September 10, 2004
By Graeme Hosken
Pretoria: The noose is beginning to tighten around a nuclear black market network as international law enforcement authorities close in on scores of engineers and scientists suspected of being involved in the illegal sale of nuclear materials.
Hours before Wednesday's arrest of Gauteng engineer businessmen Gerhard Wisser, 65, and Daniel Geiges, 66, police in the US, Germany, UK, Libya and Pakistan swooped on several businesses, seizing hundreds of documents and computers, in their countries.
The confiscated items are believed to contain vital information about the nuclear black market network allegedly run by Pakistani scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan.
The network is believed to be responsible for supplying materials used in the illegal manufacturing of nuclear devices, including weapons, by rogue nations such as Iran and North Korea.
Geiges also works for KischEngineering. Meyer, who was arrested on September 2, was charged with contravening the South African Nuclear Energy Act and the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Treaty.
http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=2219563SCORES OF ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE ILLEGAL SALE OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS