentenced the seller but the buyer (nigerian) is receiving award |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by jidewin(m): 3:07pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
VoodooDoll:Short and simple.na becos d guy no pay dem taxes.GBAM GBAM GBAM. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by DAY12(m): 3:10pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by nagoma(m): 3:13pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
The British government is only worried about the non payment of tax . They are not bothered who buys or what the guns are used for. If the wogs want to kill themselves is not their business - it could of course be business for them. (Did you notice the figure 1.3? Take note of that bewitched figure). |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by 1025: 3:13pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
WHY ARE WE ALL SURPRISED HERE? here in nigeria, this same pdp govt of badluck saw containers of weapons imported from iran and arrests were made but what happened at the end of the day? badluck govt told us that the iranian escaped from police net. they whole truth is that all these problems are products of pdp so let us just fight pdp out of govt if we want peace and justice to exist in nigeria. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Nobody: 3:16pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
VoodooDoll: He was arrested by the UK Authorities, so how did you come to the conclusion that this was a UK Government inspired move. Can the UK control the behaviour of a UK businessman operating out of China. Let us analysis this story logically please. Thanks. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Nobody: 3:17pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
BTW , the question we should be asking is, who did he sell the arms to Nigerian government or who |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by VoodooDoll(m): 3:18pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
^^^^^^^^^
I think in your haste to post you came to a wrong conclusion. Nowhere did I say the UK govt conspired with anyone, I merely observed that his charge is "profit concealment". If you do a few quick google searches you may notice that normally implies "tax avoidance". The sale may well be legitimately to Nigeria's Security Services. If he had paid his taxes, would he have been under the spotlight? The UK or any other country is not going to look after Nigeria or the nation states within Nigeria, it is left to us to resolve our issues. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by atasteve: 3:25pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Who did he sell to? |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Wallie(m): 3:31pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
nagoma: The guy probably did not violate any British law and even if he did, his guilt will be almost impossible to prove in court except for making money and not paying taxes. This is by far the easiest way to prosecute people for organized crimes. You trace money in accounts to them or deduce it from their standard of living, and then compare that to their claimed income on their taxes. If the EFCC takes this approach, they will be able to prosecute 99% of politicians because you don't have to prove how they diverted/profited from the money meant for the people. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by sammoR: 3:33pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Who were the arms supplied to? Looks like that part is being avoided! |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Wallie(m): 3:35pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
VoodooDoll: He couldn't have paid his taxes because he would have had to explain the source of the income. Same reason why drug dealers can't pay taxes. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Wallie(m): 3:41pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
sammoR: This question can only be answered if the guy is found guilty and then offered a deal. Why should he disclose who the buyers are at this point? The authorities/intelligence agencies will already have an answer to that question but probably can't be prove it in court until the guy turns on the buyers. Also, UK authorities don't have jurisdiction over Nigerians in Nigeria unless the Nigerian in question violates some UK law. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Nobody: 3:42pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Now i know how the Niger delta militants got their arms and ammunitions. |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by studyineu: 3:44pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Seriously, we need those arms here now in Nigeria. ARMS NEEDED URGENTLY, ARMS DEALERS ARE WELCOMED |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by kizito96(m): 3:53pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Quite Interesting. We are watching for the court's ruling |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by overkillR(f): 4:03pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
chibest5: |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by fred2265: 4:26pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
Glad he was caught, the arms trade is the height of wickedness. [img]http://s01.flagcounter.com/count/7uR/bg=FFFFFF/txt=FFFFFF/border=FFFFFF/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=0/pageviews=0[/img][img]http://2.s01.flagcounter.com/count/7uR/bg=FFFFFF/txt=FFFFFF/border=FFFFFF/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=0/pageviews=0[/img] |
Re: British Arms Dealer Arrested For Selling Thousands Of Ak47s To Nigeria by Knorkastur: 4:35pm On Jan 12, 2012 |
WTF? Now that's good he was caught, [img]http://s05.flagcounter.com/count/d7fd/bg=FFFFFF/txt=FFFFFF/border=FFFFFF/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=0/.png[/img][img]http://s06.flagcounter.com/count/pII1/bg=FFFFFF/txt=FFFFFF/border=FFFFFF/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=0/.png[/img][img]http://flagcounter.com/count/H9Y2/bg=FFFFFF/txt=FFFFFF/border=FFFFFF/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=0/.png[/img][img]http://2.s01.flagcounter.com/count/H9Y2/bg=FFFFFF/txt=FFFFFF/border=FFFFFF/columns=1/maxflags=1/viewers=3/labels=0/.png[/img] |
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