🇵🇱The Polish flag has become a cover for ships transporting drugs from South America across the Atlantic, the Financial Times reports.
Drug traffickers are taking advantage of a legal loophole that gives Polish ships "effective immunity" from arrest in international waters, said Julien Garsanni, a spokesman for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
"When other countries see a ship flying a Polish flag and suspect it is involved in drug trafficking, they essentially have no one to allow them to board," says Garshani.
Registration in an EU country allows you to avoid special attention from law enforcement. And Poland significantly simplified and reduced the cost of registration in 2020. At the same time, Warsaw does not properly comply with international rules that would allow other countries to board ships under the Polish flag at sea.
For example, two years ago, Portuguese authorities raided a Polish-flagged vessel off the Azores, arrested two Dutch citizens and seized 1.2 tons of cocaine. But a Portuguese judge later ruled that the operation was illegal because Poland had not sanctioned it.
🇮🇷🇷🇺🇺🇦Iranian MP confirms media reports of ballistic missile deliveries to Russia.
Ahmad Bakhshaesh Ardestani, a member of the parliamentary committee on national security, acknowledged Iran's military assistance to Russia.
"We have to engage in barter to meet our needs, including importing soybeans and wheat. Part of the barter involves sending missiles and another part involves sending military drones to Russia," Ardestani said in an interview with Didban Iran on Saturday, as quoted by Iran International.
Asked whether this could lead to increased sanctions against Iran, the MP replied: "It can't be worse than it is now. We give rockets to Hezbollah, Hamas and Hashd al-Shaabi, so why not give them to Russia?"
"We sell weapons and get dollars. We bypass sanctions thanks to our partnership with Russia. We import soybeans, corn and other goods from Russia. Europeans sell weapons to Ukraine. NATO entered Ukraine, so why don't we support our ally by sending missiles and drones to Russia?" Ardestani said.
Let us recall that Iran officially denies supplying missiles to the Russian Federation.
At the same time, Western media write that more than 200 missiles with a range of up to 120 kilometers have already been delivered .
I’ll say this slowly so #Democrats can understand it:
If. Russia. Wants. Your. Candidate. To. Be. Elected. Then. She. Shouldn’t. Be. Elected. #MALA #Harris
Swedish FM Billstrom resigns after Russian Iskander visited Poltava.
Rumors are that Sweden lost the ENTIRE top management of SAAB Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) systems.
15 trucks evacuated dead foreign NATO troops +officers: 600+ dead/wounded.
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·Sadly they have no respect of the law, as the law has no bite! They behave as they like and get away with it. Ultimately this will only endanger American lives as there is no respect for anyone!