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21 August 2026

Missing evidence clouds Phoenician M cocaine convictions

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Source reporting: Splash247

Missing evidence clouds Phoenician M cocaine convictions

A new independent report has called for urgent international intervention in the case of two senior seafarers convicted of drug trafficking in Türkiye, arguing that serious gaps in the evidence raise the prospect of a “grave miscarriage of justice”. Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has examined the convictions of Syrian-born, Finnish citizen chief officer Ali …

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