200lbs of cocaine – an aristocrat sugar trader’s nightmare

This article introduced us to a new freight phrase: “rip-off modality”. This is defined as a genuine shipment that has been tampered with by criminals to conceal contraband, without the knowledge of cargo owners, forwarder or carrier. It is thought that describes 90kg of cocaine found in a container at the Kenyan port of Mombasa, which was unloaded from an MSC vessel from Santos, Brazil’s major gateway, which has seen six times as much cocaine seized by authorities this year ...