Swedish website Nordic Monitor mentioned that: “Turkish intelligence has been known to secure contracts for purchasing and shipping arms to jihadists in other countries has been flagged in a United Nations’ investigation as an arms smuggler to a client in Libya.”
The cargo was originally intended for a consignee in Saint Kitts and Nevis but was diverted to Misrata en route at the request of Capra. During transit, the initial export and loading documentation was modified, and a list of blank firing pistols was omitted from the new documents. Capra did not respond to UN investigators seeking clarification and additional information.
The arms were loaded onto the Belitaki container ship on November 10, 2022 in the Turkish port of Mersin and arrived in Libya’s Misrata on February 2, 2023, following an extended voyage that took the ship to Spain, Colombia and Malta. When the shipment was loaded, Turkish shipper Capra listed a mailbox client located in Saint Kitts and Nevis, an island state in the eastern Caribbean. However, the destination was changed in the course of the container’s transshipment.