Russia arms trafficker Viktor Bout convicted in US federal court

[JURIST] A federal jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Wednesday found Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] guilty of four counts of conspiracy [press release] connected with the proposed sale of anti-aircraft missiles to drug enforcement informants posing as members of a Colombian terrorist organization known as FARC. The former Soviet air force officer was convicted by the jury after a three-week trial [NYT report] and…