Monzer al-Kassar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Monzer al-Kassar

Syrian arms dealer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Syria

Profession: arms trafficker

Nationality: Syria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Monzer al-Kassar (in Arabic ???? ????) (born in Hama, Syria in 1945), also known as the "Prince of Marbella", is an international arms dealer.
He has been connected to numerous crimes, including the Achille Lauro hijacking and the Iran-Contra scandal.
On November 20, 2008, he was convicted in U.S.
federal court as part of a U.S.
government sting, for agreeing to sell arms to undercover agents posing as suppliers for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Colombian guerrilla organization.
He was sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment.