It is my understanding that the shipment had the documentation on it.. but
the Embassy hadn't been notified in advance of it's arrival and therefore
didn't have paperwork on there end to receive it and to have the shipment
continue on to it's final destination.
I don't work at the Embassy so I don't know all the particulars, but as an
American living here, I have met the Ambassador now as well as past
Ambassadors and senior staff through out the Embassy and I can't imagine
(call me stupid.. or blind) that any of the people I know would do anything
illegal during their time here.
"Jeremy" wrote in message
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>
> Sunniebgi wrote:
> >
> > The guns where for Police departments in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
as
> > well as St. Lucia. What you have to understand, and what is written
in a
> > subsequent article is that the main embassy for the Caribbean is in
> > Barbados. Shipments are sent to Barbados first and then sent to it's
> > destination, regardless of what is in the shipment. Apparently the
person
> > sending the weapons didn't notify the embassy in time to report the
> > shipments arrival into Barbados.
> >
> > find the follow up article in one of the Nation Newspapers this past
week..
> >
> >
>
> Each shipment should have an End User Agreement, including a complete
> inventory. In cases where arms have to be offloaded and reloaded in
> countries other than the final destination, they should never have the
> seals broken or leave the port.
>
> As Barbados does not have an arms industry, it is often convenient to
> ship there, where a new, and unrestricted EUA may be issued without the
> country of origin having any control. This practice is now being
> suppressed with threats of sanctions and many clandestine traders are no
> longer safe.
>
> JJ
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