Two men convicted in UK of trying to send weapons to conflict zones

Two men have been found guilty in a UK court of running an arms brokering operation that tried to send weapons – including fighter jets and surface-to-air missile systems – to conflict zones. David Greenhalgh, 68, and Christos Farmakis, 48, were convicted of brokering the supply of weapons from Eastern European countries to destinations including Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Iraq and Iran. Both men were found guilty of eight counts of illegal arms trafficking at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday. Greenhalgh, who is British, was convicted of two additional similar offences, while Farmakis – a Greek national who was tried…