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Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19.
A crackdown in more than 80 countries turned up $3.5 million hidden in carry-on and checked bags as people smuggled illicit money across international borders.
Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia and smuggling the cigarettes to New York.
Eight people have been arrested in Southern California for allegedly smuggling hundreds of illegal immigrants into the United States.
A German has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 40 tons of coral fragments from the Philippines to Oregon.
A Dominican smuggler has been sentenced to three years in prison for a sea voyage carrying illegal immigrants to Puerto Rico that took the lives of three people.
A ticket agent contractor who worked for Delta Air Lines in the U.S. Virgin Islands has pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
A man has pleaded guilty in Seattle to smuggling illegal immigrants from Pakistan and India into the United States through Canada.
Four men have been sentenced to prison terms ranging up to 2 1/2 years for organizing a doomed sea voyage from St. Maarten that left 10 illegal migrants missing, officials said Tuesday.
A Belgian arms dealer has pleaded not guilty in an Alabama courtroom to charges of trying to smuggle fighter jet parts to Iran.
A federal grand jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands has indicted two ticket agent contractors who worked for Delta Airlines and an airport employee on charges of conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S.
The arrest of a reputed arms dealer known as "The Field Marshal" is the latest success in a global cat-and-mouse game between federal agents and a network of shadowy business figures trying to smuggle weapons and equipment to Iran from the country most determined to stop them: the United States.
Sixteen people were indicted and hundreds of pounds of cocaine seized in a sting against Mexico's notorious Sinaloa drug cartel, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday.
Authorities say an American has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 27 million cigarettes from the U.S. into some European Union countries.
A former Delta Air Lines baggage worker has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a smuggling ring that shepherded cocaine and heroin through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The tragedies happen with alarming regularity in the waters near Florida: Haitian immigrants seeking a better life pay hundreds, if not thousands, to crowd onto filthy, rickety boats with little food or water.
Chinese customs authorities have seized a stash of vanadium, a strategic metal used to strengthen steel, hidden in fruit boxes on a truck bound for North Korea, an official said Tuesday.
The two black finches whistled songs at each other in fluttering voices as a group of men crowded around their cages.
Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cell phone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon — this one wearing a tiny backpack — and said Friday that the practice is becoming almost commonplace.
The Swiss government on Wednesday ordered the quick destruction of about 100 pages of evidence linked to an investigation of three Swiss engineers suspected of smuggling nuclear weapons technology.
Two retired Chilean generals have been sentenced to prison for shipping arms to Croatia at the time of its battle for independence from Yugoslavia.
Authorities say they have busted the third drop house for illegal immigrants found in the Phoenix area in the last few days.
The House on Thursday approved tougher enforcement measures against contraband cigarette sales that make money for criminals, but cost federal, state and local governments billions of dollars.
Four police officers in Trinidad allegedly hijacked a smuggling boat at gunpoint and stole 1,000 endangered birds and monkeys along with 400 pounds of wild animal meat, authorities said Tuesday.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | The explosives trade'SHOCKING' is a word bandied about with such ease to describe various situations, serious and not-so-serious alike, that it can rightly be claimed the word has largely lost its meaning.
Snake-smuggler fails to slip past customsA man has been arrested in Norway for attempting to smuggle snakes about his person in a case that has brought a very literal meaning to the term "trouser snake".
St. Petersburg-based Coast Guard boat seizes 107 bales of marijuana On Thursday, the crew found a boat carrying 107 bales of marijuana — about 2,500 pounds with a street value of $1.6 million, according to the Coast Guard.
1,700 animals found in trunk of carA motorist is to be questioned by police after 1,700 animals were found crammed in the trunk of his car in Bari, Italy.
French police destroyed migrant camp, scores detained/PHOTO .... "French police have begun clearing hundreds of mainly Afghan immigrants from a makeshift camp known as "the jungle" near the port town of Calais.
Mancao lawyer, Erap Cabinet clear Estrada on Lacson raps[Manila, Philippines] The lawyer of Cezar Mancao, Ferdinand Topacio, yesterday cleared former President Joseph Estrada of having a hand in the double murder case which Sen.
Jinggoy unmasks Lacson's "true nature"[Manila, Philippines] Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, son of former President Joseph Estrada, gave as good as his father got from Sen.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada Rebuts LacsonRelated:Lacson turns against Estrada Lacson & civil society plays dirty vs. Estrada [Manila, Philippines] Mr. President, distinguished colleagues of this august chamber:
Lacson turns against EstradaRelated: Sen. Jinggoy Estrada Rebuts Lacson Lacson & civil society plays dirty vs. Estrada
Mother and son accused of human trafficking A mother and son are facing charges after investigators said they were involved with a human trafficking organization.
Death on the Great Wall of India - India's 2,500-mile border fence around BangladeshIn the last six months, more than 50 people have been killed alongside the 2,500-mile barbed wire fence that India is building around its neighbour, Bangladesh. Such "smuggling"-related incidents are increasing.
Delta Airlines Employees Charged With Smuggling ImmigrantsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal grand jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands has indicted two ticket agent contractors who worked for Delta Airlines and an airport employee on charges of conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S.
Tobacco smugglers to make a packet from Customs blunderMillions of pounds seized from tobacco smugglers over the past eight years will have to be returned because Customs officers unlawfully confiscated their assets, The Independent has learnt.
U.S. unveils new speedboat to catch smugglersU.S. Customs and Border Protection showed off a prototype vessel Monday in San Diego that it hopes will aid agents during high-speed pursuits.
Kickback scheme lands ICE agent in jailA federal undercover agent was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to shaking down government informants for thousands of dollars while he was infiltrating an Ecuadorean-Chinese smuggling operation.
Prisons need authority to jam cell phonesFor years, inmates have been getting banned cell phones into prison, either smuggled or thrown over the wall. Some inmates use the phones to plan more crimes.
US aids smuggling in W. AfricaThe U.S. Department of Commerce just released a report titled the U.S.-African Trade Profile [pdf]. One particular paragraph jumped at me
Pirates "Smuggling Al-Qaeda Fighters" Into SomaliaThe Telegraph cites a Somalian minister, Professor Abdulrahman Adan Ibrahim as stating " 'the Shabab are getting the pirates to bring in fighters.' "
Scorpions surprise Polish customsPolish customs officers were surprised to find live scorpions in a parcel from Hong Kong supposed to contain toys.
Live alligator found in bag on train in NorwayNorwegian customs officials carrying out a routine check were shocked to find a live alligator in luggage on board a train bound for Oslo, officials said.
Is this the death of the dollar? Border guards in Chiasso see plenty of smugglers and plenty of false-bottomed suitcases, but no one in the town, which straddles the Italian-Swiss frontier, had ever seen anything like this.
Suitcase With $134 Billion Puts Dollar on EdgeTwo Japanese men are detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland. Details are maddeningly sketchy, so naturally the global rumor mill is kicking into high gear.
Cocaine found stuffed into frozen sharksMexico's navy has seized more than a tonne of cocaine stuffed inside frozen sharks.
Italy seizes $135B of US bonds from two Japanese citizens. 11 June 2009 @ 06:51 pm ETTwo Japanese citizens carrying $134 billion worth of U.S. bonds were detained last week by Italy's financial police at Chiasso (40km from Milan) on the border between Italy and Switzerland, an Italian daily said Wednesday.
India: Nuclear-chemical-biological Thefts Or Smuggling The international media remains toujours preoccupied with fears of NCB-material thefts from Pakistan's installations.
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