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If I'm not mistaken a typical container ship can have over 5000 containers onboard, and in this case several were full of cocaine. That's close to "needle in a
by sunstone 7y ago
If I'm not mistaken a typical container ship can have over 5000 containers onboard, and in this case several were full of cocaine. That's close to "needle in a haystack" territory. I have a feeling a lot of containers manifested as everyday commodities come through carrying narcotics and other contraband.
- wil421 7y agoHBO’s The Wire has a season about shipping containers. The union was in on it and they would delete containers from the system. It came from a guy called the Greek but he was from elsewhere. The article is about Philadelphia and a Mediterranean shipping line. Sounds probable.
- remarkEon 7y agoThat season (Season 2) gets a lot of flack for being “boring”, but I’m of the opinion that it really showed well what kind of depths people will go to when the working class gets hollowed out or feels boxed in. I live near a major port and the volume of containers that goes through there is mind boggling. Seems more than plausible that a decent amount of contraband gets through every day, just by the sheer scale of the operation alone - nevermind a vast (or even small) conspiracy.