Germany found involved in smuggling nuclear equipment to Iran

Germany found involved in smuggling nuclear equipment to Iran

An illegal network to smuggle nuclear equipment from Russia to Iran has been arrested in Germany. Investigators say that it goes about shipments in the sum of 150 million dollars – the tip of the iceberg. A Berlin-based company Vero Handels GmbH making electric and chemical household goods was used as a cover up for the network. German companies found an escape clause: they disguised their links with Iran under cooperation with Russian enterprises. The smugglers used the fact that Russian laws do not restrict commercial relations with Iran