Of all the criminalisation horror stories around the globe, Venezuela's treatment of shipping ranks near the top.rnA master of a tanker loading PDVSA crude or a bulker loading Venezuelan export coal now runs the risk of spending the next decade in one of the world's most hellish prisons.rnHis crime? Having the bad luck to be chosen by smugglersrnwho attach cocaine to a ship's hull. Lack of knowledge that drugs can be planted does not appear to be a viable defence.
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