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Criminal Gangs Are Taking U.S. Shipments of Weapons Meant for Ukraine
townhall.com ^ | 7/23/2023 1215 hrs | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 07/23/2023 9:40:04 AM PDT by rktman

It turns out all of the millions of dollars worth of arms weapons the Biden Administration is sending to Ukraine to fight its ongoing war with Russia are ending up in the hands of criminal gangs.

The U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general report found a lack of accountability in maintaining the equipment it sends to Ukraine.

According to the 19-page report by the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a group posing as humanitarian aid workers worked to obtain a hoard of U.S.-provided bulletproof vests.

“In late June 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of Ukrainian criminals posing as members of a humanitarian aid organization who distributed bulletproof vests,” the report read. “The group illicitly imported the vests and sold them rather than distributed them to Ukrainian forces. A group member was found with a cache of vests worth $17,000.”

The report was issued last October, and since then, the U.S. has provided over $113 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including military, humanitarian, and financial aid.

Other groups managed to steal weapons stockpiles, hundreds of rifles, and helmets.

“In mid-August 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of volunteer battalion members who took more than 60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition and stored them illegally in a warehouse, presumably for sale on the black market,” the report continued.

The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which calls for a special inspector general to oversee spending in Ukraine.

Despite the Biden Administration opposing such an act, Republicans have vowed to stop sending millions of U.S. dollars to Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Philosophy; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: weaponsofwar
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To: rktman

Here are the two cases the article describes.

“a group posing as humanitarian aid workers worked to obtain a hoard of U.S.-provided bulletproof vests.” “In late June 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of Ukrainian criminals posing as members of a humanitarian aid organization who distributed bulletproof vests,” the report read.


“In mid-August 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of volunteer battalion members who took more than 60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition and stored them illegally in a warehouse, presumably for sale on the black market,” the report continued.”


41 posted on 07/23/2023 11:29:23 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: 1of10; rktman

“60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition “

If that’s all.....raise your hand if you think it’s a real problem..

NOW ..... raise your hand if you think that is all..

hmmmm....

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ok so where’s the $6 billion the pentagon can’t account for?

where did that $103 billion go anyway?


42 posted on 07/23/2023 11:30:25 AM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: rktman

What’s Biden’s cut?


43 posted on 07/23/2023 11:38:54 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: rktman

What a suprise another screw up by President Retard 🙄


44 posted on 07/23/2023 11:42:09 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ansel12

That is correct.


45 posted on 07/23/2023 11:45:19 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

That’s nice. 🙄


46 posted on 07/23/2023 11:48:42 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be aBernie slave in a new Socialist America)
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To: rktman

Gee, what a surprise. Not.


47 posted on 07/23/2023 11:58:12 AM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: rktman

What they document, if true, does not amount to millions of dollars, lots of hype


48 posted on 07/23/2023 12:23:21 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: blackdog

Zactly! Who didn’t see that coming?


49 posted on 07/23/2023 12:24:01 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: PIF

Gov contract upcharge?


50 posted on 07/23/2023 12:26:10 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

Happens in every war


51 posted on 07/23/2023 12:28:36 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

Weird eh?!


52 posted on 07/23/2023 12:32:56 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: oldasrocks

Its a big club, and we aint in it.


53 posted on 07/23/2023 12:38:30 PM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: rktman

Don’t care about $$ just get rid of the feral scum.


54 posted on 07/23/2023 12:46:05 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Opps wrong thread. Sorry.


55 posted on 07/23/2023 12:46:38 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: rktman

Just like Afghanistan


56 posted on 07/23/2023 1:35:07 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: Old Yeller

Remember when we use to give the mujahideen stingers? Yeah, the good old days huh?


57 posted on 07/23/2023 1:41:14 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

Color me surprised ... 10% still goes to the Big Guy.


58 posted on 07/23/2023 2:18:37 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: griswold3

Fast & Obvious.


59 posted on 07/23/2023 2:19:58 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: rktman

Is that you Charlie?


60 posted on 07/23/2023 2:20:48 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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