News Article - U.S. Department of State Press Release: Moldova

[1LT J. N. Lee]

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U.S. Department of State
April 23rd, 2024

Press Release: Smuggling of Radioactive Material in Moldova

The FBI, along with its U.S. government partners, is committed to countering the threat of nuclear smuggling and ensuring that terrorist groups who may seek to acquire these materials are never able to do so. The FBI and Moldovan authorities have worked closely to combat this threat for a number of years. These efforts included investigative and technical assistance, as well as capacity-building programs with our U.S. government partners, to enhance the Republic of Moldova’s ability to detect, investigate, and prosecute nuclear and radiological smuggling.

In the summer of 2013 and spring of 2015, the FBI supported two joint investigations targeting WMD trafficking in Moldova. These operations targeted two separate networks that were smuggling allegedly radioactive material into Moldova; the operations resulted in arrests by Moldovan Police in June 2013 and March 2015. Depleted and natural uranium were seized in April 2013, and 2.7 kilograms of highly enriched uranium 235 , was seized in February 2015.


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