The bad ship Chariot continues its voyage of war

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By Alex Lennane

20/04/2012

This one is a nice Friday story from Forbes, looking into the nefarious activities of the cargo ship, Chariot, which has been depositing arms in places such as Syria and Iran. As one forwarder recently revealed to The Loadstar, shipments of tear gas are building up in Europe as authorities show less willingness to send them to places such as Bahrain and Syria, but where there is a will, there’s a way. Especially, apparently, for Russian munitions.

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