A Lebanese shipowner has denied transporting tanks to Libya after a car carrier master was arrested in Italy.
Lebanese captain Youssef Tartoussi has been held in Genoa over alleged sanctions breaches involving the detained 1,320-lane-metre Bana (built 1980), AP reported.
His lawyer Cesare Fumagalli told the news agency there is no proof the vessel entered Italian waters with such arms on board, and Italy therefore has no jurisdiction in the case.
