From AP via [1] Bloomberg, with thanks to RB:

The U.S. government charged 18 people with trafficking in Russian-made weapons, including grenade launchers, shoulder-fired missiles and machine guns, the Associated Press reported.

The arrests resulted from a yearlong wiretap investigation that had an informant posing as someone trying to sell weapons to terrorists, U.S. Attorney David Kelley's office in New York said, AP reported.

The unidentified defendants are charged with weapons trafficking, as well as conspiring to traffic in machine guns and other assault weapons, and with selling eight such arms, Kelley's office said in a statement.