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2012-01-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran renaming ships to circumvent arms, nuclear sanctions

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Posted by trailing wife 2012-01-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Liberia + Antigua - sniff, sniff, NO LOVE FOR CYPRESS OR VANUATU???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-31 00:08|| 2012-01-31 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 And this from Rooters--using the tactics of the cartels, they will be using Swift or Dole containers from South America to a terrorist near you:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/30/iran-smuggling-idUSL5E8CU42820120130

STOCKHOLM Jan 30 (Reuters) - Iranian traffickers, trying to dodge an embargo imposed by Western nations over Iran's nuclear programme, are smuggling weapons on container ships owned by firms from the countries that imposed the sanctions, a think-tank said on Monday. Before 2008, when the United Nations toughened arms embargoes on Iran, the majority of arms and dual-use goods shipments to and from Iran were being transported aboard Iranian ships, or ships chartered by Iranian companies, it said.
"By using respectable mainstream European shipping companies in countries such as Germany and France, they make them their unwitting accomplices," said Hugh Griffiths, a researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Container shipping companies generally cannot verify the cargo they transport in the sealed containers..."What has been seized and is in our report is just the tip of the iceberg," said Griffiths.
"Like the Colombian cocaine cartels, they have in recent years come under increased pressure from a legal framework that allows their cargoes to be seized. So they have started to use ships which have no suspect profile," said Griffiths.
SIPRI said governments should discuss with the shipping industry ways of tackling the growing use of container shipping for smuggling.
"We suggest there should be more information sharing between the shipping industry and governments, because the shipping industry has a lot of valuable and currently untapped information - particularly ship security officers and the captains of certain ships," Griffiths said.

Posted by Omoluque Hapsburg8162 2012-01-31 12:26|| 2012-01-31 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 And Cyprus actually maintains one of the biggest ship registries in Eurupe, so that's no minor loophole.

Posted by American Delight 2012-01-31 17:05|| http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/ 2012-01-31 17:05|| Front Page Top

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