The Trudy is one of those ships that carry their own legend in their wake. Since the incredible seizure of more than 1 ton of cocaine, in Dunkirk (North), at the end of 2021, this 165 -meter true, beating Liberian pavilion, has the reputation of a cursed boat. Its entire crew – 20 members – had been indicted.
The 1is August, the Paris prosecutor’s office requested a trial before an assize court specially composed, for “import and transport of cocaine in an organized gang” and “association of criminal criminals”. But only 13 of the 20 crew members are targeted: all the Philippin sailors of the boat. The final indictment, that The world Consulted, is a dive into the feverish camera of transatlantic traffic. An agatha Christie on a truquier.
This story could start in Brazil, the starting point of the trip of this giant of the seas in late August 2021. But it was a few weeks later, on a storm night, on the Channel, that we approach the Trudy. The swell is so strong that the ship must be escorted towards the port of Dunkirk to undergo customs control in the rules of the art.
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