Contraband
With contraband , in older texts contraband , the illicit trade or is contraband designated by sea, where the smuggled goods mainly for the war were useful and were delivered to one of the warring parties. The smuggled goods themselves are also called this.
The origin of the word is derived from the Middle Latin contra bannum (Latin against the prohibition), from the Italian word contrabbando and later from the French word contrebande .
In naval war law, the contraband was subject to defense, in particular to being taken away by the respective opponent (war contraband). The contraband involved direct (weapons, ammunition, etc.), but also so-called indirect war material, i.e. H. Objects that were not necessary or primarily intended for warfare, but were possibly suitable to serve it (horses, shipbuilding materials, coal, food, money).
The Paris Declaration of the Law of the Sea of 1856 regulated the procedure regarding contraband in times of war. Crucial innovations learned this regulation by the Twelfth Hague Convention of 1907, which, however, to establish a basis of jurisdiction problems Prize Court remained unratifiziert.
In recent usage, contraband denotes goods that cannot be legally traded, such as drugs , counterfeit products and the like.
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- ↑ German Banngutliste from the Second World War, of u-boote-online.de, accessed April 29, 2015
