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Italian dockers say Genoa is centre of arms trafficking operation after tanks found on Saudi ship

DOCKERS in the Italian city of Genoa have warned of an arms trafficking operation being run through its port after the discovery of tanks and weapons in the hold of a Saudi Arabian ship.

The Autonomous Port Workers Collective (Calp) published photographs of the deadly cargo on its website earlier this week. 

The tanks were found were on board the Bahri Jeddah which is moored at the northern Italian port.

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