[SOURCE: POLICE REPORT AND DETECTIVE RATHAUSKY'S INVESTIGATION] Sometime after the arrests in the Landshut case, German undercover cops contact Alexander Scherbinin, the Russian who had smuggled the uranium from Eduard Baranov into Prague. They tell him that they have a buyer who wants 5 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) a month. Scherbinin tells this to his Russian contacts, who say they can supply 40 kilograms in a short time and up to one ton over a longer time. Scherbinin and the Czech who accompanied him from Moscow begin moving stuff around. First they take the uranium to the Czech Transport offices, then they hide it in heavy brush in a field outside Prague. Later, they bring it back into the city and put it in a bank vault. Negotiations continue with the German undercover cops who are posing as middlemen but nothing develops. Then, in early December, Dr. Vagner calls Scherbinin and tells him he has an Austrian buyer. Later events indicate that this buyer was most likely another undercover cop. They meet at a bank in Venceslas Square in Prague and he shows them "5 million US dollars" from his safe deposit box. Scherbinin later goes to his bank vault and takes the HEU containers out. Maps  ·  Timeline  ·  Interviews  ·  FAQS  ·  Links Readings  ·  Reactions  ·  Tapes and Transcripts Explore FRONTLINE web site copyright 1995-2008 WGBH educational foundation