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Greenhalgh and Farmakis Get 16-Year Arms Supply Sentences

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC · How we work

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David Greenhalgh and Greek national Christos Farmakis each received 16-year sentences.
They were convicted of ten counts of unlicensed arms supply between 2009 and 2016.
The illegal stock included AK-47 rifles, battle tanks and hundreds of thousands of rounds.
Only one charge involved delivering a Ukrainian S-125 missile system to embargoed South Sudan.
Farmakis used a Greater London Enterprise email to arrange sales to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya.

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David Greenhalgh and Greek national Christos Farmakis each received 16-year sentences.
They were convicted of ten counts of unlicensed arms supply between 2009 and 2016.
The illegal stock included AK-47 rifles, battle tanks and hundreds of thousands of rounds.
Only one charge involved delivering a Ukrainian S-125 missile system to embargoed South Sudan.
Farmakis used a Greater London Enterprise email to arrange sales to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya.