The government investigation report, together with additional disclosures in the court docket of Kavaja and other recently sentenced crew, provide more answers. How did the conspirators know exactly which containers to hide the cocaine in so drugs would not be unloaded in the wrong port? And was the drug operation that got busted preceded by one that worked? How was that much cocaine - the weight equivalent of three fully grown male African elephants - sneaked onto one ship when it was underway at sea, not berthed in port? Given the inherently close quarters of shipboard accommodations, how did more of the crew, and for that matter, the captain, not know what was going on? Kavaja’s court docket included a particularly valuable filing: an unsealed government investigation report that paints the most detailed picture yet of how the audacious smuggling operation worked.Įver since the record-breaking drug bust on June 17, 2019, industry insiders speaking to American Shipper have marveled at the scale of the smuggling operation and wondered aloud how it was carried out. The last defendant, Alexsandar Kavaja, was sentenced Tuesday. More than two years after a record 20 tons of cocaine worth $1 billion was found aboard the ship when it docked in Philadelphia, eight seafarers have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. prosecution of crewmembers of the container ship MSC Gayane is finally over. The Forum at FreightWaves LIVE (Fall 2019).Podcasts: FreightWaves FreightCasts Network.
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