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	Hemant Lakhani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hemant Lakhani (born 1935) is a British arms dealer accused of supplying an Igla missile to terrorists.
		The extent of Hemant's background in Russia remains unknown, although one of his fellow directors in the Reliance Clothing Company is known to maintain a Moscow address.
		He was first noticed by the FSB in March 2003 and his past is presently being investigated by India's Central Bureau of Investigation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hemant_Lakhani (289 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Trial of Briton in Sale of Missiles Starts in US
		Lakhani was arrested in August 2003 after a two-year sting operation and faces charges including attempting to provide material support to terrorists, unlawful arms sales and money laundering.
		The arrest of Lakhani was trumpeted by U.S. officials at the time as a victory in the war against terrorism and a model of cooperation between FBI and Russian security forces.
		Lakhani worked in the women's clothing business but had previously negotiated one legal arms sale to Angola of armored personnel carriers, and prosecutors said he has been trying to get more involved in arms sales over the last five years.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-1-4/25477.html (531 words)

	British Arms Dealer Convicted On All Counts in Attempted Missile Sales to Terrorists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Lakhani presented him with a brochure and business cards from an arms supplier in the Ukraine and promised he could obtain whatever was needed.
		Lakhani arranged for numerous faxes describing the missile to be sent to the informant in New Jersey.
		Lakhani, a frequent international traveler, added that "there are 300 to 400 people on one commercial flight" and that Mondays and Fridays were the busiest travel days.
	nyjtimes.com /Stories/2005/BritishTerrorArmsDealerConvicted.htm (1154 words)

	Lakhani
		Hemant Lakhani, a Briton described by a federal prosecutor as a According to an FBI affidavit, Lakhani had arranged to sell a shoulder.
		Hemant Lakhani is accused of selling a shoulder-fired missile to an F. Informant The arms dealer, Hemant Lakhani, a Briton born in India, told the buyer, who was in.
		The document also said that Hemant Lakhani, dealing with an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Malaysia, appeared in court with Lakhani and was ordered held without bail.
	www.99hosted.com /names11415.html (422 words)

	Dealer planned to sell 50 missiles for terror, court told - theage.com.au
		Hemant Lakhani's arrest in a sting is being claimed as a breakthrough in the war against terrorism, report Julian Borger and Nick Paton Walsh from Moscow.
		Hemant Lakhani was in trouble from the moment he began talking to his US contact in December 2001.
		Lakhani appears to have bought the missile from an undercover agent in Russia and sold it to another agent in the United States.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/14/1060588524643.html (657 words)

	Media Library - Federation's response to developments in India - September 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Hemant Lakhani, 69, from Hendon, North London was also convicted of illegal weapons brokering, two counts of money laundering and for importing merchandise into the US using false statements.
		Lakhani was arrested in August 2003 in an FBI sting after presenting a sample shoulder-fired missile to an informant posing as a member of a Somali terrorist group in a Newark hotel room.
		When Lakhani was arrested C B Patel, the London-based publisher of two ethnic weeklies, Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar, told press that the Gujarati community in London was in a state of shock.
	www.sikhfederation.com /news/lakhani_convicted.htm (1114 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Tapes Show Suspect Talked About Downing U.S. Airliner
		Lakhani -- described by one U.S. prosecutor as a "significant international arms dealer" -- was the primary target of a sting by U.S., British and Russian authorities, who used undercover agents and a dummy missile to fool Lakhani into believing he was dealing with real terrorists, court documents show.
		Lakhani is not alleged to have direct ties to terrorists, and authorities said they made certain the deal did not include a working missile.
		Lakhani is a Muslim originally from India; Hameed is a Muslim from Malaysia; and Abraham is an Orthodox Jew, according to officials and news reports.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A54129-2003Aug13?language=printer (816 words)

	Shoulder-Mounted Missiles, Anti-Terrorist Operation - CDI Russia Weekly #269 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Lakhani then arranged for his "client" -- who was in fact an FBI informant -- to travel to Moscow to meet the FSB agents on July 14.
		Their meeting in a Moscow office -- during which Lakhani is given an inert missile to inspect -- was videotaped, according to the Guardian's source and the FBI affidavit filed in U.S. federal court.
		Lakhani is a "complete mercenary who didn't restrict his dealings to any particular country or cause," the newspaper quoted the source, identified only as a Western arms analyst based in Eastern Europe, as saying.
	www.cdi.org /russia/269-1.cfm (915 words)

	Arms ‘scapegoat’ stings FBI - Military Photos
		A sketch of Hemant Lakhani in a court in Newark, New Jersey.
		In London, Hemant Lakhani (called Babu Lakhani by the UK Gujarati community), and his wife, Kusum, 67, were known as a God-fearing respectable couple.
		Lakhani’s case is that he was pursued by a potential buyer who promised him a fortune if he would procure hand-held missiles with which to shoot down American aircraft.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=24879 (821 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Briton Wanted to Sell Terrorists Arms, Claims US Prosecutor
		NEWARK, N.J. - British businessman Hemant Lakhani was an aggressive arms dealer ready to sell missiles to terrorists "to blow innocent people out of the sky" in the United States, the prosecution said in closing their case at his terrorism trial on Thursday.
		The defense, which says Lakhani was a victim of entrapment, will finish their closing arguments on Friday in a trial that began the first week of January but has only been in session for just 16 days because of Lakhani's various health problems, including heart surgery.
		The defense says Lakhani was a victim of overzealous law enforcement in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-4-21/28085.html (402 words)

	NEWS - US NATIONAL - Comcast.net
		Lakhani, 69, was arrested in 2003 at a hotel room near the Newark airport after getting caught in a sting operation in which undercover operatives posed as terrorists and arms dealers.
		Prosecutors said Lakhani, a British citizen of Indian descent, was heard in one taped conversation saying Osama bin Laden "straightened these idiots - he did a very good thing," in reference to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and spoke about providing the missiles in time for the one-year anniversary of the attacks.
		Lakhani's trial began in January but had several breaks while he underwent an angioplasty for a heart condition and then an emergency double hernia operation.
	www.comcast.net /news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2005/04/27/118870.html (481 words)

	Brit-Indian admits $86,000 fraud for Hemant Lakhani : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Since the 18-month FBI sting operation that led to the arrest of Lakhani in August 2003, Raja, 44, is the third person to plead guilty in the case.
		Lakhani was arrested after the delivery of the first missile, which was actually a harmless replica sold to him by undercover Russian agents as part of the sting operation.
		Lakhani is held at the Passaic County Jail in Paterson.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Aug/09/181_1000805,001300770000.htm (524 words)

	NRI, Hemant Lakhani, 70, a British subject has been sentenced to 47 years
		Lakhani denied he was a threat and broke into tears as he described the hardships his wife and son have endured.
		Lakhani was arrested in August 2003 at a hotel near Newark Liberty International Airport where he met a government informant posing as a representative of a Somali-based militant group.
		Hemant Lakhani, the 68-year-old British national of Indian origin arrested last week for allegedly smuggling an anti-aircraft missile into the United States, has been under investigation by the Kenya government for arms-for-diamonds deals and for supplying weapons to al Qaeda cells.
	www.nriinternet.com /USA/CasesUpdated/Lakhani_smuggling_Missle/missle.htm (706 words)

	UK NRI admits laundering $86,000 for Hemant Lakhani
		Lakhani, who is due to go on trial in a New Jersey court this year and could face 15 years in jail if convicted, said in an interview to The Times that he was ensnared in a plot involving a sting operation, a professional informant, secret videotapes and a fake missile.
		When 69-year-old Lakhani was arrested last year amid much publicity he was branded by American prosecutors as a terrorist sympathizer involved in attempting to smuggle surface-to-air missiles into the US to shoot down airliners.
		Lakhani, who had traveled the world in search of deals says he was trapped after he was asked to use his global business links to find backers for a $1billion Indian oil refinery project from which he stood to make $2.5 million.
	www.nriinternet.com /USA/CasesUpdated/Lakhani_missleCase/Likhani.htm (899 words)

	Hemant Lakhani speaks out!
		Hemant Lakhani, the India-born, British clothing merchant, was convicted last week of attempting to sell shoulder-launched missiles to what he believed was a terrorist group, by a New Jersey court April 28.
		Lakhani was arrested with a missile after a transnational sting operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the American version of India's CBI) in collaboration with British and Russian intelligence agents.
		Lakhani insisted he is innocent, and that Rehman and government agents trapped him.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/03speca.htm (713 words)

	Lakhani pleads not guilty in missile plot - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Lakhani, 69, being held without bail since his arrest in August last year, did not speak during the ten-minute hearing and the "not guilty" plea was entered on his behalf by his lawyer Henry Klingeman as his wife Kusum watched from the public gallery.
		Lakhani was arrested from a hotel near Newark International Airport following a sting operation by FBI during which its agents allegedly posed as terrorists seeking missiles to shoot down commercial airliners.
		Outside the court, Klingeman said Lakhani was "far from being a terrorist", adding "he is a Hindu born in India who traded in women's clothing from London for last 40 years." The government, he said, is under "enormous pressure" to fight war against terrorism and claimed has concocted the case of his client.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jan112004/f5.asp (471 words)

	Welcome to www.dailyrecord.com - Morris County, New Jersey - NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Hemant Lakhani was found guilty on all five counts he faced.
		Lakhani was convicted of one count of attempting to provide material support to terrorists, one count of unlawful brokering of foreign defense articles, two counts of money laundering and one count of attempting to import merchandise into the U.S. by means of false statements.
		Lakhani subsequently made several trips to Ukraine to contact arms suppliers, prosecutors said, proving that he was ready from the outset to break the law and provide missiles to terrorists.
	www.dailyrecord.com /midday/midday1-missles.htm (681 words)

	New Criminologist (Print version): Hemant Lakhani, British Arms Dealer Receives Maximum Sentence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Judge Hayden sentenced Lakhani to 20 years on each of the money laundering convictions, but ordered that they run concurrently to one another, meaning that Lakhani was sentenced to an aggregate term of 47 years in federal prison.
		Lakhani to 47 years in prison, those who would participate in aiding terrorists to plot to kill our citizens now know that the United States system of justice will deal with them swiftly and surely.
		Days later, Lakhani told the informant that the newer model he would obtain was of a "much higher quality" and "will destroy everybody." Lakhani was arrested on August 12, 2003, after his fourth meeting in the United States.
	www.newcriminologist.co.uk /print.asp?id=-1898474147 (1313 words)

	ABC News: Briton Gets 47 Years in Missile Plot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Hemant Lakhani, 70, was convicted in April of attempting to sell the missiles to a group he thought would use them to shoot down commercial airliners.
		Lakhani was convicted on all five charges he faced: attempting to provide material support to terrorists, unlawful brokering of foreign defense articles and attempting to import merchandise into the U.S. by means of false statements, plus two counts of money laundering.
		Lakhani was arrested in August 2003 at a hotel near Newark Liberty International Airport where he had been meeting with a government informant posing as a representative of a Somali-based militant group.
	abcnews.go.com /US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=1119848 (443 words)

	CNN.com - Second court date set in missile case - Aug. 14, 2003
		Lakhani, who was charged Wednesday in federal court, was arrested Tuesday in a sting operation that involved an 18-month effort among law enforcement officials in the United States, Russia and Britain.
		Lakhani, who was born in India, could face 25 years in prison if he is convicted on both counts against him: providing material support to terrorists and illegal weapons dealing.
		The missile Lakhani brought into the country was a dud and the Russian authorities who sold Lakhani the bogus missile were undercover operatives participating in the sting.
	www.cnn.com /2003/LAW/08/14/missile.court (586 words)

	CBS News \| Missile Bust A Missed Opportunity? \| August 14, 2003 10:16:27
		Hemant Lakhani, a Briton described by a federal prosecutor as a "significant international arms dealer," was ordered held without bond Wednesday.
		Lakhani, 68, is charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to terrorists and acting as an arms broker without a license.
		One official said the understanding between Lakhani and the undercover FBI agent was that the missile had to be capable of bringing down a commercial airliner.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/08/12/attack/main567955.shtml (1178 words)

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		Lakhani was arrested in August 2003 after a two-year international sting operation and accused of trying to provide material support to terrorists, unlawful arms sales, smuggling and two counts of money laundering.
		Hemant Lakhani, 69, a former clothing merchant in Hendon, North London, was found guilty by a federal jury in Newark, New Jersey, despite his claims that he had been the victim of entrapment.
		Lakhani was arrested in a hotel room near Newark airport in August 2003 as he was demonstrating a sample missile to an FBI informant posing as a Somali terrorist.
	www.atsnn.com /article/136982 (288 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Release
		Lakhani, 68, of London, England, flew from London to John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday and was arrested yesterday by Special Agents of the FBI/Newark Joint Terrorism Task Force, as he was meeting with a government cooperating witness to complete the sale of a single shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile.
		A criminal complaint against Lakhani filed under seal on Monday in U.S. District Court in Newark alleges that Lakhani went to New Jersey to arrange for the sale of at least another 50 anti-aircraft missiles to the cooperating witness, who was posing as a representative of a Somali terror organization.
		In more recorded conversations during August 2002, Lakhani allegedly said the supplier was concerned that the deal for just one missile was "too risky," and that he had committed to the supplier that there would be a purchase of at least an additional 20 missiles.
	www.fbi.gov /pressrel/pressrel03/igla081303.htm (1138 words)

	Hemant Lakhani speaks out!
		Lakhani's day begins at 5 am, which is when breakfast is served to the inmates.
		Before his arrest, Lakhani was a regular visitor to New York where his son runs a garment business.
		Lakhani, a British citizen, lived on Wykeham Road, in Hendon, north London.
	specials.rediff.com /news/2005/may/03specb.htm (1070 words)

	USATODAY.com - FBI: Suspected arms dealer sought 50 missiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Lakhani, 68, a Briton described as a "significant international arms dealer," is charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to terrorists and acting as an arms broker without a license.
		Lakhani and Hameed were brought into the packed courtroom in civilian clothes, with their hands cuffed in front of them.
		Lakhani also said he was interested in purchasing a ton of C-4 plastic explosive, according to the affidavit.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-08-13-missile-plot_x.htm (1078 words)

	Online NewsHour: Missile Sting -- August 13, 2003
		Lakhani yesterday for an additional 50 missiles that he represented he could obtain for what he believed to be a terrorist organization.
		Lakhani believed and proved himself willing to deal with groups that he thought were terrorists and that specifically stated that they intended to use this missile for terrorist activity in United States against commercial airliners.
		Lakhani knew full well what he was doing, why he was doing it, and as I told you, and as put out, I think, in good detail in the criminal complaint, he very clearly expressed his sentiments toward this country and its citizens.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec03/sting_bg_8-13.html (552 words)

	News India-Times.com, Online Edition
		The arms dealer, Hemant Lakhani, a Briton, told the buyer, who was in reality an FBI informant, that he was aware that the shoulder-fired Russian-made missile would be used in an attack against a commercial airliner in the United States, the affidavit says.
		The missile, one of dozens that the government says Lakhani was to provide, had in fact been made inoperable by the agents’ Russian counterparts in a sting operation, however, and no terrorists were ever actually involved in the plot.
		Lakhani, who is 68 years old and lives in North London, was charged on Aug. 13 in a federal complaint with trying to provide material support to terrorists and trying to sell arms without a license.
	www.newsindia-times.com /nit/2003/08/22/usa-08-top.html (844 words)

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