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US blacklists father and son over alleged nuclear racket

US blacklists father and son over alleged nuclear racket
The Guardian, Ian Traynor, 13 January 2009

Two British businessmen, a father and son, were yesterday blacklisted by the US government for their alleged involvement in the world’s worst illicit nuclear proliferation racket.

Peter Griffin, a 73-year-old believed to be living in the south of France, and his son, Paul, 44, were among 13 individuals and three companies named by the US state department and treasury for involvement in the nuclear smuggling network headed by the disgraced Pakistani metallurgist, Abdul Qadeer Khan.

The Khan network supplied much of the technology and knowhow for Iran’s clandestine nuclear projects which were discovered in 2003, triggering a major, inconclusive, international crisis that looks like being one of the toughest problems confronting the incoming Obama administration………………The Griffins were joined on the blacklist by several other engineers and businessmen from Germany, Switzerland, and South Africa, as well as Sri Lanka, Turkey and the Middle East, where Khan’s network was based in Dubai. Several of those named have been jailed.

US blacklists father and son over alleged nuclear racket | World news | The Guardian

January 13, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive, uranium