U.S. District Court: Uranium Enrichment

George Venizelos Dept: Three of the men have been arrested while the fourth is in being sought to face charges described in court papers in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, according to Montreal Gazette. "Whether motivated by greed or otherwise, these defendants allegedly violated the law, including by arranging for the export of carbon fiber that can be used in uranium enrichment," said George Venizelos, head of the New York FBI office and nEW YORK, N.Y. - Four men have been charged with arranging shipments to China and Iran of weapons materials or a substance that can be used in uranium enrichment, officials announced Wednesday after indictments containing the charges were unsealed. Those charges include allegations that they broke embargo and export laws, with two of them accused of arranging to send a shipment of carbon fiber to Iran, where U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said it "most assuredly had the potential to end up in the wrong hands." Authorities said carbon fiber can be used in gas centrifuges that enrich uranium and in military aircraft and strategic missiles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.