MSC Gayane, owned by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, could be taken over by authorities after 20 tons of cocaine were found on the ship
The MSC Gayane, which is owned by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and chartered to MSC, is subject to possible forfeiture. Photo: dominick reuter/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By Costas Paris July 9, 2019 11:20 am ET U.S. authorities have seized a large container ship operated by Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co., three weeks after customs authorities found 20 tons of cocaine on the vessel.
”A seizure of a vessel this massive is complicated and unprecedented—but it is appropriate because the circumstances here are also unprecedented,” Mr. McSwain said. “When a vessel brings such an outrageous amount of deadly drugs into Philadelphia waters, my office will pursue the most severe consequences possible against all involved parties in order to protect our district—and our country.”
Eight crew members from Serbia and Samoa were arrested and several have been charged in the case, the people involved said. They said the ship’s second officer and another crew member were charged with helping bring the cocaine aboard the vessel.
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