Attempts to smuggle nuclear weapons into the Middle East
OCTOBER 7TH, 2015
WASHINGTON BBC:
Police foiled in Moldova, in cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, four attempts to smuggle nuclear material to extremists in the Middle East over the past five years, according to reports.
The most recent attempts in February when he offered to clients undercover large amount of radioactive cesium, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Investigators say there is a belief that a lot of this material comes from Russia.
They pointed out that some gangs claiming the existence of relations with intelligence agencies Russian.
According to The Associated Press that it obtained information from the police judicial authorities in Moldova confirms the seriousness of the black market of nuclear material.
The police and judicial authorities that the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West make it more difficult to know whether the smugglers have succeeded in selling radioactive material coming from Russia to the outside it.
It is noteworthy that Moldova is one of the republics of the Union Former Soviet.
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OCTOBER 7TH, 2015
WASHINGTON BBC:
Police foiled in Moldova, in cooperation with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, four attempts to smuggle nuclear material to extremists in the Middle East over the past five years, according to reports.
The most recent attempts in February when he offered to clients undercover large amount of radioactive cesium, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Investigators say there is a belief that a lot of this material comes from Russia.
They pointed out that some gangs claiming the existence of relations with intelligence agencies Russian.
According to The Associated Press that it obtained information from the police judicial authorities in Moldova confirms the seriousness of the black market of nuclear material.
The police and judicial authorities that the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West make it more difficult to know whether the smugglers have succeeded in selling radioactive material coming from Russia to the outside it.
It is noteworthy that Moldova is one of the republics of the Union Former Soviet.
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