Tag: containers
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How Covid-19 has escalated the maritime drug trade – and what AI can do about it
Adele Berti Israeli maritime intelligence and predictive analytics company Windward is using artificial intelligence to identify and pinpoint Europe-bound vessels that might be illicitly carrying drugs for distribution in the […]
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Turkey seizes 220 kilograms of cocaine from Brazilian ship
Turkish authorities have seized 220 kilograms (485 pounds) of cocaine from a ship that arrived in the southeastern port of Mersin, Anadolu Agency (AA) said in a report late Tuesday. […]
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Drugs seized at Ambarli
Turkish police seized 228 kilograms cocaine at a port in Turkey’s most populated city Istanbul and detained nine suspects, the Istanbul Governorship Provincial Police Department announced on Tuesday. The department […]
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Dutch Customs Seize 250kg Cocaine in Five Batches at Rotterdam Port March 13-17; 8 Suspects Arrested
March 13-17: Dutch customs officials at Rotterdam Port found five different batches of cocaine from Friday to Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said in separate statements. Over 250 kilograms of […]
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Malaysian Customs Seize RM65m of Contraband Cigarettes in Two Raids at Port of Tanjung Pelepas
February 17: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department foiled attempts to smuggle in 76.4 million sticks of contraband cigarettes worth RM65.4 million in two separate raids at the Port of Tanjung […]
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Belgium Seizes Over 100m Counterfeit Cigarettes From South East Asia So Far This Year; 8 Arrested
January 20: Over a hundred million counterfeit cigarettes have been seized by customs authorities in the first weeks of January, a number which nearly shatters the record set in all […]
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Colombian Navy Seizes 1000kg of Cocaine in Gulf of Urabá
January 17: The Colombian Navy seized 1,007 kg of cocaine from a cargo ship in the Gulf of Urabá. The contraband was discovered hidden in a container bound for Antwerp […]
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Cocaine Seized After Reportedly Being Stashed On Underway Container Vessel Headed From Guayaquil
January 07: The Ecuadorian Navy has reportedly seized 88 packages of an unspecified amount of cocaine hidden in four black suitcases in a container aboard the container vessel SEALAND LOS […]
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1,300 kg of Cocaine Seized at Port of Paranagúa, Brazil
October 14: The Federal Police and Receita Federal have seized 1,300 kg of cocaine at the port of Paranagúa, Brazil. Security teams conducted searches in Porto, when they located the […]
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Customs Officials Seize Three Tonnes of Cocaine and Arrest 6 in Rotterdam
August 23: Customs officials based in Rotterdam’s port have seized two consignments of cocaine this week, totalling almost three tonnes, the public prosecution department said in a statement. The first […]
