After our May 2021 Circular alerting clients about the rising risk of drug trafficking in cargo vessels leaving Brazilian ports, the trend continues According to the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), almost 90% of all cocaine seized globally is smuggled by sea. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that competing drug producers are increasingly striving to push up quality and productivity while lowering wholesale prices in the face of soaring demand and high profitability. Thus, maritime … Continue lendo Brazil shipborne drug smuggling in full swing