Tag: Maritime Crime

Yeats and Beckett, Guarding the Irish Coast From Drug Runners

The Irish Navy’s small fleet of warships may be named for celebrated poets and playwrights, but its mission is anything but whimsical, as a record seizure of cocaine from a cargo ship showed.

A Montauk Fisherman Faces Prison Over 200,000 Pounds of Fluke

Chris Winkler is on trial, accused of taking too many fish from the seas off gentrified Montauk. His former partners have pleaded guilty, and stand to make millions from the sale of their small seafood-themed empire.

Greece Border Abuses Highlight Europe’s Clashing Priorities on Migration

The top rights officer at Europe’s border agency said in a confidential report that it should stop working with Greece because border guards there were mistreating asylum seekers.