Maritime drug-smuggling operations can involve coordinating with a ship's crew to conceal cocaine in shipping containers and transferring the drugs from speedboats to commercial cargo vessels.
November 17, 2025
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Describes commonly reported tactics used in large-scale maritime cocaine trafficking.
Drug traffickers may use commercial cargo ships and cooperation from ship crew members to smuggle cocaine by transferring loads from speedboats into shipping containers at sea.
November 17, 2025
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Description of a maritime smuggling technique used to conceal and move large drug shipments.