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Cross-border trucker charged with bulk-cash smuggling of over $200,000

A Canadian cross-border trucker has been charged with bulk-cash smuggling after authorities say he attempted to smuggle 10 bags of cash over the Lewiston Bridge into Canada.

The driver, Mhamood Fadl Salih Khairi of Ontario, Canada, was charged Thursday by federal officials in the Western District of New York. The smuggling charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Khairi, 28, was arrested Wednesday at the Lewiston Bridge Port of Entry north of Buffalo, New...

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Border officers bust another truck with marijuana from Canada

Bags of marijuana seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers from a truck hauling garbage at the Canada-U.S. Border. Drug seizures at the border on the rise.

A garbage truck hauling waste from Canada became the latest commercial vehicle busted with marijuana hidden in its cargo as part of a rise in drug seizures at the U.S. border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 418 pounds of marijuana in 15 trash bags after stopping the waste hauler after it crossed the Ambassador Bridge into Detroit on June 19, officials said on Monday, June 21. 

It followed two much larger marijuana seizures involving Canadian trucks crossing the Peace...

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US border agents finding more marijuana in trucks from Canada

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection dog with a marijuana found as part of a surge of drug seizures from truck shipments coming from Canada.

When U.S. border officers inspected a Canadian truck at the Peace Bridge near Buffalo, New York, last Saturday, they found 3,100 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of peat moss. The $5 million haul, while unusually large, is part of a surge in drug seizures at the Canada-U.S. border, officials said.

Less than two weeks earlier, at the same bridge, U.S. border officers found $3 million worth of marijuana hidden in crates of coffee grounds. The drivers in both cases were arrested on federal...

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Cracking the case of the containerized cocaine

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The drug bust aboard the container-ship MSC Gayane on June 17, 2019, was spectacular in every sense: the largest drug seizure in U.S. history, over a billion dollars’ worth of cocaine, a ship operated by one of the world’s largest carriers and owned by one of America’s largest banks, a conspiracy among the crew, nighttime liaisons off the South American coast, a globe-spanning trafficking network … it sounded like a maritime version of “Scarface.”

A year later, the saga continues to unfold.

The...

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FreightWaves Flashback 1982: Customs agents go after containerized contraband

The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each Friday, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

The following is an excerpt from the May 1982 edition of The Jacksonville Seafarer.

Customs agents go after containerized contraband

Shippers and ocean carriers aren’t the only ones who are...

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BIMCO Underlines Piracy Ransom As Major 2020 Maritime Security Risk!

The future maritime security agenda at sea is likely to be dominated by the same three major issues as in 2019: Nigerian piracy, conflict around the Persian Gulf and large-scale drug smuggling. Resolution of any in 2020 seems unlikely, writes Jakob P. Larsen, BIMCO’s Head of Security in an article published on their website.

Turn-around in Nigeria?

In 2020, BIMCO will continue to press Nigeria and the international community to act decisively against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The problem...

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