Fake Bomb Detectors

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  Pakistan's Bogus Bomb-Detectors In Business Despite Global Scandal

  With radio-like antennae meant to swivel and point at vehicles carrying bombs, "magic wand" explosive detectors proliferated throughout conflict zones in the 2000s until they were exposed as a global scam.

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  Iraq Finally Bans Fake Bomb Detectors After Blast

  For nearly a decade, anyone driving through one of Baghdad's many checkpoints was subjected to a search by a soldier pointing a security wand at their vehicle and watching the device intently to see if its antenna moved. If it pointed at the car, it had supposedly detected a possible bomb.

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  Pressure Mounts On Thai Junta Over Fake Bomb Detectors

  Activists today urged Britain to hand over details of the multi-million-dollar sale to Thailand of fake bomb detectors that led to the detention of scores of innocent people.

• Iraq still using phony bomb detectors at checkpoints

  A policeman in Baghdad knows the bomb detector he uses is fake, and will do virtually nothing to save anyone's life, but he has his orders.

• British millionaire guilty of selling fake bomb detectors

  A British millionaire is facing jail after he was convicted on Tuesday of selling fake bomb detectors to Iraq and other countries.