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T & L Report * Sweden - Shipping now a key means of moving illegal weapons
Container shipping is used to transport weapons
(Photo: Pirates Approaching Container Ship)
Stockholm,Sweden -Eye for Transport (UK) -Feb 3, 2012: -- Container shipping is regularly used to channel weapons by Iran and other countries embargoed by the United Nations, as well as 'non-state actors', according to a report just published by the Swedish research institute the 'Stockholm International Peace Research Institute' (SIPRI)... The study was based on substantial data collected by SIPRI which is supported by the Swedish Government. The report found that states such Iran and North Korea have learnt from the methods used by drug smugglers to move large quantities of illegal cargo at low cost and with a fairly low chance of being caught... This method of moving weapons around the world is also being used by a variety of terrorist organisations... Admittedly, the report found that the largest single means of movement of such cargoes was the use of older vessels under 'flags of convenience.' However, it appears that ships owned by German, Greek and US companies were also prominent in carrying illegal loads; companies that included some of the world's largest container lines... SIPRI identifies ports as being the key "choke points" where containers can be monitored for illegal cargoes. However this suggestion appears similar to those made by the US Government in its attempts to screen for radioactive materials which might be used by terrorists...
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