Any dangerous material that is not stored or handled properly is immediately confiscated.

And then sits in port for years until it blows up.

Do remember that the bigger problem here wasn't a sea-unworthy ship that had to be impounded, but the fact the explosives were not safely stored or disposed of. That's not directly the fault of the ship's owner.

> And then sits in port for years until it blows up.

Or is sold to the highest bidder like like any other 'proceeds of crime' government auction.

Doesn't that just move the problem from the boat to land??

I think that's precisely why the substance was there in Beirut anyway - it HAD been confiscated.

That’s more or less what happened with the stuff in Beirut. It was confiscated and it was sitting there in the port for 6 years! Sitting there and not being handled properly...

I meant regarding to this point from above

"No invasion or bombing of any country is going to affect the facilitation of terrorist funding anywhere near the action of restricting trade for companies that have these byzantine ownership structures that shield the actual owners and profiteers from identification"