Brazil, traffickers using sea to transport weapons

Posted on July 20, 2011 • Filed under: Border Issues, Brazil, Crime, Organized Crime, Police/Military Activity, Terrorism

According to a recent report by Correio Braziliense, the Federal Police say the increased use of maritime routes to smuggle arms is a significant development in arms trafficking into Brazil. Police identified Santos, in Sao Paulo, and Paranagua, in Parana – the country’s two biggest ports – as major points of entry for arms. They attributed this in part to the fact that there is so little oversight of imports in these ports, due to the large quantity of cargo passing through them. Read Article

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