Tag: drugs

It is known that COVID-19 has caused disruptions in global supply chains. As a result, cocaine smuggling has thrived with the increased use of commercial shipping, Skuld explained.

An increase has been observed in the number of cases of illegal drugs being found onboard ships in the US, according to data provided by local correspondents to Britannia P&I Club. 

San Diego Border Patrol agents introduced their new Marine Unit after the sinking of a smuggling vessel off San Diego in May.

The International Group of P&I Clubs, ICS, BIMCO and InterManager have drawn attention to recent ship detentions and crew arrests in Mexico, especially in light of a case where illegal narcotics were found onboard and the vessel and crew were detained. 

Data by Brazilian police and customs authorities indicate a substantial increase in the number of occurrences and the amounts of cocaine interdicted in port facilities and aboard vessels, a new publication reveals. 

Following its latest Merchant Marine Notice, Panama Maritime Authority highlights the risks and concerns of drug and alcohol abuse onboard.

Standard's Club local correspondents in Columbia (A&A Multiprime) issued a circular to infrom on the precautions concerning drugs smuggling at Colombian ports.

With the maritime industry continually improving anti-narcotics operations around the world, traffickers are finding increasingly novel and ingenious ways of smuggling drugs.  Ian Short and Sam Jones, experts from Campbell Johnson Clark's London office, explore the indirect legal and commercial consequences to shipowners and charterers arising out of delays and losses caused.

The US Coast Guard reported that its inspectors are seeing a rise in the number of positive drug tests for non-credentialed mariners (fishermen) in the Arctic and Western Alaska. 

Recently, a ship had just departed a Mexican port, when two trespassers were observed throwing three packages into the water and then jumping overboard themselves. Both the packages and the trespassers were retrieved by a small craft.