RCMP alleges two former UN workers in Montreal tried to sell military drones in Libya

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MONTREAL — Two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones that can carry multiple missiles, and other military equipment in Libya, the RCMP said Tuesday. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Charles Poirier said the alleged offences occurred between 2018 and 2021, when the two men were working at the International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN agency headquartered in Montreal. He said the two men — Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, 61, and Mahmud Mohamed Elsuwaye Sayeh, 37 — violated UN sanctions related to the Libyan civil war. The sanctions have the force...