More than two tons of cocaine have been seized in the Italian port of Livorno, which has been identified as one of the hubs of international criminal organizations that smuggle the drug.
The cocaine was hidden on a container ship that docked at several Spanish ports, including Valencia, and also docked in Genoa, Italy.
The blocks of white powder were hidden in a container of cocoa powder and were loaded onto the Mersin Express ship in the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
The operation was carried out by officers of the Anti-Fraud Department of the Customs Administration and the Financial Police, with the coordination of the Anti-Mafia District Prosecutor's Office in Florence and the Prosecutor's Office in Livorno.
International investigators do not rule out the possibility that part of the illegal cargo was recovered in the ports of Vigo, Malaga, Valencia and Genoa.
Italian media reported today that the cocaine cargo was seized in mid-March, and that the ship returned to South America.
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