Pennsylvania man sentenced to 70 years in prison for torturing Estonian citizen in Iraq WPXI [Video]

STROUDSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man will spend the next 70 years behind bars for torturing an Estonian citizen in Iraq in 2015.

Ross Roggio, 55, from Stroudsburg, tortured an Estonian citizen in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. He also was sentenced for the illegal export of weapons parts and related services, according to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The victim was an employee at a weapons factory that Roggio was developing in the Kurdistan region of Iraq that was intended to manufacture automatic rifles and pistols, HSI said.

“The extensive cooperation, information sharing and dedication shown by the law enforcement agencies involved in this investigation has been extraordinary,” said HSI Philadelphia acting Special Agent in Charge. “Roggio’s sentence stands as proof that the United States will investigate and prosecute those that break our laws and violate human rights regardless of where they are committed.”

HSI said Roggio arranged for Kurdish …