U.S. Designates Serbian, Salvadoran Gangs with Political Ties
The U.S. authorities announced Wednesday they have targeted 16 individuals and 24 entities suspected of corruption and...
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Smuggling
EU Prosecutors Dismantle Tobacco Smuggling Network, Nab 12 Suspects
The Palermo office of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said on Tuesday that it has concluded its first...
Soon After Taking Over Belarus’ Tobacco Industry, Oligarch Donated Luxury Cars to Lukashenko Regime
Leaked data shows that Aliaksei Aleksin gave Alexander Lukashenko’s security services vehicles worth around $1.7 million.
Ex-Prison Warden in Lithuania Struck $1M Deal with Sanctioned Belarusian State Truckmaker
A former prison warden from Lithuania may have helped the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko dodge sanctions...
Hong Kong Customs Agents Seize 200 Tonnes of Contraband Meat
Hong Kong Customs reported last week the seizure of a smuggling vessel carrying approximately 200 tonnes of frozen meat with...
US Returns Nearly 1,000 Looted Artifacts to Mali
U.S. authorities returned to Mali a massive trove of looted artifacts, which border officials in Texas discovered over a...
UK Convicts Group of Plotting to Smuggle Hundreds of Migrants
Authorities in the United Kingdom found a London-based criminal group guilty of trying to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into...
The Pandora Papers
Offshore Documents Show Ukrainian Ex-Tax Boss Linked to Car-Smuggling Case
Newly uncovered company data from the Pandora Papers sheds light on the network behind a smuggling ring in Central...
US Authorities Arrest Ivory and Rhino Horn Smugglers
U.S authorities in Seattle arrested two men from the Democratic Republic of the Congo for smuggling several small packages...
Police in Europe Dismantle Two Criminal Groups Smuggling Migrants
Police in several European countries have dismantled two criminal groups that were smuggling migrants from Asia into Europe...
U.S. Returns to India 248 Stolen Antiquities Worth $15 Million
U.S. authorities returned 248 pieces of looted art worth around US$15 million to India after most of the artifacts were...
France Sentences Two Men for Smuggling People into the UK
A French court sentenced last week two Iranian nationals with residence in the U.K. to years-long prison terms for smuggling...