Articles tagged with smuggling
Wed, April 18, 2012
Ship suspected of arms smuggling to Syria docks in Turkey
By Erika Solomon and Evrim Ergin
ISKENDERUN, Turkey (Reuters) - A German-owned ship suspected of carrying weapons and ammunition heading to Syria was being towed ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Border agent accused of gun smuggling ordered detained
By Robert Gray
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A Border Patrol agent, accused of buying guns in the United States and smuggling them to Mexico ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
U.S. border agent accused of gun smuggling ordered detained
By Robert Gray
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent, accused of buying guns in the United States and smuggling them ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
WHO brokers deal to stamp out tobacco smuggling
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - Health officials on Wednesday provisionally agreed a global deal to combat tobacco smuggling, a trade the World Health Organisation ...
Sun, March 25, 2012
Tough times in the U.S.-China iPad smuggling game
By Gerry Shih, Poornima Gupta and Lee Chyen Yee
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Man arrested in Texas in smuggling scheme involving Craigslist
By Jared Taylor
(Reuters) - A man suspected of using the online advertising site Craigslist to recruit drivers for a scheme to transport illegal immigrants ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
U.S. ocean fence aims to curb smuggling from Mexico
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are building a steel and concrete barrier 300 feet out into the Pacific Ocean ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
Bus passengers get prison in Texas cash smuggling case
By Jared Taylor
McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced a busload of passengers to prison terms of up to three years for their ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Arizona sting catches 2 officials in drug smuggling
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent and an Arizona jailer trapped in a sting operation have been arrested on ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
U.S. man nabbed for smuggling grenade parts
By Rachel Uranga
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police arrested a U.S. man accused of trafficking grenade and gun parts to one of the ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Man sentenced to jail for smuggling whale teeth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A convicted smuggler of sperm whale teeth was sentenced in Boston federal court on Monday to 30 days behind bars for ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
Maritime smuggling to California on the rise
By Jason Kandel
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When U.S. immigration agents found a boatload of Mexican castaways huddled on a Malibu beach, and a ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
China's Apple frenzy triggers wave of smuggling
By Lee Chyen Yee
HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a crowded multi-storeyed marketplace in downtown Shenzhen, a store owner haggles with a cigarette-smoking customer over ...
Sat, July 23, 2011
Bold Mexico smuggling scam has Texas commuters jittery
By Patricia Giovine
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - School teacher Ana Isela Martinez was rolling up to the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez ...
Thu, July 14, 2011
Special report: How fuel smuggling keeps Gaddafi machine running
By Lamine Chikhi, Christian Lowe and Emma Farge
ZOKRA, Tunisia (Reuters)- Yacine, a 24-year old Tunisian in jeans and an oil-stained red T-shirt, has ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
23 indicted in $36 million Mexican drug cartel smuggling
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado grand jury has indicted 23 people allegedly linked to the Los Zetas drug cartel in connection with ...
Fri, June 03, 2011
Mexican drug war scares U.S. teens off smuggling
By Tim Gaynor
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Police in the U.S. border city of El Paso can thank criminals in Mexico for ridding ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Arizona sheriff nabs own employees on smuggling charges
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Three employees of a tough Arizona sheriff were arrested on Tuesday on charges that they helped a drug and human smuggling organization ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Police break up Arizona-Mexico drug smuggling network
By Brad Poole
TUCSON (Reuters) - Police in Arizona have arrested 25 suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel, significantly hampering the group's ability ...
Mon, May 16, 2011
German man gets prison in tarantula smuggling case
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A German national who pleaded guilty to smuggling hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States through the ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Queen Mary 2 luxury liner used in alleged smuggling case
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Malaysian man faces charges of attempting to smuggle nine Chinese aliens into the United States on board ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Feds arrest 12 in airport drug smuggling probe
DETROIT (Reuters) - A dozen people, including 10 current or former Delta Air Lines baggage handlers, face drug trafficking and related charges in a probe ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Feds arrest 12 in Detroit airport drug smuggling probe
DETROIT (Reuters) - Federal authorities arrested 12 people on Thursday, including 10 current or former Delta Air Lines baggage handlers, in an internal probe of ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Woman Sentenced for Smuggling Drugs Into Prison
TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ) -- Getting caught trying to smuggle contraband or drugs into the prison will always get you in trouble, and an Ohio ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Coloring book used in New Jersey jail drug smuggling scheme
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three inmates and their loved ones were charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into a New Jersey jail on the pages of ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
Four Busted For Pot Smuggling
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ)- Four people have been arrested trying to smuggle marijuana into Terre Haute's Federal Correctional Complex. One visitor tried to ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Drugs hidden under postage stamps in prison smuggling scheme
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Inmates and their loved ones were charged in a drug smuggling scheme involving narcotics hidden under postage stamps on ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
Ex-border cop dressed as postman nabbed for smuggling
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A former U.S. Customs inspector dressed in a postman's uniform was nabbed as he allegedly tried to smuggle ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
Border smuggling game stirs controversy
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A truck bouncing along a cartoon desert highway sheds men, women and children as it hits bumps and hops over creeks ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
North Carolina man indicted for smuggling handguns to Britain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A grand jury has charged a North Carolina man with illegally smuggling dozens of firearms out of the United States and selling ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
Man sentenced for smuggling whale ivory into U.S.
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Ukrainian man was convicted and sentenced on Monday of attempting to smuggle endangered sperm whale ivory into the United States, authorities ...
Thu, January 06, 2011
Texas men sentenced for smuggling aliens to Northeast
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The owners of a Texas transportation company were sentenced to prison on Thursday for smuggling illegal aliens, sometimes dozens a month ...
Tue, December 07, 2010
U.S. makes smuggling charge in UBS tax fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man was indicted on charges of hiding $11 million at Swiss bank UBS AG and smuggling $450,000 ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
Reynolds tried smuggling sleep medication to Spain
Reynolds stars as a trucker who is kidnapped in Iraq and buried alive in the film, but he didn't predict shooting long scenes ...
Mon, September 06, 2010
Man Arrested For Smuggling Drugs Into Correctional Facility
PUTNAMVILLE (WIBQ) - A Wabash Valley man is in jail charged with smuggling drugs to members of the Aryan Brotherhood at a local jail. 22 ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
Attorney Arrested For Smuggling Drugs To Client In Prison
TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ) - A former judge has been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into a local prison. On Saturday, the FBI received a tip ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
Correctional Officer Arrested for Smuggling Contraband
Carlisle (WIBQ)-Two cell phones and a can of tobacco may prove to be the downfall for an area Correctional Officer. Bradley McMahan, who ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
Human smuggling network busted
PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. police arrested 47 people and broke up a human smuggling network that used rogue shuttle firms to ferry thousands of ...
Sun, March 21, 2010
Progress made on global tobacco smuggling pact
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - Negotiators have made significant progress on a global pact to halt smuggling and counterfeiting of tobacco products in a ...
Mon, February 15, 2010
W. African cocaine use rises along smuggling routes
By David Lewis
DAKAR (Reuters) - West Africans are consuming more of the drugs trafficked between South America and Europe, raising the specter of rising ...
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