Evolution of Maritime Law In the year 1648 the Treaty of Westphalia confirmed that complete authority and sovereignty over land by rulers would be recognised but no nation could exercise sovereignty over the oceans. Maritime law evolves from a focus on the regulation or prevention of naval warfare to a structure for secure, safe and
It has been highlighted by OCCRP that an audit by Swiss Federal Audit Office revealed that Switzerland is ill-equipped to properly investigate and deter cases of money laundering across multiple economic sectors.One point of vulnerability highlighted was the country’s real estate sector, specifically its land registry, which was noted to be lacking proper surveillance and
Drugs arrive at seaports The dense jungles of Thailand,Laos and Myanmar have the notorious fame of being known as the Golden Triangle of illicit drug production.The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) estimates that more then eight million containers arrive at seaports while small crafts with illicit drug cargoes call at US coastal towns across the
As reported by Euractiv , in the year 2021 records were created for cocaine seizures in the Belgian port of Antwerp. The port of Rotterdam has millions of containers unloaded at its berths acquiring the distinction of being Europe’s largest seaport unfortunately correspondingly increasing amount of cocaine are entering. A drug cartel operating from the
