Jacques Monsieur (1952 or 1953) is a Belgian convicted large arms trafficker. He is one of the biggest weapons smugglers in the world[1] and is currently incarcerated in Saint-Gilles prison.[2]

In 2018 he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Court of Appeals in Brussels and fined 1.2 million. He subsequently fled. He was 66 years old when he was arrested in Portugal in August 2019.[3]

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  1. ^ "Un des plus grands trafiquants d'armes au monde, le Belge Jacques Monsieur, arrêté au Portugal" (in French). RTL-TVI. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Wapenhandelaar Jacques Monsieur aan België overgeleverd" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Belga. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Fugitive arms dealer Jacques Monsieur detained in Portugal". flandersnews.be. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.