customs

Finnlines ‘had no part’ in Syria smuggling attempt

Finnlines says that it played no part in an attempt to smuggle banned material from Russia to Syria last January. The case concerns a containerload of tank spares that was unloaded from the M/S Finnsun at Vuosaari Harbour in Helsinki on 8 January. The Finnish Customs investigationrevealed that the container was in transit from Russia to Latakia, Syria via Finland and had in fact been returned to Finland from Antwerp due ... [+]