Interpol says thousands of luxury cars stolen in Belgium,France, and Japan enter Cameroon's port of Douala each year, many bound for buyers in neighboring Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

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Petersburg-based ship, the Chariot, that was moving four containers of munitions bound for the Syrian port of Tartus, according to Cypriot officials.

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At the hub port the containers can be consolidated with other cargoes bound for the same destinations, so that fewer and larger ships transport the goods more cheaply.

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That OBD II port that has been installed on just about every US-bound automobile since 1996?

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