Documentary Narrator
Appearances
Darknet Diaries
137: Predator
This is Sam Cummings, and this 57-year-old is the biggest private military weapons dealer in the world.
Darknet Diaries
137: Predator
Every morning, Cummings uses a telex to keep in touch with his military customers and branch offices. A telex comes in from Sudan, offering surplus military equipment.
Darknet Diaries
137: Predator
Cummings' military weapons are shipped and stored at Inner Arms House in Manchester, England. At any given moment, there are a quarter of a million guns here. And on little notice, Cummings says he would have no trouble equipping a fair-sized army.
Darknet Diaries
137: Predator
Can you believe this kind of thing was going on in the 50s and 60s? Sam Cummings has sold or bought arms from almost every country in the world. Interarms has supplied Africa, and his company's weapons have shown up in Egypt. His guns were used at the Bay of Pigs by Fidel Castro and in Nicaragua under Somoza. But Cummings' best customers are countries in Asia.
Darknet Diaries
137: Predator
But, okay. He asked us not to take pictures of his wife or his college-age daughters for security reasons.
Darknet Diaries
137: Predator
As a young arms buff, Cummings got his start at the CIA. His assignment was to buy surplus weapons in Europe. At the age of 23, he left the spy agency and started his own business.