Smuggling

Gold smuggling, organized by individuals linked to the ruling establishment, deprives Zimbabwe of an estimated 36 tonnes of...

The government of the West African nation of Gambia on Friday revoked with immediate effect all timber export licenses and...

In another blow to criminal groups involved in baby eel trafficking, European security forces said they arrested 49 suspects...

The Sahel, the arid plains of North Africa wedged between the Sahara desert and the dense jungles farther south, has long...

Nigeria’s Customs Service seized 2,820 donkey skins worth US$116,000, which were to be smuggled out of the country –...

Iraqi tycoon Waheb Tabra worked with Saddam Hussein's son in the 1990s before making a fortune smuggling cigarettes. Since...

Iraqi tycoon Nizar Hanna Nasri sits atop an empire spanning pharmaceuticals, liquor imports, and some of Erbil’s most...

While small arms like pistols and assault weapons such as AR-15 dominate debates around gun control and the illegal firearms...

Along with dozens of their customers, two government-owned banks in Iraq have embezzled over 920 billion Iraqi dinars...

A U.K. court convicted a 33-year old barber from northwest London for paying thousands of pounds to lorry drivers to smuggle...

Brazil and Paraguay initiated on Tuesday a regional security project that will allow their security forces to quickly...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created a fertile ground for various crimes, including human smuggling and forging...