Trial of Dutch Nuclear Smuggling Suspect Postponed

The trial of a Dutch businessman accused of transferring nuclear technology to former top Pakistani nuclear scientist and proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan has been postponed as the result of a procedural issue, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Feb. 12, 2004).

Testimony in Henk Slebos’ trial was scheduled to begin yesterday. The trial was rescheduled to Oct. 19 after prosecutors requested to keep confidential the names of two Dutch secret service agents expected to testify. The court is expected to rule on the request in July, according to AP.

Slebos and an employee both face up to six years in prison in convicted of unlawfully exporting dual-use technology on five occasions between 1999 and 2002 (Associated Press, July 6).

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