CNN - Declassified Untold Stories of American Spies - Series 3 (2019) Part 3 The Merchant of Death Viktor Bout

Hear the true stories of the agencies keeping us safe, as CNN Original eight-part series “Declassified Untold Stories of American Spies” returns for Season Three. Each episode explore the true stories of America's covert operations told firsthand by the agents who lived it, while getting unprecedented access to the riveting and secret world of espionage. Hosted by former U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers, Declassified is an eight-part docuseries that gives viewers unprecedented access to the riveting and secret world of espionage. Agents who personally experienced, or even influenced and managed the events, comment on them. The series allows viewers to look into the mysterious world of espionage in a previously unimaginable way. The third season of Declassified chronicles the missions to target America's biggest threats including war criminals, Russian spies, drug cartels, a Russian arms dealer and hackers.

Part 3 The Merchant of Death Viktor Bout

With the help of an undercover source, the DEA's Special Operation Division launches an international manhunt to capture one of the most prolific Russian arms dealers in the world, Viktor Bout. His global network has changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout's vast enterprise of guns, planes, and money has fueled bloody slaughter in Africa and aided both militant Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan and the American military in Iraq. The end only came in 2008, after an elaborate sting operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration saw Bout tracked across multiple countries to a luxury hotel in Bangkok where he was caught on camera agreeing to sell undercover U.S. agents.

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