Guardian story is a bit more detailed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...218551,00.html
With Schengen border agreement in place now, the electronic surveilance and security is stronger. However, the human element is still a problem, especially on the Ukrainian side.
500g LEU
The BBC is also say Uranium and giving the weight as 500g, but again no indication of purity, level of enrichment (beyond Low) or any indication of where it was going.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7119172.stm
More details, names, amount, etc.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22022256/
The three men, who were arrested Wednesday in eastern Slovakia and Hungary, were trying to sell about a pound of uranium in powder form, said First Police Vice President Michal Kopcik.He said the uranium had been stashed in unspecified containers, and that investigators determined it contained 98.6 percent uranium-235. Uranium is considered weapons-grade if it contains at least 85 percent uranium-235.
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