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Italian arms dealer pleads guilty to selling ammunition to Russia in US court

An Italian arms dealer is being held in jail after pleading guilty to illegally exporting more than $540,000 (€461,000) worth of US ammunition to Russia via Kyrgyzstan, using Italian companies to circumvent export controls, the US Department of Justice revealed.

Manfred Gruber, a sales manager at a large Italian firearms distributor, appeared before US Magistrate Judge Taryn A Merkl for the Eastern District of New York on 30 March and admitted to conspiracy to commit export control violations.

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