Gal Luft, chairman of the Research Institute for Global Security Analysis in Washington, was arrested in Cyprus due to an arrest warrant imposed on him at the request of the US. Among other things, Luft was accused of exporting weapons to China and Libya, and in the past even provided information about President Biden’s son – which he claims contributed to his arrest
56-year-old Gal Luft, an Israeli professor who serves as chairman of the Research Institute for Global Security Analysis in Washington, was arrested this weekend at the airport in Cyprus by the local police, on his way back to Israel, reports Itamar Eichner in “Vinet”. Luft was brought to trial in Larnaca today and arrested It was extended until another discussion to be held in about a week.
Luft’s arrest was carried out following an Interpol arrest warrant issued at the request of the US government, which defined Luft as wanted for “offences related to the export of weapons to Libya and China”. According to the suspicions, these things were carried out by Loft between 2015 and today.
Loft claims that his arrest is a political arrest carried out due to the fact that he provided information about the corruption affairs of Hunter Biden, the son of the US president, against whom an investigation was opened about two years ago for tax payment offenses.