Smuggling

Two Guatemalans plead guilty in US migrant smuggling case after crash kills 55

A police officer raises his arm to block photographers to to avoid taking pictures at the site of a trailer accident that left at least 49 people dead, most of them migrants from Central America, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Chiapas state, Mexico December 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jacob Garcia

Smuggled dinosaur fossils return to Mongolia after two decades

The collection includes a Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton and 28 groups of fossilised dinosaur remains originally found in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert.

Indonesia vessels headed towards Singapore with smuggled rare earth metals intercepted

Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Military (TNI) inspectING evidence of rare earth element (REE) and radioactive mineral smuggling foiled by the Navy in Batam, Riau Islands.

Smurfing and smuggling: How China’s rich illegally get money out of the country

Households, institutions and companies moved a record US$807 billion out of China in 2025, says one estimate.

3 killed in Eastern Pacific ‘narco’ boat strike: US military

This brings the total number of those killed in such attacks to over 200 since September.

Rise in vehicles seized at land borders for smuggling contraband items in 2025: Singapore Customs

A motorcycle's bodywork taken apart after ICA officers flagged the vehicle for attempted smuggling of contraband cigarettes in 2025.

Vietnamese police bust laughing gas trafficking ring with $1 million in turnover

Medical experts warn that frequent or uncontrolled use of N2O can cause serious harm, including nerve damage.

Taiwan seeks to detain three in Nvidia chip smuggling crackdown

The US has restricted sales of AI chips made by companies such as Nvidia to China since 2022.

US imposes fresh sanctions on Iranian exchange house, shadow fleet vessels

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Rafael Peralta intercepts the Iran-flagged oil tanker Herby.

Britain jails driver for smuggling cocaine in shipment of Kim Kardashian underwear

A Polish driver was caught smuggling 90kg of cocaine in the lining of the doors of the lorry.

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