The trial of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout will start on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Bout, 44, who was arrested in a U.S. sting operation in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the U.S. in November 2010, denies all the charges against him. He could face anything from 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
Judge Shira Scheindlin will preside at the trial, while lawyer Albert Dayan will lead the defense team.
Prosecutors maintain that the Russian, dubbed the Merchant of Death by a British politician, was negotiating the sale of heavy weaponry to FARC, a Colombian militant group, when he was arrested in Bangkok in March 2008.
