MSC Gayane
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Maritime
Case closed: How drug ring hid $1B worth of coke on a single ship
New details on record 2019 cocaine haul aboard MSC Gayane — which may not have been the first run — as U.S. wraps up convictions.
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Maritime
20 tons of coke = 40+ years in prison for MSC container-ship crew
Former chief mate of MSC Gayane gets seven years behind bars for lead role in massive 2019 smuggling operation.
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Container
Shipping’s billion-dollar coke bust: 8 plead guilty, sentencing begins
More than a third of the crew on the MSC Gayane smuggled cocaine in June 2019. The first prison term has just been handed down.
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Maritime
How shipping giant MSC reacted to billion-dollar cocaine bust
Twenty tons of coke was found aboard an MSC ship in 2019. MSC just revealed that it's spending $100 million more on security in response.
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Container
Legal vise tightens on MSC container-ship cocaine gang
As prosecutors rack up guilty pleas in 2019 case, more coke crosses via ship from South America to Europe in 2020.
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Maritime
Cracking the case of the containerized cocaine
New court documents shed light on a shipboard drug ring.
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Container
Port Report: Drug busts on box ships rise as does European trade
Container ships are setting new records, but for all the wrong reasons, as the vessels become an increasingly popular way to smuggle drugs. As FreightWaves’…
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Today's Pickup
Today’s Pickup: Uber Freight expands to Germany
Logistics platform launches in second European country, where the trucking industry and shippers contend with a growing driver shortage and too many empty kilometers.
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Container
MSC loses preferred customs status over cocaine bust on ship (with video)
Following a second large drug bust aboard its box-ships this year, international ocean container shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company has had its Customs Trade Partnership…
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