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Søren Toft: MSC has spent "exorbitant amounts" in the fight against smuggling

Container ships are preferred mode of transportation for drug traffickers shipping tonnes of cocaine to the US and Europe. MSC is investing heavily to stop the smuggling, says CEO.
"Unfortunately, we can't prevent everything, but it's definitely a problem for the industry," says MSC CEO Søren Toft about drug smuggling in shipping containers. | Photo: Christian Charisius/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
"Unfortunately, we can't prevent everything, but it's definitely a problem for the industry," says MSC CEO Søren Toft about drug smuggling in shipping containers. | Photo: Christian Charisius/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by JENS THOMSEN

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest container carrier, invests hefty sums every year to protect its ships and containers from drug traffickers that are increasingly using carriers as involuntary, seaborne drug mules.

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