Smuggling

Eight arrested as Vietnam-UK migrant smuggling network dismantled, Europol says

EU police smash ring smuggling Vietnamese into Europe

Migrants picked up at sea, while attempting to cross the English Channel from France, at the Port of Dover in England on April 1. Such crossings are sometimes part of trips arranged by smugglers.

Camel couriers caught carrying contraband booze to Delhi

The same camels had been stopped in 2025 for alcohol smuggling, reported The Hindustan Times.

European police targets violent Scottish crime gang behind drug trafficking

Trump's envoy says 'great progress' in reconciling Belarus with Lithuania

John Coale, an envoy for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during an interview as 250 prisoners released from Belarus arrive in Vilnius, Lithuania, March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

Kenya arrests man trying to smuggle over 2,000 live ants in luggage

Ants are valuable to Kenya’s ecosystem.

More than 330 arrested in Europol-led operation against illicit waste trade

New Zealand women allegedly smuggled 38kg of meth under towels

Bags of methamphetamine are seen packed tightly into a suitcase under a pink towel at the Sydney Airport.

Mexico steps up investigations into fuel smuggling by drug cartels

A member of the Mexican navy holds his rifle while patrolling in a boat as Mexico expands probe into cartel-linked maritime fuel‑smuggling at key ports, in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, May 28, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

US court convicts Japanese yakuza for trafficking nuclear material

Takeshi Ebisawa, 61, has been jailed since April 2022 on drug and weapons charges.

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