'Self-confessed gun runner' captained ship in Australian waters, Senate hears
by Paul Karp from Environment | The Guardian on (#18Q1D)
Committee asks how Venancio Salas Junior - captain of a large coal freighter -continued to work in Australian waters after three crew died in suspicious circumstances
A captain who was exposed selling guns to his crew and was in charge of a ship where three people died on board was allowed to continue to work in Australian waters, a Senate committee has heard.
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