DATE= 10/30/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-221930 TITLE=GERMANY / LIBYA (S ONLY) BYLINE=KYLE KING DATELINE=BONN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A GERMAN COURT HAS SENTENCED TWO BUSINESSMEN TO JAIL FOR PROVIDING LIBYA WITH EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE USED TO MAKE CHEMICAL WEAPONS. V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS FROM BONN. TEXT: THE TWO GERMAN BUSINESSMEN HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH VIOLATING WEAPONS EXPORT LAWS. BUT PROSECUTORS AGREED TO REDUCE THE CHARGES AFTER THE TWO CONFESSED THEIR ROLE IN THE ILLEGAL TRANSACTIONS. THE MEN -- 55-YEAR-OLD DETLEV CRUSIUS AND 49-YEAR-OLD UDO BUCZKOWSKI -- WERE CONVICTED OF VIOLATING GERMAN TRADE LAWS. CRUSIUS WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR-YEARS AND THREE-MONTHS, AND BUCZKOWSKI WAS SENTENCED TO THREE-AND-ONE-HALF YEARS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE TWO SUPPLIED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO LIBYA FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS BETWEEN 1990 AND 1993. THE EQUIPMENT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO LIBYA THROUGH BELGIAN COMPANIES. GERMAN AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PREVENT SUCH TRANSACTIONS SINCE THE LATE 1980'S, WHEN GERMAN FIRMS WERE ACCUSED OF HELPING LIBYA EQUIP A CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACTORY. (SIGNED) NEB/KBK/JWH/RAE 30-Oct-97 9:10 AM EST (1410 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America
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