Secret World Of The Illegal Weapons Trade: Global Arms Dealer Reveals How He Makes Millions Off War
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- David Packouz's life started as a fairly normal one. When he was 23 he began working with his childhood friend Efraim in his new weapons business. They began securing government contracts to supply arms to the US military during the second Iraq War. To increase their revenue and contracts they began sourcing ammunitions from China via Albania which was illegal to do. When the US Government caught on to what they were doing, it resulted in federal indictments, betrayal and prison time. David's story was told in the Hollywood blockbuster movie WAR DOGS. He's here today to tell us exactly how everything went down!
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:12 - The REAL War Dogs Stories
00:05:30 - Meeting Efron
00:11:10 - Orthodox Judaism and Business
00:16:14 - This Episode Is Sponsored By CUTS
00:17:55 - Disappointing Religious Parents
00:22:58 - Ownership of the Land of Israel
00:29:05 - From Massage Therapist to Inventor
00:33:45 - TOUR DATES
00:34:19 - From Trash Service to Bed Sheets: My Entrepreneurial Journey
00:40:02 - The Bad Influence Friends
00:45:29 - Sourcing Military Contracts from Former Soviet Republics
00:51:08 - Federal Contracting System Overview
00:56:35 - Sourcing Rare Gun Parts
01:01:43 - Sourcing Munitions and Visiting Suppliers in Different Countries
01:07:19 - Cheap AK-47 Ammo from Albania
01:13:10 - Dealing with the Right Regimes
01:18:56 - Sourcing and Fulfilling the Contract
01:24:36 - Repackaging and Cost Analysis
01:30:01 - The Involvement of the Albanian Mob
01:35:35 - The Source of the Grenades
01:40:42 - Betrayal and Financial Crisis
01:46:01 - The Bomb Threat and Feds Raid
01:51:35 - Facing the Consequences of Fraud
01:56:46 - The New York Times Scandal
02:02:02 - Facing Charges and Pleading Guilty
02:07:38 - Convicted and Sentenced
02:13:09 - From Broke to Million-Dollar Business
02:18:40 - Finding Opportunities in Government Contracts
02:24:08 - Advanced Guitar Pedals and Instafloss - บันเทิง
Shout out to David for the killer interview. This is the illegal business I wish I had been in back in the day. Leave us a like and a comment!
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Its not really an illegal business tho, they were just greedy lol
Not as good as Brandon Buckingham showing how Johnny Mitchell was all over Danny Mullens 🥜🥜 😂🎉 Exposed too many lies. Gotta unsubscribe
Love the channel, thanks for inspiring to start my own!!
Thanks for having me on! 🙏
You just can't learn to listen to the viewers. You get great guests on and then don't let them finish a story. Constantly cutting them off . And almost always about money, your obsession is obvious. Then they forget where the story was at and the part was just about to get good. Take a journalist class or something. Damn
What's so frustrating to me is that he doesn't listen to anything they are saying. He seems to do zero research B4 hand, like bro you couldn't even watch the damn movie the night before the interview?? Lol then he retains ZERO evidence during the interview...
Example... "HOw DiD tHe FbI fInD oUt?? tHe AfGaNs?!?"
How about 10 mins ago when he told you the damn box guy called the FBI!!!! lol
@djadja6357 most of it is his Ego he thinks he is so high up he sild weed and couple 20s of coke and ohhhh yeah he went to prison so he is some hot shit dope boy that did time and this and that so he thinks he is ad bad ass as most of the ppl he had on. He is so smart he doesn't need to do any research on the ppl he bring on. Like most of it is common sense and literally just listening to the guy talkign but he don't.
I'm at the very beginning of the interview, and I had to look at the comments to see if it was just me. One of his first questions is about his dad: "And how do rabbis make money?" That's not interesting to anyone but him and his money obsession.
Quit the bitching
@@AunbisDirectingSouls exactly. The toughest skinny wet towel around. Dude is very punchable.
Is the baby still around? Dude what? Wtf is that question 😂😂😂
Yah….
Thanks for having me on! 🙏
I hope you find Jesus and become a believer in Christianity🙏
@@flightweed5186wtf 😂 😂
Dope interview
Lol
Dude, David I love the movie on your life. This interview is one of my favorite. Thanks for the in depth information you provided
I was getting annoyed at the constant interruptions by the interviewer when he was on a roll. Luckily the guy is pretty good at talking and didn't lose his place once in the interview when telling the details.
Totally agree with you
Yeah Johnny needs to just let these guys talk. He does this in like every interview.
Mate how many times are you gonna ask a question he's just given you the answer to?
not to be that guy but. at 1.52.07 they do actually say in the movie that there is a to do list about the Chinese ammo. its during the arrest
I would love to see an interview with the “lord of war” after seeing this interview. Obviously that won’t happen but would be a great insight in another view of the weapons smuggling profession.
Govt contracts are no joke you better do the right thing
Hes 100 percent right on the government having to let companies bid on the contracts. Our company built armour SUVs for socom, department of defense, and other branches. Funnest project was a 4 x 4 all wheel drive bulletproof vehicle with a 50 cal. Gun turret mount on the top. No we didnt install the 50 cal lol. This was for the south African government.
And the part where he says the government doesn't pay you until 30 days AFTER you deliver your product. That's 100 percent true as well. Sometimes it takes longer so if your not a big company without money to keep you afloat during the whole government build and 30 plus days after. The benefits to working with government contracts is you can almost name your price. That's how I started at 16 hrs to 26 hrs in 3 years. Just said I found another job right before or right as the new big contract started and put them in a bind me being the only hydraulic technician in the company, and the only one they could find in our area.
@@ScubaD420do you use sam.gov
@@illberightback5015no sir. I'm not the employer. I'm the employee. But from everything he said in the video he's not lying about anything. This is how it works.
I am the hydraulic technician for a branch of my company manlift mfg. We build boom and scissor lifts for NASA and Boeing amongst others. Our other branch is Ultra Armoury and Defense ( now bought out and called The Armour Group).
We built the south African Mamba Vehicle along side another local company Osprea Logics Limited Charlotte NC. With government contracts if you are one of a kind, hard to replace worker. For me it was hydraulics, run new lines, reading and understanding the schematic and making the product functional. Your basically irreplaceable and can name your own hourly pay once you have a little time in the company.
Funniest part of the podcast is Johnny says "Ephram, what a funkin dork" 😂
God can't imagine being on the phone with a Foreign countries MOD talking about sourcing fucking APFSDS rounds and Stinger missiles...
Fascinating story. I’ve also had a partner in business that would fuck over any person he came into contact with. I was young as well when I met him, so being impressionable, I could’ve adapted those same lack of ethics and fucked over anyone willing to invest going forward in my own affairs, but I didn’t and after being years removed from that toxicity - I am in a much better and healthier spot.
It's not worth it
@@DavidPackouz For sure. It’s tempting to see how he would make so much money so quickly by simply screwing people over and going under an alias. The business itself was pretty sketchy as is - “sweepstakes cafes” in Florida, which pretty much just equates to slot machines on computers and stand up machines. It was a very lucrative business but it’s a thing where you open it up, make ur money in 3-4 months than get out and sell the business or shut it down. It’s largely a gray area legally.
The thumbnail graphics on this channel are hilarious 😂
Yeo war dogs was a great movie joanah hill broke my heart at the end🥂
The to-do list was mentioned in the movie
You should have Quad Father on here for an interview. Ask him about his amazing pranks!
WOW, That Efron dude was a piece of shit for doing that to you.
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I became a millionaire doing contracts for the Government. The (War Dog) movie inspired me to look into these types of projects.
Big thanks! Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz!!!
Glad to hear!! 🙌
@@DavidPackouz Man thanks! Definitely an honor to get a reply back from the legend himself 💪🏿
Do a show on f ent
And tranq
And gay prn
@@ross9144 😆🤣😂
Ak - 47 made in 1947.
Yep
You have a new follower, I may be late to the part but I love your content. Keep it going brother!🔥
So theres at least 3 lengthy interviews where David goes deep on his history. Im gonna check those out🤦🏽♂️
Dude is a goat. Totally use that beat buddy for years. Had no clue he's the guy,right on.
his a weak man
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Another great interview.
It’s funny that an arms dealer still doesn’t know how a gun works.
Don’t need to even know what it looks like to be arms dealer
@@miloscvetkovic2633 bro didn’t know when the AK 47 was invented 😂 you cant make this up it goes to show how professionals often dont know shit about their profession
Sports analysts rarely played.. players rarely coach... different part of the brain.
Arms dealer, made a movie about him, and he doesn't know when the AK47 came out?!!??!?
The 47 in AK47 literally stands for 1947! When the weapon came out!
Jesus, if this guy can have an arms business, then why am I not rich?
Absolutely fantastic interview from beginning to end. 🎉
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This guy should be on Rogan for a better interview... 😅
Had to check out on this one. The first 20 minutes agonizing boredom. The last eposide was fire though.
Dude was just on SWU . All these podcasts have all the same ppl on. I swear all this shit is just rigged and set up.
He was also on the gob cast
And camp gagnog or whatever the fuck
Yep
U haven’t noticed this years ago with all the mob guys going on every channel
@@stevemill8959 oh yeah I did. I notice it all the time, which is why I brought it up. They all do the same circuit of interviews. Just wondering why....sup with that?
Probably one of the best videos of this channel’s history!!! Loved it so much 10/10 insightful
This guy looks like Andrew Callaghan without hair lol
How do they both not know, that it was in the movie, just on his computer
Was this not posted like 2-3 weeks ago?
It was. I was confused why he would upload again too.
Why didn’t he ask the DOJ for immunity when he first talked to them
Johnny,stay awake.
Really incredible guy
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Ak-47 was made in 1947 not the 70’s
Great show, Johnny...that's a smart dude
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Mhmm mhhmm, yeah, right - johnny mitchell
- Adam22
Man that shit is so annoying. He just can't let the guest talk. Constantly cutting off the guest, and then saying "Mhmm..Right...Yeah...Sure....he seems so disingenuous. I couldn't even listen to the whole thing because of it. And I really wanted to listen to it.
Yeah my mother brain washes me oh what a sweet heart 💀💀
The resemblance to Andrew Callahan is uncanny
Don't think it actually specifies 4,000 years ago in the actual text. I believe that is a time frame some Biblical scholars have put. Christ was 2,000 years ago, so it's not out of the range to say it could have been 8-10,000 years ago.
It was 4000 years in the old testament so add 2000 from birth of christ
The old testament has a very specific date
@@DavidPackouz Respectfully, The date of Noah's flood in the Bible has been interpreted in different ways: From a quick Google search →
2350 BC Bishop Ussher's traditional biblical date, based on his calculation that the Earth was created in 4004 BC
2459 BC
A rival literal interpretation 2900-5700 BC
A revised date that some say is more likely, but doesn't match the Genesis account as an eyewitness account of a real flood
Around 5,000 BC
An estimate based on carbon dating of shells found at an ancient shoreline in the Black Sea, which some experts believe could be evidence of Noah's flood. So several are looking at 7,000 years +. It's also very odd that many many other religions state a very similar flood story. Islam literally has a name that is extremly close to Noah. When you mentioned the Bible are you talking about like that actual Bible? New International Verision? I don't see any actual dates other than refrences to distances in time between events, which is left up to dispute.
Low key, bald young Seinfeld
Movie was a hit
Two non-theologians and a-historians speakin on the subject like professors of each. That’s the beauty of this country. Atheist Jew is a paradoxical statement considering Judaism is a religion not an ethnicity. But shout out David seems like a good dude nonetheless or regardless of my opposing beliefs.
Geeeee Johnny I wonder when AK-47 was created.. hint it's in the name ;)
Johnny how the hell am I listening and remembering things that you keep having to ask what happened their what was that !!!!
Come on man , get with the program
Mathew cox is the reason for the movie and the rolling stone article and he back dorred Mathew
I wanna hear Diveroli's side of the story so bad
original Ak47 was actually released in 1947 hence the name
Holy shite😂
Does that mean that the M16 was released in 1916?😂😂
Lemme stop before people actually start believing what I wrote.
But yeah 1947 and 1974 for the Soviet AK-74.
Hi Johnny why are you all doing a circuit. Like the fans watch all these shows and you guys are doing a circuit
Its an industry bud
What do you mean by circuit?
@@TheCalvinHackett there all on the same show repeating themselves
like a plant in music, but on roids
3 minutes in and the interviewer already has no idea who this guy even is or where he was..”you went to Ukraine?”
“No you mean Baghdad?”
How tf u even confuse the 2?
He thought he was talking to the lord of war 😂
@@UArif86 even lord of war never went to ukraine lmao he went to russia
@@CorneliusEdwardoWinstonThe2nd technically Ukraine was still part of the Soviet Union. He went to Ukraine which was part of the Soviet Union and his uncle was a general for the Soviet military. Watch the movie again.
Or just read the plot summary: m.imdb.com/title/tt0399295/plotsummary/
@@UArif86 Trueee
It was not a fair trade
Shoutout Goblin
War dogs is a great movie
Funny shi ..i was in Seminole county with Ephram .He is a real smuck..he only bih about getting news paper in am..than slept all day .well till lunch .cold crook .we taught him how to play cards though
LoL whats this dude on the podcast circuit this week ...they tried doing one big deal and got caught doing shady shit .. he wasn't even close to what most people think of when you say arms dealer 😂 the thumbnail pics and titles on this channel are hilarious
Staying cool in Cuts clothes?
Black, the hottest color in the sun. And you’re glowing hot with sweat in the video lol
this guy is cute and SMART
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No, you...😊
"IS THE BABY STILL AAROUND " HORRIBLY PUT .I WOULD HAVE SAID HOW OLD IS YOUR DAUGHTER NOW OR WAS THAT JUST FOR THE MOVIE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
I like his view of religion. My thought is why are some people special (or chosen) and others are not? No just God would pick such a select group. Everyone is special. Everyone is as chosen as any other if there is a God. But with the plethora of religions and only one could be right if one were right, the obvious conclusion is atheism.
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Hilarious…… AK47 from 1974??? Umm developed in 1947 boys. Yes it’s had upgrades and newer versions but the OG….. come on, good story telling.
I thought this was gonna be lame and not even watch it till I realized who this was! Fuck yea
Is this the guy that ripped off matt cox allegedly?
And slept with his GF
And slept with his GF
😂 conned da con man?!? 😂😂
Nah that's efraim diveroli, the dude who scammed the guest of this show as well
@NOIZEM ohhhh still funny an ironic 🤣
Love the shirt.
Is it just me or everytime Johnny goes “Hmmm..” just come off annoying and like he doesn’t even care what’s being said?
I feel like he watched NoJumper too many times or something lol. He uses a lot of the same mannerisms
nah fr and this dude is a comedian? foh lol
@pricklycats that's definitely it lol adam isn't a bad interviewer in my opinion but Johnny definitely seems like he's doing an impression of him sometimes 😂
Lmao 🤣
Just you
Let him speak!
Is the interviewer tweaking?
Efraim guys.
Yeah man ,,,the flood story is definitely flawed lol
NATO & Warsaw Pact were formed at the same time, AK47 was invented in 1949, m16 was invented in the early 1960s (basically irrelevant at this point due to the invention of the M4). Do SOME cursory research guys, come on.
NATO comes after the Soviet Union fell? What are these facts 😅
I fw the podcast I’m only 15min in and I gotta say biblically speaking those verses refer to 4000 years ago from the time of writing which was 4000 yrs ago from now so technically speaking Noah’s tale was about 8000 to 10000 years ago
Thanks for pointing out his environment as the catalyst in his atheism
It's currently the year 5784 according to the Old Testament counting from the creation at Genesis
I got to 48:37 and I quit. He won’t let David speak. My God.
Get $$$ Brudda
**I'm sure your stand up is trash**
It’s definitely not the worst I’ve seen. There’s people performing in stadiums that are way way worse.
27:06 is when the religion talk stops incase anyone is wondering
1947
Love the content but 30 mins still talking bout religion had to cut this one short
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As an Orthodox Catholic. I just wanted to state that a literal reading of Genesis is a modern concept that didn't exist in Christianity until after WW1. Historically, it has been understood as Hebrewic poetry, and as Hebrewic poetry, it must be read with keeping that in mind.
Interesting. I would assume it’s the other way around.
Orthodox Jews have always read it literally
@DavidPackouz that's interesting. Thank you for the information. The interview was excellent and I'm glad everything worked out for you.
Genesis is just a biblical way of describing the Big Bang theory
"I think, i know, im more wise than everyone" lol this guys basically a waste of time
Thanks for watching 😘
Amazing podcast just a shame what he said about religious Jews as that part is very incorrect and doesn’t portray in the right way
God rules
This was really interesting. So you bid on a contract, then source the shit, then show a bank you have the orders, who then lend you the cash to fulfill them, for a percentage, then you deliver, collect, pay the bank, and still have enough left over to make millions? And the government thinks they're getting a good deal? Why doesn't the government just hire the middle man on salary to do this work themselves? Would be so much cheaper, no? Crazy.
It's called corruption 😂 I'm afraid it sucks but what can the average citizen do ?
@@Flackoknows Sounds like it wasn't corruption, but instead trying to find the right price, and going about it in the wrong way. And the government could hire the average citizen to do this job lol and save a fortune.
The idea is that free market open competition will get the government a better price than someone just clocking in doing the bare minimum job for a paycheck. I'm sure in some cases it's true and in others not
@@DavidPackouz Wow, can't believe it's you lol, cool! So um... can I just ask, how would it make it cheaper in any case? I mean either way wouldn't you be paying someone a percentage to be a middle man? And if that man was a government employee on salary, could you not eliminate that percentage, and therefore ALWAYS get it cheaper? I'm just curious and this is interesting =)
@@mikefufuffalo8487 you can say the same thing about any private enterprise, that it could be done by a government organization without a profit motive. This is necessary for some things, like the military, regulatory agencies, etc. But usually when large segments of the economy are run by state-owned Enterprises they become much less efficient and end up wasting lots of money. The Chinese Railway system is a great example of that
Vladd Tv a lot better.
Criminal, through and through, with very little knowledge. Isaac Newton was a Kabbalist, and actually said Kabbalah better describes the universe than science, but go on
Isaac Newton wasted the last third of his life trying to glean information from the Bible that wasn't there. Made zero progress. He should have stuck with science
Is this the way to make it? Be a criminal and talk about it? Hope not.
The beginning of this interview concentrated way too much on religion. I'm not a particularly religious person, but science is a religion as well. So not a fan of either.
Science is a much better method of gaining truth about the universe than any religion. That's why you're holding a smartphone in your hand. Science
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If I wanted to listen to an anti God speech I would have clicked on anything from a liberal.
FSJ FKB
Man you did an awful job as an interviewer. Constantly interrupting, not knowing the story, not being knowledgable on anything, while trying to show that you know someting about the subject, when 95% of what you said is false
Wow this starts off boring as sheets dude sold in the movie. Arms dealer. Don't start bibling us dude
Yo, you’re getting real bad you keep pushing the Patreon why every episode?????
How else is anyone supposed to find out about it lol are you one of those people who act shocked when someone wants to make money off their work? He’s not putting a gun up to your head to watch it
But the same scientist found the boat that Noah used. So he is so incorrect. Science keep on prove that the Bible is correct.
I'd love to see that in a scientific journal
@DavidPackouz o that's your Bible k.
Type in on your search bar where is Noah's ark located to start your journey.
Science also say 4000 years ago yhere wasn't a way to communicate do why every culture that have met have the dame flood story.
@@realname1743 I have and there isn't any evidence in any reputable scientific journal for it
@DavidPackouz I'm sorry they didn't update ur Bible but science is the religion that tires to prove that their no 1 and true God (Yaweh) but always prove I repeat always prove that their is 1 creator outside of time and space 1 intelligent been that make things possible from the impossible.
Nothing new it's what they do..old news
Christ is king
Edit: he only speaks for Jews whom all will go to hell.
Luckily, there is no hell. Or heaven for that matter
@@DavidPackouz you'll find out the hard way, which will be hilarious because it's too late then. Don't worry though, kinda like the FBI raid you'll just think damn the jig is up.