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USCG published a new Marine Safety Advisory to restate and reemphasize the importance of a properly administered and applied random chemical testing program to prevent drug misuse as a causative factor in marine casualties.

UK P&I Club suggests precautions to be taken when visiting Colombia

Three Colombian citizens pleaded guilty for conspiring to transport more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine on board "go-fast boats" from the north coast of Colombia

In the last four years the traffic of heroin destined to Europe and North Africa has shifted dramatically from the northern routes to the southern maritime routes

The Skuld P&I Club has issued an advisory regarding drug smuggling issues in South America

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active seized an estimated 2,300 pounds of cocaine, worth approximately $37 million, in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean some 140 miles off the coast of Panama late last month

The 5 smugglers of the vessel await detention Crew members of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter have unloaded around 7.5 tons of cocaine from a submarine-like vessel off of the Caribbean coast of Honduras. The drugs, worth around $180 million, were unloaded on Tuesday into Miami Beach, Florida.The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs had located the semi-submersible craft in mid-July near Honduras and Nicaragua, and detained the five members of the drug smuggling sub. The crew had managed to sink the craft before authorities could investigate, and it wasnt until this week that the Coast Guard had located the vessel 50-ft beneath the surface using sonar equipment after a 2-week long search.The 5 smugglers of the vessel currently await detention hearings in Tampa federal court on multiple drug charges.Source: Maritime Executive