Tag: drugs

According to NorthStandard, P&I Services Mexico informs that as of July 2024, there has been a sudden increase of narcotics related incidents in Mexican West Coast Ports.

West P&I Club's Correspondent, A&A Multiprime Corp, has released its 2024 Colombia Drug Smuggling Report, offering a thorough analysis of the shifting challenges encountered by authorities and the maritime industry in their efforts to combat narcotics trafficking.

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has published an updated information paper that provides guidance on how to manage the risks and potentially serious impacts associated with the use of drugs and alcohol in relation to marine operations.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) explores in their latest Leadership Insights newsletter story, how the maritime industry takes action against drug smuggling onboard. 

On 24 January, the Commission, together with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, launched the European Ports Alliance and its Public-Private Partnership to step up the fight against drug trafficking and organised crime in EU ports.

On 9 January, BIMCO, INTERPORTPOLICE, INTERMANAGER, the World Shipping Council and Northeast Maritime Institute held a conference in Houston to discuss the rise in drug smuggling using ships and the abuse of seafarers. 

Britannia published a circular from Brazil P&I, which highlights that the modus operandi of drug traffickers is almost the same in different ports. Especially, drug traffickers use Brazil for its strategic location in South America, wide coastline, and many ports to transport illegal narcotics to European, North American, and other markets.

Irish military forces raided the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier M/V Matthew on 26th September and discovered a huge quantity of drugs.

According to Australian Border Force (ABF), more than 200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the hull of a cargo ship has been seized in Melbourne. 

Operation TIN CAN, a joint operation involving customs, police, and other agencies, successfully cracked down organized crime efforts that exploit the container supply chain to smuggle drugs.