从更广的区域角度来看，阿布哈兹地区很有可能被用作偷运核材料和从欧洲以外把核材料偷偷运入格鲁吉亚的前哨。阿塞拜疆－格鲁吉亚边界没有装置探测核材料的设备，使问题更加严重。不能排除通过阿布哈兹以及俄罗斯-格鲁吉亚边界的茨欣瓦利地区/南奥塞提亚地区非法运输放射性材料的可能性。因为在那里，俄罗斯单方面为分离区域简化签证制度。
In a wider, regional prospective, the region of Abkhazia may well be used as an outpost for smuggling nuclear materials both stored and smuggled into Georgia from outside to Europe. The situation exacerbated by the fact that the Azerbaidjani-Georgian border is nor equipped with the means of detection so that remains porous for nuclear materials. Illegal transportation of radioactive materials can not be excluded through Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Osetia sections of the Russian-Georgian border, where Russia unilaterally established the simplified visa regime for the separatist regions.