Pakistan reviving nuclear black market, experts say - Reuters

Reuters AlertNet - Pakistan reviving nuclear black market, experts say:

"VIENNA, March 15 (Reuters) - Pakistan has developed new illicit channels to upgrade its nuclear weapons programme, despite efforts by the U.N. atomic watchdog to shut down all illegal procurement avenues, diplomats and nuclear experts said.

Western diplomats familiar with an investigation of the nuclear black market by the U.N.'s Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this news was disturbing.

While Pakistan appeared to be shopping for its own needs, the existence of some nuclear black market channels meant there were still ways for rogue states or terrorist groups to acquire technology that could be used in atomic weapons, they said."