Open your mind

By Stephen Engelberg

NEW YORK, March 1, 1999 — Day-to-day, investigative reporting is about sweat and perseverance. Forget about the widely held view that govern

Jacques Monsieur arrested in Turkey

By Alain Lallemand

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 14, 2002 — A Belgian man alleged to be one of Europe's biggest gunrunners -- and who has threatened to reveal secrets

The merchant of death

By André Verlöy

With 300 employees and a large fleet of cargo planes, Victor Bout's actions were near impossible to track

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cold War":

"… he former Soviet Union.Bout had access to what they wanted. The end of the Cold War resulted in a massive amount of surplus weapons and spare parts being dump …"

"… "the merchant of death" by a British government official, Bout is a former Cold Warrior who became the most notorious gunrunner of the post-Cold War period. H …"

"… a former Cold Warrior who became the most notorious gunrunner of the post-Cold War period. He was among the major arms suppliers to combatants in Africa and …"

"… n attempt to embarrass him."Bout would fly for anyone that paid"During the Cold War, Africa had been one of the arenas where client regimes and insurgencies b …"