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As MSC grew into a dominant force in global trade, it also became a prime drug-trafficking conduit for Balkan gangs.

The chief mate of an international shipping vessel aboard which federal authorities at the Port of Philadelphia seized a record-breaking 20 tons of cocaine in 2019 expected to be paid more than $1 million for overseeing the smuggling effort, federal prosecutors said.That disclosure — a rare glimpse of the economics behind what customs officials have described as one of the largest drug busts ...

by Tyler Durden By Greg Miller, Senior Editor at Freight Waves, Prosecutors called it “the largest cocaine seizure in the 230-year history of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.” Twenty tons of cocaine worth $1 billion was found in seven containers aboard the MSC Gayane at the Philadelphia port on June 17, 2019. On Tuesday, the first of the conspirators — former MSC crewmember Vladimir Penda — was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison for his crime. Fresh details on who was involved in the conspiracy and how they did it have been revealed in new legal documents filed by pros...

An engineer on the MSC Gayane, a ship involved in one of the largest drug busts in United States history, will spend five years and 10 months in prison. The shipping vessel was raided at the Port of Philadelphia on June 17, 2019, when authorities seized nearly 20 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $1 billion in street value. Seven other crew members have pleaded guilty since the bust.

Historic 20-ton, $1B Philly cocaine bust leads to prison term for Montenegrin ship’s crewman Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer A ship’s crewman from Montenegro was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison Tuesday for assisting in smuggling a record-breaking, 20-ton cocaine haul seized by authorities two years ago at the Port of Philadelphia. Vladimir Penda was one of eight men aboard the international shipping vessel the MSC Gayane to plead guilty to his role in what investigators have described as one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history with a...