A British businessman and an adviser to a quango funded by the UK Government have both been given 16 year prison sentences over illegal arms deals involving fighter jets and weaponry destined for war zones across the globe.
David Greenhalgh, 68, and Greek national Christos Farmakis, 48, operated as middlemen in black market trades of former Soviet aircraft, surface-to-air and anti-tank missile systems, alongside thousands of assault rifles for war-torn nations including Sudan, South Sudan, and Libya.
