Mr Bout’s old connections certainly helped him build a global empire in the 1990s, trading the surplus armouries of the Soviet empire for cash and minerals.

布特先生得益于过去的方方面面的关系。 前苏联军工产品生产过剩，他通过买卖这些军火，挣得了大量的现金和矿产，一个遍布全球的“布特”商业帝国在上世纪90年代得以建立。

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"It will be important for HMRC to explain to e-traders the borderline between an individual selling one's own surplus belongings and moving into trading, " he added.

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