Viktor Bout, the Russian businessman who was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2008, is finally on the way home after it was announced that President Biden of the USA agreed to a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout and WNBA basketball player Britney Griner. The news came as somewhat of a surprise after the matter went quiet for a few months from mid-2022 until today, 08 December 2022. This is major news for Viktor Bout who spent almost 3 years in the Bangkok Remand Prison (in the Klong Prem Prison Complex) and then almost 12 years in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City and then finally in Marion USP in Illinois, USA. From his arrest in March 2008 until now has been almost 15 years, in what was one of the largest profile extradition cases involving Thailand in history. Viktor Bout, having won his extradition case in the Court of First Instance (The Criminal Court in Ratchada, Bangkok), lost the appeal.

Some of the background of this case can even be found in the Wikileaks cables that were released many years ago. Overall, this case is an astounding example of extradition law, Thai criminal law, and American criminal law. Viktor Bout and his family now have a chance to re-start their lives. For more information about the Viktor Bout extradition case in Thailand, you can contact Thailand Bail. If you want to listen to the US Presidential remarks, the video is here, with remarks starting around 22:00 in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiqDhlu6RqE