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Georgia Arrests Two Foreigners Trying to Purchase Uranium
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Asharq AL-awsatGeorgia arrests two foreigners trying to purchase uranium
TBILISI, Feb 19 - Georgia has detained two people who attempted to purchase $3 million worth of uranium and a cache of a radioactive isotope found in nuclear weapons testing programmes, the national security service said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
This is reported by Reuters with reference to the country's National Security Service. It is noted that foreigners from unspecified countries were detained in the city of Kutaisi. They planned to illegally acquire nuclear material uranium and the radioactive substance cesium-137 for $3 million and illegally transport it to the territory of another country,” the National Security Service said.The department also informed that in recent weeks othe…
Georgia arrests 29 in Anti-Corruption and Nuclear Trafficking
As a result of several actions conducted by the State Security Service (SSS) in different regions of Georgia in the last day and a half, 29 persons were arrested and charged in 13 different criminal cases. As a result of processing operational information, in an attempt to purchase nuclear and radioactive substances, two foreign citizens were arrested in Kutaisi, who planned to purchase Uranium and radioactive substance Cesium 137 for three mill…
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