This Litvinenko story keeps getting more and more bizarre – and worrisome. We know of the Chechen connections to Litvinenko and Berezovsky, and the Chechen desires and history of nuclear dirty bombs. Now it turns out that the Italian ‘consultant’ that Litvinenko met with in that Sushi bar in London is an expert on the nuclear black market and had tipped off authorities to a uranium smuggling effort not too long ago:

Prof Scaramella’s knowledge of atomic materials is clear, however. The Mail on Sunday has discovered that in June last year Italian police launched an investigation into an alleged plot to smuggle uranium into the country after being tipped off by Prof Scaramella.

He told officers that the uranium was hidden in a suitcase and had originated from an undisclosed country in the former Soviet Union. Within just 24 hours, police in Rimini made four arrests.

At the time all Prof Scaramella would say was: “I was investigating the activities of former KGB activities in San Marino <\[>a tiny independent republic near Rimini]

“I was also looking into the trafficking of arms from the former Soviet Union and possible links with Italian terrorist groups. During this I was passed a document that said there were former KGB men in San Marino looking at selling nuclear military material.

“I told the police that 10kg of uranium was hidden in a suitcase and on its way to Italy on June 2; and on June 2 the arrests were made and the uranium found. It was enriched uranium 90 per cent capable of making a small atomic bomb. Also an electronic target device was seized.”

Add one more theory to the endless theories out there. Either Scaramella was involved with some smuggling or he was the target of retribution for his role in uncovering the smuggling. I would not be surprised if the actual assassin was Litvinenko and his target was Scaramella and somehow he bungled the attack and killed himself. Whatever the outcome, the Putin role seems really far fetched at the moment.

BTW, want to know a possible source of early nuclear bombs that might use Polonium-210 triggers? Look no farther than Italy. BTW, any Polonium-210 on these long lost bombs would have been expired by now – requiring new material to restore them to their operational status (plus other items as well I am sure). More on the nuclear black market here.

Previous posts on this subject:

How To Kill A Spy
Litvenenko’s Death Staged As A Political Murder?
How To Play The Media
Litvenenko, Berezovsky & WMDs
Chechen’s Salute Fallen Comrade, Litvenenko
The Polonium Trail
Chechen’s Used Nuclear Dirty Bomb In 1995