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Justice Department says man sought to broker purchase of anti-aircraft missiles in violation of US sanctions
The image features an SA-18 (Igla) missile, launch tube and grip stick at the top, and an SA-16 (Igla-1) missile and launch tube at the bottom. | Image: U.S. Government
A U.S. court has sentenced a Bosnian arms dealer to five years in prison over his role in a scheme to procure anti-aircraft missiles from North Korea, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Bosnian national Sasa Micev, 43, is an “international arms dealer” who worked with a co-conspirator in New Mexico to broker the “purchase of SA-18 Igla portable surface-to-air missiles from North Korea,” the DOJ stated in a press release on Wednesday.
The weapon is a type of shoulder-launched Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPAD).
The man violated and evaded restrictions imposed by the U.S. Department of the
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