58 years ago, plutonium-239 belonging to the US Air Force crashed into Greenland
Greenland / Press release n°1
The half-life of plutonium-239 is 24,100 years.
On Sunday, January 21, 1968, at around 9 a.m. local time, the Boeing B-52G bomber known as HOBO 28 took off from Platsburgh Air Force Base (New York State) for Mission Junky 14 over the Arctic Circle, Greenland and the US Thule Air Base.
Transport of live animals by sea
In the wake of the Spiridon II and her 3,000 wandering cows, a global coalition of animal welfare organisations was born. The initiative originated in Australia. The first action taken by Stop Live Exports is to send a letter to the Secretary-General of the IMO (International Maritime Organisation).
Russian influence
Leaving Dunkirk on Saturday November 15, the Mikhail Dudin, carrying about 10 containers of reprocessed uranium containing traces of plutonium and other fission products, arrived in the Russian port of Ust-Luga on Wednesday November 26. It takes about 5 days for parcels from Ust-Luga to arrive by rail at Tomsk-7, the secret city in Siberia now known by the euphemism of Seversk.
Coke and livestock at sea
The sea transport of cows and sheep serves as a cover for international cocaine trafficking. In its report about “78 EU-approved livestock carriers” (2021) written with the support of the German NGOs Animal Welfare Foundation and Tierschutzbund Zürich, Robin des Bois had already noted that “during the trading life of livestock carriers, additional and illegal traffics have been reported or suspected.”
Spiridon II – The ghost livestock carrier
Press release n°4 – 9:15 a.m.
Update – November 27, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Last minute news and latest twist
Dramatic turn of events
Spiridon II – Press release n°3
Instead of returning to Montevideo (Uruguay), the Spiridon II turned back and is now in the port of Benghazi in Libya.
26,000 km at sea for nearly 3,000 cows
Spiridon II – Press release n°2
The Spiridon II, 52 years old, flying the Togolese flag, left Montevideo, Uruguay, on September 19 with her live “goods”, arrived off the coast of Bandirma, Türkiye, on October 22, was quarantined for 23 days, and then set sail again for Montevideo with her “cargo”. She is scheduled to arrive in mid-December.Livestock carriers: 2,901 cows in distress
Spiridon II – Press release n°1
In this 52-year-old livestock carrier in quarantine off Bandırma in Türkiye, around 20 men and 2,853 cows are trapped in an unworthy and shamefully persistent international business.
