FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) Sierra Leone says a man who has been charged in the U.S. with brokering a uranium deal intended for Iran is in fact not a citizen of the West African country and was traveling on a fake passport.
Sierra Leone's information ministry announced late Wednesdaythat the passport Patrick Campbell was arrested with had been issued in 2004 "through very dubious means."
Officials say Campbell is not a Sierra Leonean citizen but "an apparent common criminal using a false name."
They said their investigation revealed he first boarded for the journey in Nigeria, not in Sierra Leone.
The 33-year-old man was arrested last week in New York and is accused of traveling to the U.S. with a sample of uranium hidden in the soles of his shoes in his luggage.
