Georgian police were skeptical
In a second meeting, he came down to about $1.5 million in U.S. bills. Pavlenishvili says smugglers usually settle below $10,000 a gram for bomb grade material. The mere existence of a typical
sponsored black-market price is a worrisome sign of the supply and demand in the illicit trading of nuclear materials.
Tonoyan suggested he had even more uranium to sell. The buyer was told to expect him in Tbilisi in early March.
Georgian police were skeptical. They have conducted dozens of operations involving smugglers promising nuclear-grade uranium or plutonium. In almost all cases, the criminals turned up with fake material.
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