A Dutch court has sentenced Mr. GusKouwenhoven, a former allied of jailed ex-President Charles Taylor to 19 years in prison for war crimes and arm smuggling here during Liberia's brutal civil war.
His sentencing comes nearly a year after Russian arm dealer Viktor Bout also known as the Merchant of Death, another Taylor allied was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by a US judge in May 2016. Bout 50, took an appeal in October of last year.
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