Georgia: Six caught trying to sell $200 million in uranium

Arutz Sheva ^ | 19/4/16 | Matt Wanderman

[Eleutheria5]

Authorities in the former Soviet state of Georgia have arrested six people for trying to sell $200 million worth of uranium, Reuters reports.

"Officers of Georgia's State Security Service detained three citizens of Armenia and three citizens of Georgia," Savle Motiashvili, a security service investigator, told reporters. "The members of the group were planning to sell the nuclear material, uranium-238, for $200 million when they were detained."

He did not elaborate on the origin of the uranium nor whether there was an intended purchaser.

The six suspects could receive up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

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Georgia has seen several instances of people trying to sell radioactive material since the fall of the Soviet Union. The most high-profile case occurred in 2006, when a man attempted to sell weapons-grade uranium to radical Islamists for a million dollars. He was caught and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison.

[bert]

yep..... thanks for the correction

although small, they are extremely heavy

[PLMerite]

Why did I see that headline and immediately think:

[Trumpinator]

Did the article state ‘weapons grade uranium”? Uranium-238 (238U or U-238) is the most common isotope of uranium found in nature. It is not fissil.....

[Trumpinator]

This is not weapons grade uranium.

[Moltke]

Quite a lot, as it’s surprisingly affordable on the energy market, actually!

http://www.uranium.info/uranium_as_nuclear_fuel.php

Now on the black market, I haven’t the faintest idea.

[ColdOne]

The world will be on fire soon. Thanks teamobama/soros. :( I see the other day when it was announced we where closing most our military bases by 2019 Iran had a military parade with its new S-300 missiles.