Tag: arms smuggling

  • UN, EU agree Med arms patrols

    Patrols will now look for guns as well as people smugglers. U.N. approves high seas crackdown on Libya arms smuggling BY MICHELLE NICHOLS The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday […]

  • US, Saudi Arabia to block Iran arms

    Gulf Arab countries and Washington agree to deploy joint patrols to intercept ships smuggling Iranian weapons to Yemen. US and GCC agree on bid to block Iran arms smuggling Gulf […]

  • US Navy not active in Yemen blockade

    US confirms ships not participating in Saudi operation. US Navy says it is not actively supporting Saudi Arabian blockade of Yemen SANAA, Yemen – The United States Navy has seven […]

  • Sailors jailed in Honduras released

    US crew accused of smuggling guns were imprisoned. Sailors jailed in Honduras released Laura C. Morel TARPON SPRINGS — The crew of a Tarpon Springs shipwreck salvage company that languished […]

  • Arab border security chiefs meet

    Chiefs of Arab border, airport and harbor agencies met on Wednesday. Arab border security chiefs meet in Tunis Chiefs of Arab border, airport and harbor agencies met here on Wednesday, […]

  • Arms trafficking causing concern

    Increasing numbers of illegal firearms are being shipped into Mauritius. Arms trafficking worries Indian Ocean islands Stephen Spark Increasing numbers of illegal firearms are being shipped into Mauritius, reports from […]

  • Russian Crew Arrested in Nigeria

    Nigerian authorities seized a ship and arrested its 15 Russian crew members on suspicion of arms smuggling, after they found several guns and about 8,500 rounds of ammunition on the […]