Mafia clan accused of trafficking nuclear waste and trying to make plutonium

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2186654,00.html

From cocaine to plutonium: mafia clan accused of trafficking nuclear waste

Tom Kington in Rome
Tuesday October 9, 2007
The Guardian

Authorities in Italy are investigating a mafia clan accused of trafficking nuclear waste and trying to make plutonium.

The 'Ndrangheta mafia, which gained notoriety in August for its blood feud killings of six men in Germany, is alleged to have made illegal shipments of radioactive waste to Somalia, as well as seeking the "clandestine production" of other nuclear material.

Two of the Calabrian clan's members are being investigated, along with eight former employees of the state energy research agency Enea.

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Shipments to Somalia, where the waste was buried after buying off local politicians, continued into the 1990s, while the mob also became adept at blowing up shiploads of waste, including radioactive hospital waste, and sending them to the sea bed off the Calabrian coast, the turncoat told investigators. Although he made no mention of attempted plutonium production, Il Giornale newspaper wrote that the mobsters may have planned to sell it to foreign governments.

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[BeFree]

1. No sweat

We have been assured that nuke waste is safe. I read it right here on DU!

[Kolesar]

2. "What I didn't find in Africa"

Where's Joe Wilson when you need him?