Tag: arms trafficking

  • Tanker Suspected Of Arms Trafficking in Gulf of Aden

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    March 17: Djibouti Security Service suspects oil products tanker RED SEA 1 (IMO #9081071) of arms trafficking in the Gulf of Aden, claiming that the ship is tampering with her tracking […]

  • $13m Worth of Weapons Smuggled Through Djibouti Port Seized in Ethiopia; 24 Suspects Arrested

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    March 11: Intelligence officials have told state-owned Ethiopian TV that a “container full of illegal firearms” that entered the country through the port of Djibouti has been seized. Officials are […]

  • Italy Arrests Captain of Vehicles Carrier Over Alleged Libya Arms Trafficking

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    February 21: Italian authorities have arrested the captain of a Lebanese-flagged vehicles carrier ship which was seized in the port of Genoa on suspicion of trafficking arms to Libya, including […]

  • Four Firearms Seized From Yacht and French National Arrested in Bizerte, Tunisia

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    October 29: Customs authorities detained a French national after uncovering four firearms [three pistols and a revolver] and their ammunition, during a routine search of his yacht in waters off […]

  • Yemen: Iranian arms confirmed?

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    More evidence of Iranian involvement in Yemen arms smuggling. Arms Seized Off Coast of Yemen Appear to Have Been Made in Iran By C. J. CHIVERS and ERIC SCHMITT Photographs […]

  • Weapons smugglers nabbed

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    Second interception in as many days. Arab coalition intercepts boats carrying weapons to Yemen Aden — Arab coalition helicopters and naval units intercepted two boats off the port of Salif, […]

  • Buhari decries piracy, arms smuggling

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    Regional maritime crime still a major issue. Buhari decries arms trafficking, piracy in ECOWAS region By: Egena Egena President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, said that the Economic Community of West […]

  • Concern over UK maritime surveillance

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    Local MP expresses frustration. Home Office decision to end UK maritime surveillance at Bournemouth Airport is “mad”, says MP Toby Wadey CUTS to the UK’s maritime surveillance capability, which targets […]

  • HMAS Melbourne in drugs bust

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    Continued success for Combined Maritime Forces. HMAS Melbourne uncovers illicit drugs and weapons during raid Ian McPhedran THE navy warship HMAS Melbourne picked up where HMAS Newcastle left off in […]

  • Deadly arms found on ship

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    Raid on ship at port produces significant finds. Deadly arms found on ship seized in Mombasa An AK-47 rifle and a machine gun are among the more than 30 firearms […]

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