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San Diego U.S. Attorney Charges Two Belgians with Smuggling Parts to Iran

The U.S. attorney's office in San Diego is charging two men from Belgium with smuggling millions of dollars' worth of helicopter and aircraft parts to Iran, according to the Associated Press. The A.P. reports the men are 70-year-old Willy De Greef, who was arrested Friday in London, and 39-year-old Frederic Roland Nicolas Depelchin, who is still on the lam.

A grand jury indicted De Greef and Depelchin on Friday, according to the A.P. The indictment claims:

Apparently both men worked in San Diego.

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