Trial Begins for Suspected German Proliferator

Trial began yesterday for a German businessman suspected of delivering equipment that could be used in uranium enrichment to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Sept. 26).

The suspect, identified only as Rainer V., is charged with violating German foreign trade and weapons regulations. Authorities charge that his company, Vacom GmbH, shipped pumps, special ventilators and other “dual-use” equipment to the Khan Research laboratories then operated by Pakistani nuclear scientist and proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan.

A verdict is expected to be returned on Nov. 17, AFP reported (Agence France-Presse/Dawn, Oct. 27).

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