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Shipping’s secret trade: the problem

Listen to the latest edition of the Lloyd’s List weekly podcast — your free weekly briefing on the stories shaping shipping

Lloyd’s List news reporter Joshua Minchin speaks to several frontline experts on how they tackle smuggling, whether it be illegal narcotics or wildlife

 

THINK of a product carried by sea, and the most likely things to come to mind are consumer goods, iron ore, coal, or perhaps even bauxite.

But billions of dollars’ worth of illegal narcotics and thousands of species of animal are carried on cargo and containerships every year and smuggled through the world’s biggest ports, particularly in Europe.

Before analysing how shipping can get a grip on this secret trade, Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin spoke to several experts leading the fight against smuggling to understand just how big of a problem smuggling is in our industry.

Hear how cartels smuggle consignments of rhino horn by the container load and even threaten crew to force them into transporting kilos of cocaine.

Joining Joshua on the podcast are:

  • Joe Kramek, chief executive, World Shipping Council

  • Bob Van den Berghe, deputy head PCCP, UN Office on Drugs and Crime

  • Niels Vanlaer, harbour master at the port of Antwerp-Bruges

  • Robert Campbell, programme director, United for Wildlife

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