German customs seizes 2.6 tons of cocaine

Customs seized more than 2.6 tons of cocaine in the port of Hamburg in Germany, worth more than 350 million euros (390.1 million U.S. dollars) on the black market, the customs authority said on Thursday.

The cocaine was hidden in a container from Ecuador, which according to the shipping documents was supposed to be loaded with bananas, the statement noted.

German customs seizes 2.6 tons of cocaine

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Reading time 1 min Christian Fernsby ▼ | February 25, 2022

Customs seized more than 2.6 tons of cocaine in the port of Hamburg in Germany, worth more than 350 million euros (390.1 million U.S. dollars) on the black market, the customs authority said on Thursday.

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The cocaine was hidden in a container from Ecuador, which according to the shipping documents was supposed to be loaded with bananas, the statement noted.

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"With this outstanding cocaine seizure, customs once again underlines its significant role in the fight against organized crime," said Rene Matschke, head of the Hamburg customs investigation office.

The container had already been unloaded in the port of Hamburg on December 24 and had been stored at a container terminal since then. Due to the long storage time, the sea container came into the focus of customs.

An X-ray inspection of the container was ordered, showing "suspicious structures of the goods," which strengthened the suspicion of cocaine smuggling, the statement noted. The container shipment of bananas was destined for a company in another European country.

Further investigations by the Hamburg customs investigation office on behalf of the Hamburg public prosecutor's office would continue.

Last year, customs in Hamburg have seized around 16 tons of cocaine in containers from Paraguay. The find was considered the largest amount of cocaine ever seized in Europe.

https://www.poandpo.com/news/german-customs-seizes-26-tons-of-cocaine/

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Swiss to tighten measures targeting Russia — but not yet freeze individual assets

Government says it’s still deciding on further steps.

Swiss officials say they aim to tighten rules targeting Russia, but are still deciding on certain concrete steps and will not immediately freeze assets of wealthy oligarchs held in Swiss banks, which may allow them to move funds elsewhere.

“Today is a sad day, the likes of which we have not seen in a long time — a day like we never wanted to see again,” President Ignazio Cassis said at a press conference Thursday of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. “With its military intervention, Russia has massively violated international law," Cassis added, but also said of his country's neutral stance: "Neutrality doesn’t mean indifference."

Cassis said his country will extend a scheme put in place in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea: Under these measures, Switzerland imposed reporting requirements for people on the EU's sanctions list to prevent them from using its territory to circumvent the penalties. However, that means they could — and still can — access their Swiss bank accounts and withdraw money.

Now, the 363 individuals the EU sanctioned on Wednesday will be added to that list, falling under the same reporting requirements as those sanctioned in 2014, Swiss State Secretary Erwin Bollinger said during the press conference.

Switzerland is looking into tightening these measures, which could include freezing assets of the individuals — but a decision hasn’t been made yet, according to Bollinger. Instead, Switzerland could also decide to just prevent fresh money from being paid into the accounts or impose additional reporting requirements.

https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerland-drags-feet-on-sanctions-against-russia-after-ukraine-invasion/