Imagine that. After hooking up with the FBI, they, too, could foil set-up "terrorist plots.""You can make a dirty bomb, which would be perfect for the Islamic State," the smuggler said. "If you have a connection with them, the business will go smoothly."
But the smuggler, Valentin Grossu, wasn't sure the client was for real — and he was right to worry. The client was an informant, and it took some 20 meetings to persuade Grossu that he was an authentic Islamic State representative. Eventually, the two men exchanged cash for a sample in a sting operation that landed Grossu in jail.
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The previously unpublicized case is one of at least four attempts in five years in which criminal networks with suspected Russian ties sought to sell radioactive material to extremists through Moldova, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.
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The sting operations involved a partnership between the FBI and a small group of Moldovan investigators, who over five years went from near total ignorance of the black market to wrapping up four sting operations.
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway."We can expect more of these cases," said Constantin Malic, one of the Moldovan investigators.No doubt.
No doubt.The FBI declined to comment.
No doubt. No doubt.The White House and the U.S. State Department would not comment on the specifics of the cases.
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