MSC risks mega ship seizure over carrying 20 tons of cocaine

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MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company (MSC) is facing ongoing fallout from multiple drug smuggling cases that occurred three years ago, reports New York’s FreightWaves. The US government is pursuing MSC for US$700 million in penalties and could move forward with a forfeiture case against the 10,776-TEU MSC Gayane. Over 20 tons of cocaine worth $1 billion were found in containers aboard the MSC Gayane in June 2019 when it called in Philadelphia. It marked the largest cocaine seizure in US history. Also...

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