Narco subs appear in Pacific amid warnings cartels are ramping up trafficking to Australia

They’re stealthy, semi-submersible and can sneak narcotics across oceans in bulk. And recently, suspected ‘narco subs’ have started…
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Men in wet clothes claiming to be Camino pilgrims arrested over alleged ‘narco-sub’ plot

Three men had fled in taxi after allegedly piloting vessel carrying 3.65 tonnes of cocaine to Galicia, Spanish police say

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Inside the Dangerous World of Narco-Subs Smuggling Cocaine Across Oceans

Narco-subs, semi-submersible vessels used to transport massive quantities of cocaine from South America to Europe, have become a significant part of the global drug trade. These homemade vessels, often described as 'propeller-driven coffins,' make treacherous transatlantic journeys, with crews riski... [More info]

@AnarchistFederation unless they have #Narcosubs and/or bleeding-edge firepower they'll get intercepted and arrested or worse...

  • This was the case with every single attempt - why should it be different this time?

@stephie_hamburg @katzenberger granted, driving with a recreational yacht into a sea blockade has never succeeded and said actions have done diddly-piss to alleviate the situation.

  • I mean, it would've been totally feasible to send some "narco" torpedoes onto the beach of Gaza packed with aid, but we all know this ain't as photogenous...

This doesn't take much science and would've been trivial to do, abeit expensive in a feasible quantity.

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] legality aside, I consider these #FreedomFlotilla actions just expensive *"clout-chasing"* as none of them ever succeeded and all they do is get ships seizedband people deported and banned from reentry. - It's the medterranean equivalent of driving up to Groom Lake AFB demanding to *"see the aliens"* and woundering why one gets dragged out if one's car after passing the 3rd *"No Trespassing Sign"* in Jackass Flats. None if it is productive nor does it work and it ends up to be a massive waste of fuel, resources and money that would've been more effectively invested in actually helping the people in Gaza. - IOW: "One desn't get to pretent to be noble by [doing *some random shit*!"](https://todon.eu/@RadicalGraffiti/114909165424454352)

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@heartshadows @JamesBaker

[…] but cash don't allow you to send million in the other side of the world without being able to follow, and cash is not anonymous, as it relatively easy to track […]

I have bad news for you: Those services do exist and either way one would have to provide plausibility of the source of funds.

There are #Narcosubs filled with millions of #cash to pay for the millions in #coke they offloaded in the #EU.

  • Even if one could pay rent, utilities, fees, fines, taxes and expenses with #Monero that wouldn't mean that one didn't have to follow #bookkeeping and other regulations.

Just like if I were to try to buy a condo I'd be asked "How did you finance it?"

@touaregtweet Obviously "Pretending to be noble by doing some random shit!" doesn't help anyone in #Gaza...

  • Those who want to get in and out use #Narcosubs, cuz once they reached #Europe from their "one-way-trip" they are sold for scrap to anyone willing to collect them at rock bottom pricing.
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Either way that whole *"#FreedomFlotillia"* shitshow is just absurd. TLDR: Someone decided to do *"#SomeRandomShit!"* and I #rant about that: --- - None of these attempts ever succeeded for very obvious reasons. - The amount of aid they had was negligible. - None of them thought beyond entering the restricted waters. - If they wanted to just get arrested for trespassing a military area, the could've just flown to Israel and trespassed on any army or navy installation. Would've gotten them the same effect for much cheaper. - If they wanted to launch aid, they could've just mortar'd it across the border from Egypt: Would've more likely gotten something over there rather than none. --- I don't deny the situation in #Gaza - far from it, but if anyone things they can just sail in there and not expect to get boarded, then they are criminally stupid. - That's even less likely to succeed than trying to free GITMO inmates, cuz there is at least a right-of-passage waterway going through Guantanamo Bay... --- They would've succeeded with a #Narcosub, but that would've failed the *"#optics"* and those are [*"Doing some Random Shit to pretend being noble!"*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z36OznHFIt4&t=198) - Seriously, this is as stupid as paintballing cop cars and then complaining why one gets arrested. --- Doesn't mean I think the sea blockade is absurd and inhumane, but given the fact #Hamas rules Gaza like a #NarcoState and literally ripped apart plastic drinking water pipes just to build rockets, it's obvious they are crafty. - Most people, even in #Israel, are aware that #Netanyahu let #O7 happen to break the #IDF #Reservists #Strike against him. Neither #Mossad nor #ShinBet are that incompetent to not notice the amount of planning and logistics it took. But then again there's a very few links one needs to go from the #murderer of #Rabin to the #Kahanist faction that prop-up Netanyahu's coalition. Obviously there's no incentive nor penalty existing to force a peaceful ending. And #Hamas are obviously making good profit rentseeking the population. That's why the leadership is propably chilling in a heated wirlpool in an air-conditioned apartment in Doha. The only reason those are breathing is because Netanyahu wants and needs them as *"#ControlledOpposition"*... - We all know Hamas et. al. don't give a shit about the #Palestinians or #Palestine: *They are #SuicideCult* after all! --- At least AFAICT this time the *"FreedomFlotilla"* aka. *one dingy boat [ #Madleen ] with some weirdos on board* had the wisdom to obey the orders when it was obvious [the](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Navy) #ISC was about to board them to put on life jackets and sit on deck with their hands up. - A previous *"flotilla"* from #Turkey resulted in at least one dead cuz someone had the stupid idea to resist and faced some marine in full tactical drip that pulled the trigger.

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@landley I can tell you how:

#Narcosubs!

@sweetmercury exactly that.

I would love to DIY a sub but since I don't do #Narcosubs that would mean getting it certified as seaworthy...

Even tho I'd only plan to go to maximum of 40m and would design it with 50m in mind and 100m crushing depth as destructive testing point, that's still 11:1 pressure ratio and a shitload of safety tests and equipment that would have demonstratively function if not autonomously without crew interactions.

Also it's providing one with far less risk should 1-2 shipments get interdicted.

And yes, traffickers will sacrifice up to 10% as tips to keep cops satisfied...

That's why they never stopped making non-FSV's:
They're decoys for the piracy the USCG does, so they don't try to go after real #Narcosubs...