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The purported financial manager of a convicted Russian arms trafficker awaits extradition to the United States to face money laundering and sanctions-related charges after his arrest in Australia on Wednesday. Richard Chichakli, a Syrian-born American citizen who allegedly conspired with Viktor Bout to launder money and violate U.S. sanctions with the attempted purchase and shipment of two planes from Florida aviation companies, was detained in Melbourne after applying to be a police officer, according to Australian news reports and U.S. officials. Bout, who was extradited to the United States from Thailand in 2010, began serving a 25-year prison sentence in...