ABSTRACT
The potential risk for containers and other conveyances of trade to be used as an intercontinental delivery system for weapons of mass destruction is real. Analysts persuasively argue that trade may not be merely a means to this end but the primary target. Resulting disruptions would impair commerce as we know it. Democratic societies voting with their pocket book interests demand protections. Thus, we witness a certain preoccupation by politicians with numerous self-centred legislative efforts to protect their constituencies.
