De Beyrouth à Sarajevo : Le business des marchands d’armes

De Beyrouth à Sarajevo : Le business des marchands d’armes

It is often said of them that they are without faith or law, that their fortune is built on wars, on the suffering of men, on the dead. Across the world, There are only a handful of them who practice this profession, undoubtedly the most secret of all, arms dealer. Who are they? How do they work? Between scruples and the lure of gain, How do they live? This is what we wanted to know by entering the very closed world of arms dealers, but also traffickers, intermediaries. War of Liberation, guerrilla, civil war, coup d’état. Since 1945, More than 130 conflicts have bloodied the planet. From Beirut to Sarajevo, from Saigon to San Salvador, It is almost always the same weapons that crackle, and often the same men, who, in the shadows, fuel collective hatred. This American is no fighter. His name is Samuel Cummings, he is the largest private arms dealer in the world. I am optimistic because, first of all, I have an optimistic nature. and then because I always believed, and I don’t see why I would change my mind, that the military arms trade is based on human folly, not wisdom. And I think, and you will agree with me, that we can say that human madness has no limits. It has always existed and it always will. That’s why… Even though today the profession is going through a very calm period, human folly will raise its head. And the military arms market will take off again. Bet on human madness, This is Samuel Cummings’ business. What do the victims matter, He claims to be a businessman like any other and rejects all responsibility. As for the use made of its material, a very personal vision, which protects him from possible emotional states. Listen, You can present any arguments you want. But is the car manufacturer Ford responsible for Kennedy’s assassination? Simply because he was riding in one of their limousines when he was shot? Is Henry Ford responsible for the victims of road accidents? Who, by the way, are much more numerous than the victims of firearms? While there are fewer cars per capita than weapons. You see, without avoiding taking responsibility for what I do, which is not the case, even though I am fully aware of the hypothetical cause-effect relationship of my trade, a weapon. It kills, of course. I don’t feel any particular emotion, except generally the regret that people kill each other. Lover of weapons, Samuel Cummings certainly is. He has the largest private collection of weapons. Colts, Remingtons, Kalashnikovs, Smith & Wesson. These are the only pieces Cummings refuses to sell. Here, at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, If we respect a certain discretion, However, the real activity of the company is not hidden. Between Kalashnikov and Machine Gun, Samuel Cummings’ employees don’t seem troubled or stressed by this work environment. Not quite like the others. Do you mind working in this kind of business? It was very weird at first, but I was immediately reassured by being told that no weapon was loaded. And that I didn’t have to know how it worked. Here, I file papers, documents, Finally, an office job. And you got used to having all these weapons around you After a while, you end up getting used to it. That morning, Cummings receives a buyer who will allow him to complete a transaction of 750,000 dollars. In terms of quantity, let’s say, 5000 minimum. But they are brand new. Each with 4 stores, the cleaning kit, etc. Let’s say. 150 dollars. Yes, It’s very interesting. Yes, It’s really a deal. If we agree, We will give you documentation. And you keep me informed. The equipment can be shipped immediately from our warehouse in Great Britain. Perfect. As you know, we don’t have any here, but our stocks are in England. All of Samuel Cummings’ weapons are stored in the United States and Great Britain. But it’s here, in its warehouse in Manchester, England, where its largest stock is located. Thousands and thousands of crates of weapons ready to be shipped anywhere in the world, And this, as soon as possible, whether it is submachine guns or heavy weapons. Today, I would say we have here about 100,000 weapons, of all kinds, submachine guns, guns, light cannons, machine guns and so on. If we count the new forms of military organization, We have enough weapons here to equip 9 or 10 divisions in 24 hours. Piled into its crates, among other things, 20,000 Kalashnikovs. It’s truly a very, very beautiful weapon, it’s certainly the weapon of the 20th century. No other automatic or semi-automatic weapon has been produced so many times in automatic mode. and automatically. Category, She is known throughout the world. She is very popular. It is an almost ideal military weapon. In its category, It is truly the best-selling military weapon. It is used worldwide. Finland, in Vladivostok. Throughout Africa, in Latin America and the entire Middle East. Besides, It is interesting to note that the new Russian nations that now exist, but who were members of the former USSR, continue to use it. They even order them directly from us because we can deliver them cheaper than the Russian Federation. The annual turnover of Samuel Cummings’ company, Inter Arms, is $100 million. In 40 years of activity, This man has covered practically every conflict. He equipped armies, militias, revolutionary groups on five continents. Undisputed market leader, Samuel Cummings sold his guns by the thousands, by the millions. If I have to give you some figures, I would say I sold approximately, let’s say, a reasonable figure, 6 million weapons. Rifles, revolvers, submachine guns, machine guns. Until this day, We were unable to sell in this part of the world. I’m talking about the Eastern Bloc. But we have sold to almost every country in Latin America. In all the nations of Western Europe, and also, with the exception of Japan, in Asia and the Far East. However, today, I must say now, The situation is terrible for the profession, not only for us, but for all those who are in the profession of arms. For what First, there is an avalanche of surplus modern weapons coming from the East, sold at any price. Second, The West is still disorganized and does not know how to react to this new situation. So what to do? What will NATO do? So everyone’s tendency is to stay put and wait to see what happens. For us, official arms dealers, The market in a word is truly appalling. And this avalanche of weapons can be dangerous? It’s like Russian roulette. Saint-Inkberg, in Germany. This seemingly innocuous man is not a merchant like the others. If, on occasion, he does not hesitate to help his wife in her business, In reality, this bookstore serves exclusively as his mailbox, cover. Gunther Leinhauser is one of the world’s biggest arms dealers. Specialist in clandestine deliveries, He has been bypassing the piers for 30 years. Today, He is at the heart of what Samuel Cummings calls the worrying Russian avalanche. It was in the back room of his bookstore that Leinhauser dealt with the new merchants from the East. It’s incredible. I just got this offer. There is something, very unfortunately, by phone. I asked for proof, tragic there, that someone who is perhaps not, perhaps a key holder, And we designed a shopping bag. This is normal. But, Really, A little. This is the big paderie. Of course, It comes from Eastern countries. These things are priceless, because normally, There is no market for these things. From a few points in the world, it plays between 500,000 and 4 million dollars. There are many who are thinking of entering these business fields. Because they only see the big sums of money, by a lot. And that makes a lot of people dream. And we don’t dream in our profession? Definitely not. On the contrary. Only reality matters, and that’s a pretty harsh reality. You have to take the time to do something. And you, precisely, Do you ever have nightmares at night? Oh, no, no way. Unlike all this, I’m normally so tired that I sleep really well. A few days later, while we are still in Hamburg, Gunther Leinhauser contacts us about a case he describes as exceptional, but which he does not want to touch. Russian missiles. The offer, he tells us, comes from Poland. This is part of what I explained to you a little last time concerning the different things that are going around now, from the old one Soviet Union, in armaments, in nuclear power, in different things. And well, there, I just got proof of a nuclear warhead, It means a nuclear shell. reactivated. And you think that things like that, Could it happen in the hands of terrorists? But easily, if it goes around like that, in twelve, in the hands of people who go to anyone, anything. On the other hand, I’ll show it to you, I’ll even leave it to you, because we are not interested. You can do whatever you want with it. Actually, According to the General Delegation of Armaments that we contacted in Paris, It is not a nuclear warhead, but a detonator. Intrigued, We go to Vienna to meet these strange arms dealers. Even before we made contact, we notice that not only are we being followed, but also filmed and photographed. The meeting takes place in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel, one of the hubs of trafficking in former communist countries. In order to prove our credibility as a potential buyer, we have had this certificate drawn up which guarantees that 2 million dollars, or 10 million francs, are blocked on an account in Switzerland for a period of 48 hours, the time of the transaction. Our interlocutors are young Czech mafiosi. They are selling off stolen Warsaw Pact weapons. They are offering us a Soviet version of the American Stinger missile and even a MiG-29. At that moment, Our interlocutor notices the camera. He had given us detonators identical to the sketches that Gunther Leinhauser had received. Their gang would be dismantled three months later. Whether his name is Cummings or Leinhauser, These men all maintain close relations with the various intelligence services to know, in advance, who is arming themselves and for what conflicts. Dangerous and unnatural liaisons. As this British secret agent we met in Hamburg confessed to us. You have little respect for arms dealers or traffickers. No, Indeed. I had very little respect for them. My experience has shown me that they are speechless. That they have no loyalty to their coworkers. A country they belong to. I think their loyalty is for sale. What is your dream stockpile of weapons? Oh, that of Vietnam, American equipment from Vietnam. Because he has so many, It is still standard in most of the world. And the Vietnamese don’t need it anymore. We have been to Vietnam twice in recent years. We inspected and photographed the equipment. The Vietnamese authorities are very cooperative with us, but the Americans say no, This material belongs to us. It is still under the control of the United States government. The German Leinhauser would also like to get his hands on the Vietnamese stock. For 23 years, The two men are competing for what they call the market of the century. It’s really huge. This stock, that’s hundreds of helicopters, large carriers, such as the C-130 for example, fighter planes. Apart from that, There are some really important weapons depots, like the Hohi cannons. 755. Other calibers too, when we step back from it, But really, these are huge warehouses that the Americans left behind when they left there. It is easily accessible, The hardware is extremely cheap too. The country needs foreign currency and this material, given market prices, is very cheap. Perhaps a country at war like Yugoslavia would need these weapons? Certainly, only. It would be a bit difficult to buy them directly there. Because it still takes a whole organization to get it out of the country, for transport, to get the equipment. How would that be done? It always depends on the situation. It can be done by plane, This can be done by… Before the rhythm, or even combined. But there, You have to take the solution at some point. But that, It’s your specialty. They say so. I wouldn’t say that I… But you could do it. I could do it. Armed with weapons due to the embargo imposed by the United Nations on Yugoslavia, Bosnian and Croat fighters. Faced with the firepower, Serbs are reduced to obtaining supplies from arms traffickers or finding weapons on the black market. It is through the Adriatic Sea that Kalashnikovs are transported. The ammunition is trickled in, hidden in the goods transported by truckers. Here in Bosnia, in the Tomislavgrad region, harassed by the Chetniks, The soldiers are all volunteers. Most of them bought their weapons in Germany from small-time dealers. Price of a Kalashnikov, 600 dollars, that is, six times more than the official price. My name is Ante and I’ve been here since the war began. I am not against the principle of humanitarian aid, people need it. And for us, who defend ourselves, what we need, these are weapons, and in particular heavy weapons, tanks, planes too, Or men who know how to fight. Serbia took all the weapons of the Yugoslav army, to the Croats, to Bosnians and Slovenes too. They can bomb us as much as they want. So, That’s all we have. The officer we met in this barracks agreed to speak only with great reluctance. He feared reprisals against his brother, prisoner of the Serbs. It’s an unequal fight. The Serbs have more ammunition for 120mm mortars than we have cartridges for our rifles. Their weapons are modern. In addition, They are the ones who have our gold and silver. The frames, The officers of the old army remained with them. This is why their army is much more efficient, that it works perfectly. They have a thousand tanks, 400 combat aircraft that they use with great precision. As soon as a war breaks out, Profiteers always come out of the shadows when there is money to be made. It’s not just small-time Albanian traffickers who are involved in this. All nationalities are represented. This is normal. You can make a lot of money in this profession. The arms trade is international. Gunther Leinhauser had been working in the shadows for over 30 years. For the first time, he agrees to be filmed by a television crew. I think there are a lot of mistakes made about the work of an art dealer. And I accepted that to help clarify the real situation, which is not at all a situation of a criminal or someone who needs to hide. There is a functioning, a market that exists, which still existed, which will always exist. And I think I’ll make that clear. It’s not a mistake. That day, Leinhauser has a meeting in Germany with an intermediary responsible for purchasing weapons on behalf of a country subject to an embargo. This is the only detail the trafficker agrees to give us. He agrees that we film the transaction without the buyer’s knowledge, with two hidden cameras. One is hidden on a terrace of Lelliport, the other in his Mercedes. Microphones were installed in the headrests. That said, Leinhauser set two conditions. First of all, he demands that it be impossible to identify his client. He doesn’t want to risk losing a market worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Secondly, that the document is only distributed once the material has been delivered. At 3 p.m., Leinhauser’s helicopter lands. His driver preceded him with the documents necessary for the transaction. 20 minutes later, The buyer arrives and parks near the trafficker’s Mercedes. They have already met twice, each time in different places. What the trafficker didn’t tell us, is that the intermediary is French. Good, There, from us, everything is clear. Everything is prepared. In any case, so that there are no errors on the hardware, its use, I brought you another cassette with an exact demonstration of the material, The first installment. So the parenthesis concerns… 300 mg at 15 mm and 30,000 rounds of ammunition. That’s it. We agree on the value account, which must be settled by tomorrow at the latest 6 p.m. Have we prepared you? 2,820,000, okay? Exact. In cash. So we can make the transfer immediately after, if you want. It’s good It’s good, It’s good. Tomorrow, Good, tomorrow, All right, No problem. So we will do it according to the conditions. Depending on the conditions, in the share of Luxembourg, The transfer means from one safe to another. All right, but anyway, I have nothing but the Barataud who will be there, who doesn’t know all that. SO, on the other hand, I would like to be sure that in terms of transport, everything is going well. That is to say that I, I guess it will happen. Good, We have informed you about the manner of this air transport for which we take responsibility until the plane lands. This means that your responsibility is that the plane will be accepted immediately at the airport as soon as it arrives, that it will be unloaded immediately after landing and that it will be taken off again. immediately. There is no problem, You will have all the authorizations, You will have about 30 minutes to unload everything. It’s okay. We provide you with all the necessary loading equipment and you will immediately return to work. All right. Good, Let’s hope everything goes well like this. So, SO… I’ll take my cassette. I think that from now on, we will stay… This is very important, You have to stay in touch all the time. There is always the possibility that there will be small changes in the timeline or something will happen faster than expected. All of this is possible. That’s why you have to stay in touch all the time. Alright. Okay? Good, well we will see each other. Let’s hope everything goes well. Let’s hope. Goodbye, sir. Bye. There you leave again, we can know where I prefer… …I can’t say it. Have a good trip. THANKS. THANKS. 300 mgl, 40 mm, 30,000 cartridges, All for $2,820,000 deposited in a Luxembourg bank, almost 15 million francs. This is the weapon that Leinauser sold that day. A formidable grenade launcher, manufactured in a country long subject to an arms embargo. Good evening, I am Jean-Marie, I’m kind of making myself some breakfast. But on the streets, is it like watching television? You watch television like everyone else, yes, no, it depends, of course. My interest is always focused on the corners of the world where you, by mouth, there are practically. This is a problem. Remember that it is a job like any other. Naturally, like everyone else. Like a pharmacist, this pharmaceutical, like a tropist, sells its specialties. There too, There are dangerous things, less dangerous things. But there is in the whole, there is a goal. And it’s like at home, as in the pharmacy, too, We don’t sell to everyone, we don’t sell to just anyone, to anyone. You still need to be informed to choose well. Who gives you the order of the organ? Consciousness can. The Great Eastern Sale has significantly changed the work of arms dealers and traffickers. Today, They should no longer limit themselves to talking about caliber or ammunition. They are forced to learn new vocabulary, that of the arms of the 21st century and essential rare metals, such as scandium, osmium or gallium. So, This. This is a new arrival of very special materials from the Russia. They buy gallium, worth about $400,000. So, that’s how it is, as you explained to me, The Russians arrive with their suitcases like this With their suitcases, with all kinds of different materials, either gallium, germanium, scandium, even osmium, very, very expensive equipment, very, very rare. Which is not systematically prohibited, but difficult to find. Hard to find, not systematically prohibited. So, here, we are perhaps a little far from the arms trade. but… Yes, Ultimately, it also fits more or less into the industry of gnawing sounds of all times. Are these rare products part of the components for the nuclear industry? The nuclear industry, electronic components, of all kinds of different uses. There are many other products coming out now, from there too, which are also very interesting for the Western market. Especially very rare products, as you know, not even here in the West. I’m talking, for example, about the Ospion. These preliminary songs. Because they come with their equipment, they have no foreign currency, They can’t even afford their hotel. And finally, you save them, sell them to anyone, at any cost. That must be worrying. In any case, It’s still dangerous because it’s out of control. Posing as representatives of a potential buyer, We accompanied Leinauser to his negotiation. In order to have proof that these rare metals from Russia were indeed available. They are displaying gallium and indium worth a million dollars before us. deformation, All the… Was that Yeah, yeah, All the. With the Worm Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not so extremely gallium. Security is 619. 9 to 9.9999. 619. And there, how many kilos did you have? there ? He had you… 9… 9.7 ? 9,000… The oil is 1.2 kg. For security reasons, Gunther Leinhauser makes his important phone calls from a public phone booth. Today, The German trafficker makes an appointment with a Russian seller for the same afternoon in Paris. who is it What qualities do you need to be an arms dealer? First of all, you have to know the material well, This is the most important point. You need to know the client’s situation well, of the country which eventually receives the goods, The political situation, the economic situation, the environment. You have to know the goal, what he wants to do, a potential client. We are going to a country where there are problems in a group, who solved a problem. Yet, one merchant too many, he brings problems. One too many merchants who work more or less with weak people, This is not the case for an art dealer. Him, he has business with corilles, with officers or with military personnel. It’s still different. But the Russians are taking every precaution. To avoid the risk of being overheard by prying ears, they get up. The discussion will take place near a fountain. The conversation was being muddled. Who gave you something, what is this Yes, That’s right. It is an extremely rare material, brand new. A great discovery for technicians, Russian researchers. This is a photoconductor, like, a semiconductor, which is terribly expensive to produce. It’s terribly expensive because a kilo of this material is worth a fortune. At $18 million, like this little sample, already worth $30,000. The very afternoon of this negotiation, We follow Leinauser for a final meeting. Once again, the transaction takes place in a public place, a café on the Champs-Élysées. Look carefully at this man who has just arrived. He slides a cashier under the table. He talks for a moment with the trafficker, then he leaves again, but empty-handed. Soon after, It’s Leinhauser’s turn to leave, the briefcase in hand. They have practically a part of payment for the material, in addition, An account for other rare earth type materials. It is a business whose buyers have no interest in being known worldwide. This means that these are purchases that are made very discreetly. One of the reasons why we don’t pay by check, This might be more practical, We pay in cash. It is behind these facades that most of the arms dealers’ money lies dormant. Still considerable sums. In Geneva, at Credit Suisse, We found a check that was intended for an arms dealer. The deal fell through, the Neerengate scandal, him, burst, splashing former President George Bush. This check bears the signature of an Iranian intermediary, Manoucher Ghorbanifah. The sum, which was to be paid to arms traffickers, 33 million. $125,000, that’s to say 165 million francs. This man, Jean Ziegler, Member of the Bern Parliament, For several years, has declared war on arms traffickers and their trade. Geneva is a veritable international hub for arms trafficking. This traffic is a traffic of deaths, a blood trade, And I am deeply revolted that Switzerland… loosely, Immediate profit tolerates the actions of these people. SO, There is a law in Switzerland that requires authorization for the manufacture and export of weapons of war. But this law does not apply, the government does not apply it, when the weapons are not produced in Switzerland or do not touch Swiss soil. Gold, a Starkman… A cummings to take two of the biggest and most powerful of these merchants of death who are active in the Middle East, in Central America, all over the world. They are based in Geneva in sumptuous offices. Cummings still has a cottage, Fortress in Axtar. They use the communication infrastructure, the international airport. Especially discreet banks and numbered accounts in Switzerland, which work very well, and the weapons they sell are stored in the free port of Geneva, that is to say in an extra-customs territory, but on knee territory. I am rich, Yes, if you want, Because I have a job I love and I’m lucky to have two great children. I work hard to succeed. And a truly ideal woman. Good, in this sense, I am rich and always grateful that life is so good to me. On the financial side, Good, I always say I can afford my hamburger. What is certain, is that I don’t owe anything to anyone, nowhere in the world. I have never been in debt. You know, in 40 years of experience, I have worked with over 100 countries, And there is no man in the past, as in the present, that I cannot look straight in the eye. It was in Monaco that Cummings established the headquarters of his company Inter Arms. Here, no army, no war, and yet, Nothing escapes Samuel Cummings. Four years ago, The commander of the Principality Guard asked me to lend him the five latest assault rifles. They wanted to test them to see which one would be best suited to defend the reigning prince. And he finally opted for the M16, the same rifle as that of the G.I.S. Americans. Besides, if today you go to the palace, you will see the guards carrying these M16s. The ones you sold them Yes, These are the ones I provided them. It is the only army in Europe that I have fully equipped with new weapons. And that makes how many rifles? 99. Passerby. Exactly 99. In the great international arms trade, Samuel Cummings is a role model. That day, A young arms dealer offers him a hand in the purchase of a million Mausers sold to the Turkish army over 60 years ago. A $100 million market. Good morning, Mr. Cummings. Very nice to meet you. Me too. Thank you for coming. John, You can stay with us. We believe that you are offering us the material from Türkiye. That’s right. Because, You know, We all got the same offer. It’s hard to believe, but I inspected this equipment myself 42 years ago. I’m willing to believe myself. And the Turks, Since, perform the dance of the seven veils for us. And it continues. Yes, but apparently, They seem to have finally agreed and we will see during our third trip if they tell us categorically. “yes, we are going to sell”. Good, What would you like us to do immediately? Listen, I feel like they’re finally becoming reasonable. In any case, we have been working towards this goal for ten years. That. Yes, me and my partner, We have been there twice in the last two years, and I inspected everything in four military bases. I sincerely believe that they are finally becoming reasonable. John told me about a price of $10 for these old Mausers. I think that’s a bit of an exaggeration for these weapons. They are tired, these Mausers. And I wish I had them for a little less, if you can. Did you know that most of them have bayonets? Alright, It helps a lot. Here, we always say, If you have the bayonets, Transportation is paid. Beirut, the city martyred by 17 years of civil war, 17 years of bombing, of destruction, of street fights, between rival militias, balance sheets, 100,000 dead. 17 years during which the various Lebanese factions were able to improvise themselves with weapons and ammunition, without ever encountering the slightest problem. For arms dealers, the traffickers, the states, Lebanon has made the fortune of some and others. Today, gradually, the militias are disarmed. Warlords surrender their weapons to the Lebanese army, like here, in the Chouf Mountains, The Druze stronghold, by Walid Joumblat. Tanks, mortars, cannons, Machine guns are mounted on the trucks. I can’t really be worth this war, because when we now think of the results achieved by this war, it was ridiculous, it was absurd, But everyone fought here. When I see the list that I gave to the Syrian army and the Lebanese army, It’s impressive. It is with undisguised nostalgia that Wali Jumblat sees all his weapons leave the Chouf mountains, a particularly deadly battleground over the past 17 years. It was the Soviets, at the time, who gave me most of the equipment, who had trained the executives. Then, after, The Syrians took over a bit because there were times when we were short of ammunition. Then there was a large stockpile of weapons that came from Libya, quite important. But especially at the time… We were dependent on Soviet supplies because as a party, We had very good relations with the Soviet Communist Party at the time. And this material was delivered free of charge. We didn’t pay a penny. I surrendered my weapons, a large part of my weapons, heavy weapons, tanks and cannons, to the Syrians, although they belong to me. And they come mainly from the Soviets. And the rest, as you have seen now, I am delivering them to the Lebanese army. It has been heard that some of the weapons, the surplus weapons that the Lebanese forces had, which had been given by the Iraqis, Michel Aoun. The Jerki, to Michelin and the Lebanese forces, were allegedly sold to the Croats or the Serbs, I don’t know, in Yugoslavia. The surplus, a significant surplus. Tanks mainly I don’t know. Because Mr. Saddam Hussein had at one point been, during the war of liberation, so-called liberation, quite generous with the Lebanese forces and the Lebanese army. Michelin’s army. Just yesterday, These tanks fired hundreds of shells a day into Lebanon. Peace returned, Their career will not end there. A weapon has many lives, Leinhauser likes to say. Lives much longer than those of the fighters. In Cyprus or Bulgaria, Some of the weapons used in Lebanon are bought cheaply to be sold. Seven times more. To those who believe their freedom is priceless. With the Yugoslav conflict, Leinauser can thank history for giving him the opportunity to reconcile his trafficking and his good conscience. What is the relationship between us and the word Traffic? Now I’m asking you a question. Are you in favor of the embargo against Bosnia today? This embargo, whose it is He is at the Serbs, only them. And now there is talk everywhere about lifting the embargo on Bosnia, in Tsocovita. Only, Politicians lack the courage, but they already have a point for them to say, We’ll do it like this. SO, for you, Every time you deliver weapons, you are carrying out a humanitarian operation I think we’re going too far there. to designate an arms delivery as a humanitarian action, But for many people, It’s an action… … Of survival. We already said thank you. Often.

On dit volontiers d’eux “qu’ils sont sans foi ni loi, qu’ils ne sont que des marchands de mort, que leurs fortunes se sont bâties avec le sang et les larmes de populations innocentes…
Mythe ou réalité ? Qu’ils soient marchands, trafiquants ou intermédiaires, ces hommes, habitués à travailler dans l’ombre, ont accepté, pour la première fois, de parler à visage découvert face à une caméra.
De Beyrouth à Sarajevo, des États-Unis aux Pays de l’Est, en passant par l’Allemagne, nous suivons pas à pas les différentes étapes de ce business pas comme les autres, que ce soit dans la légalité ou la clandestinité.

Réalisateur : Jean-Pierre Geirt