Nuclear Materials Smuggling

Summary

According to published reports, Libya paid at least $100 million in the black market to Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan for nuclear weapons equipment and expertise.¹

The $100 million figure only applies to the amount that Libya paid, and does not include other possible sales to North Korea and Iran.

Market Value:
$100 Million

Source:   Matt Kelly, " Nuclear weapons parts cost Libya $100 million," San Diego Union-Tribune, March 16, 2004, and
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, " Issue Brief: Non-Proliferation, A.Q. Khan Nuclear Chronology," Vol. VIII. No. 8, September 7, 2005, http://www.carnegieendowment.org
/static/npp/Khan_Chronology.pdf (accessed: February  17, 2007).