Erwin Meister is a

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businessman who, with his partner

Edwin Bollier Edwin Bollier and his partner, Erwin Meister, founded Mebo Telecommunications AG in Zürich, Switzerland in 1969. The firm has traded in a variety of electronic and telecommunication equipment as well as acting as consultants in the construction ...

, formed the company

Mebo Telecommunications Mebo Telecommunications AG (formed in 1969 and registered in Zürich on 24 March 1971) is owned by Swiss businessmen Erwin Meister and Edwin Bollier. Radio Nordsee International – the ''Mebo I'' and ''II'' Mebo bought two vessels in 1969: '' ...

in 1969. They bought a Norwegian freighter, renamed it ''

Mebo II The Mebo II was originally the Dutch freighter, "Silvretta", built in 1948 by De Groot en van Vliet, Slikkerveer. It had a weight of 630 tons and a length of 186 feet. In 1969, it was bought by Edwin Bollier and Erwin Meister, renamed and converte ...

'', and converted it into an

offshore radio Offshore radio is radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures. Offshore broadcasters are usually unlicensed but transmissions are legal in international waters. This is in contrast to unlicensed broadcasting on land or within a nat ...

station.

Radio North Sea

'' operated off the coasts of the

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and

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from 1970 to 1974, when it broadcast as ''

Radio North Sea International Radio North Sea International (RNI; ; ) was a European offshore radio station run by the Swiss firm Mebo Telecommunications, jointly owned by Swiss engineer Edwin Bollier and his business partner, Erwin Meister.. The company, registered in Switz ...

'' (RNI). After both countries having enacted legislation outlawing the supply of

stations, Meister and Bollier leased the RNI vessel to

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in 1977.

Lockerbie bombing

Because a Mebo timing device was alleged to have been used to trigger the bomb that destroyed

Pan Am Flight 103 Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. The transatlantic leg of the route was operated by ''Clipper Maid of the Seas'', a Boeing ...

over

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on 21 December 1988 killing 270 people, Erwin Meister was summoned to give evidence in week 8 of the

Lockerbie trial The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial began on 3 May 2000, 11 years, 4 months and 13 days after the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December 1988. The 36-week bench trial took place at a specially convened Scottish Court in the Netherlands set ...

.Meister and Bollier testify at the Lockerbie trial
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Radio North Sea

Lockerbie bombing

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