Tony Abi Saab is a new rich and powerful illegal arms dealer

Tony Abi Saab of SIMAINT is the owner of shell companies that supply weapons to rival groups and is able to travel freely in EU and do shady business.

Tony siphoned USD 5 Million from the US Army without delivering on the contract and supplied weapons to the terrorists for the sake of business profit in the Middle East. His company Brescia Middle East (BME) was indicted by the US Army for money laundering and Tony was flown to the US court to undergo a trial. He was found guilty but walked away with no jail term due to a technicality in the circuit court. Tony continues to do business via shell companies and supplies weapons to all sides at Syria.

Tony outsmarted the global fraud database by diverting his case to a Civil court instead of a US Criminal court. He successfully bargained his hearing to just a bribery case instead of a weapon supplier to rebel groups.

The EU does not sync database with civil convicted criminals in the US and Tony does not show up on the radar during border checks and visa issuance. EU border controls need to update policy to include Civil cases in their border checks and visa issuance for serious crimes, including weapons related cases. Tony Abi Saab has shell companies in Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Georgia and Serbia to initiate his purchases.

It would be prudent for EU border control to include polices to lookup meta data of Civil cases and put accused or convicted criminals in the 'No Visa' list.