European uranium smugglers caught

30 November 2007

[Bloomberg, 29 November] Three people have been arrested in central Europe for smuggling uranium. Two were seized in Slovakia and one in Hungary after a joint operation by the two countries lasting several months. Two were Hungarian citizens, the other Ukrainian. Slovak deputy police president Michal Kopcik told a press conference that the powdered uranium material amounted to less than half a kilogram (1.1 lb). Kopcik said the gang was trying to sell the uranium powder for $3500 per gram.

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