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Drug Cartels Continue To Pose Threat To Seafarers

31 March 2023

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Cocaine production in Colombia has exploded and drug cartels continue to target and abuse innocent seafarers and their ships for nefarious activities. The drug cartels have become more prone to resort to violence to expand and protect their criminal enterprises.

Largest Producer

Colombia remains the world’s largest cocaine producer. When the former guerrilla President Petro stopped coca eradication and law enforcement operations in ELN and FARC-controlled coca growing...

https://mfame.guru/drug-cartels-continue-to-pose-threat-to-seafarers/

55 Kilos Of Cocaine Were Found Stashed Sailing Through Gibraltar

11 March 2023

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The massive quantity of illegal drugs with a street value of almost €3 million was extracted from beneath the ship’s hull with the assistance of a local diving business by Gibraltar Customs agents, as reported by Olive Press.

Cocaine smuggling

They discovered the two sizable bundles in the “sea chest” of the “Star Majesty” after learning about the attempted cocaine smuggling.

It is the second discovery of its kind in Gibraltar waters this year.

The crew was then...

https://mfame.guru/55-kilos-of-cocaine-were-found-stashed-sailing-through-gibraltar/

55 Kilos Of Cocaine Were Found Stashed Sailing Through Gibraltar

11 March 2023

Credit: Colin Davis/Unsplash

Cocaine smuggling

They discovered the two sizable bundles in the “sea chest” of the “Star Majesty” after learning about the attempted cocaine smuggling.

It is the second discovery of its kind in Gibraltar waters this year.

The crew was then...

https://mfame.guru/55-kilos-of-cocaine-were-found-stashed-sailing-through-gibraltar/

France to drop travel tests…

9 February 2022

France to drop travel tests…

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de MonacoGood Morning Monaco

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

France to drop travel test requirement
Europe minister Clément Beaune told the France 2 television channel on Tuesday that negative test requirements for vaccinated travellers from outside the EU will soon be dropped…

Superyacht Academy starts soon at YCM
The prestigious La Belle Classe Academy at the Yacht Club de Monaco is preparing to host the world’s first...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/09/france-to-drop-travel-tests/

Truckers using cocaine more than marijuana, study finds

11 January 2022

A new study reveals that the U.S. Department of Transportation may be underreporting cocaine abuse by truck drivers, a finding that could put more pressure on federal regulators to allow hair testing as an alternative to urine testing for preemployment drug screening by trucking companies.

Because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse does not allow hair test results to be included in the database, DOT “is seriously underreporting the actual use of harder...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-using-cocaine-more-than-marijuana-study-finds

Viewpoint: Clearinghouse queries come due

4 January 2022

In late December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reminded employers that they must conduct an annual query of the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse for all of their commercial driver’s license-holding employees on a rolling 12-month basis. With the bulk of these annual queries coming due in December, the FMCSA’s outreach was a timely reminder that carriers needed to prioritize conducting these queries before the end of the year.

In the latest report on Clearinghouse data...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-clearinghouse-queries-come-due

One more coronavirus death; new record case numbers…

24 December 2021

One more coronavirus death; new record case numbers…

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Friday, December 24, 2021

One more coronavirus death; record new infections
A Monaco resident, 77, has died of coronavirus, the Monaco Government announced on Thursday evening, taking the total since the start of the pandemic to 38.

Prince Albert and children to visit Princess Charlene
Princess Charlene of Monaco will be visited by her two children and her husband,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/24/one-more-coronavirus-death-new-record-case-numbers/

How the ‘cocaine-collectors’ retrieve smuggled drugs in Rotterdam

7 December 2021

Claims that the Dutch container gateway of Rotterdam has become a hub for European imports of cocaine and other illicit drugs will come as no surprise to anyone who works in the sector. But how it actually works in practice, with gangs of so-called collectors climbing over the port’s box terminals’ fences and breaking into containers holding contraband, is vividly described in this in-depth BBC report. It also details the …

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https://theloadstar.com/how-the-cocaine-collectors-retrieve-smuggled-drugs-in-rotterdam/

Around 500kg of cocaine found in containers at Belgian port

30 September 2021

Belgian Police and Customs officers were in for a treasure trove last week, when they discovered about 500kg of cocaine stashed in containers carrying printing paper in the port of Ghent.

Teaming up with the Belgian and Dutch Customs, as well as the Shipping Police, the Federal Judicial Police in East Flanders ran a thorough inspection of a fruit juice boat from Santos, Brazil. The boat had reportedly docked on 21 September.

“12 containers with printing paper were unloaded and fully searched,”...

https://container-news.com/around-500kg-of-cocaine-found-in-containers-at-belgian-port/