Teenager, 2 men referred to prosecutors over online uranium trade

Police referred a 17-year-old high school student and two men to prosecutors on Tuesday over their alleged involvement in the online trading of uranium in violation of Japanese law regulating nuclear materials.The male teenager from Tokyo and a 61-year-old pharmacist in Ibaraki Prefecture are suspected of purchasing the chemicals from a 24-year-old temporary worker in Nagano Prefecture on an online auction site between October 2017 and January 2018, the Metropolitan Police Department said.The purchasers paid between 5,000 yen ($46) and 30,000 yen for uranium substances that emitted minute a…READ FULL ARTICLE