イランに中古船、不正輸出か　船舶売買会社を家宅捜索―警視庁

　中古貨物船を輸出する際、偽の輸出先を税関に申告したとして、警視庁公安部が関税法違反（虚偽申告）容疑で、大阪市の船舶売買・仲介会社や関係先を家宅捜索したことが７日、捜査関係者への取材で分かった。
　同社は貨物船の輸出先をアラブ首長国連邦（ＵＡＥ）と申告していたが、実際はイランに輸出されていたという。公安部は目的や詳しい経緯について調べている。（2024/02/07-10:51）

Tokyo police have raided a ship dealer in Osaka and related places for a suspected illegal export deal with Iran, investigative sources said Wednesday.
   The company is believed to have violated the customs law by exporting a cargo vessel to Iran after declaring to the customs around May 2021 that the freighter was being delivered to a company in the United Arab Emirates, according to sources at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau.
   While Japan does not ban exports of ships to Iran, the United States has imposed economic sanctions on the country over its nuclear development.
   The used ship dealer bought the 499-ton vessel, made in 1997 and co-owned by the government-affiliated Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, through an auction in April 2021.