Italian dockers denounce illegal arms trafficking at Genoa port
Max Civili
Press TV, Rome
Arms trafficking at Italy's main sea dispatch points is currently underway in breach of international and Italian laws. Dockers have found US-made tanks in the hold of a Saudi ship docked at the port of Genoa.
Italian ports have often been central to international arms trafficking over the past years.
Cargos of weapons destined for war-torn countries have been intercepted at various seaports, including those of Livorno, Naples, and Gioia Tauro.
On Wednesday, dockers belonging to the Autonomous Port Workers Collective CALP found tanks in the hold of the Saudi Arabian ship Bahri Jeddah, which is moored in Italy's northern port of Genoa.
CALP dockers have taken photos of weapons placed on board the ship and published them on their collective's website.
About ten days ago, CALP dockers, together with rights associations and pacifist movements staged a protest demanding more transparency from the port authority on ships' cargoes transiting in Genoa.
Dockers have said their demands have not yet been addressed.
The Weapon Watch Observatory has also found that the number of Italian aircraft carriers transporting weapons toward Poland has dramatically increased recently. Rome has been sending tons of arms and humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the start of the conflict there.
The arms industry in Italy has been gradually prospering. Ten years ago Rome was the tenth largest weapons manufacturer in the world. Today it stands at the sixth position.
Following the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the Mario Draghi government had honored a pledge made to NATO a few years ago, raising military spending from 1.4 to 2% of GDP by 2028.
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