Advanced Nuclear Blueprints Smuggling
There is a possibility that advanced nuclear blueprints were smuggled and sold to terrorist organizations or "treacherous regimes", according to a report by The Washington Post.
Fast Facts
- Smuggling ring headed up by Abdul Qadeer Khan
- Drawings discovered on computer in 2006
- Computer belonged to a Swiss businessman
- Designs included plans for a compact nuclear device
- Could be used on a ballistic missile
- Electronic information destroyed by Swiss government
- Report to be issued by the United Nations' IAEA
Background
The smuggling group operated out of Pakistan. The ringleader, Abdul Qadeer Khan remains under house arrest for selling secrets to Libya, North Korea and Iran. He was pardoned by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in 2004.
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