Mystery surrounds Akeron missile shipment from Greece to Italy

Italian authorities have detained a French national and are investigating a suspicious shipment of military hardware that traveled from Greece to Italy. The discovery was made in the port of Bari when a van with French license plates, which had departed from Patras, Greece, was inspected.

The arrested man, identified as 46-year-old Regis Claude Albert Normand, was driving the van containing five specialized containers for anti-tank systems. He stated he was a subcontractor for a French military transport company. However, during the inspection, officials found three Akeron anti-tank missiles, along with launch tubes, inside the containers.

Normand presented three international shipping documents, but Italian prosecutors found them to be unclear regarding the cargo's content. Further checks revealed that one container was empty, another held a training missile without a guidance or warhead system, and the remaining three contained one Akeron missile each. Experts are examining the missiles to determine their exact nature.

Adding to the mystery, the containers bore blue stripes, which NATO standards typically denote as training equipment without explosives. However, military sources indicated these stripes appeared to be simple adhesive tape, easily removable. Beneath the tape, the containers allegedly showed a yellow-black color scheme, signifying explosive penetration munitions.

Normand claimed he was transporting the equipment from MBDA in Greece to Altus LSA for repair work. His defense submitted commercial and travel documents, including a 2025 permit from the French Ministry of Defense to MBDA France for activities related to war equipment. Nevertheless, the prosecutor's office highlighted irregularities in the documents, such as different seals and date discrepancies, necessitating further investigation.

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