Sentence examples for illicit smuggling from inspiring English sources

Confiscations can be from residents who fled their homes, for violation of its regulations or illicit smuggling of goods, such as alcohol and cigarettes.

While most of that revenue is strictly controlled by the United Nations, intelligence reports suggest that Mr. Hussein has been able to divert $500 million to $1 billion a year and raise another $1 billion to $2 billion in illicit smuggling.

But it's also likely that drug gangs, which fight to the death to maintain a grip on illicit smuggling through international ports, would protect any illegal loads.

Although some in Myanmar and Bangladesh can afford to travel legally, the vast majority of migrants are extremely poor and reliant on illicit smuggling networks.

Bromley, a co-author of the report, told IPS the United Nations has an important role to play, but the EU has a unified stance on this matter and has explicitly recognised the problems of air cargo carriers transporting arms in their framework control strategy against the illicit smuggling of small arms and light weapons (SALW).

Another friend died in one of the frequent Israeli bombing raids meant to deter the illicit smuggling.

It has persistently highlighted the dangers of illicit tobacco smuggling, claiming that the introduction of plain packs would lead to a surge in potentially dangerous counterfeit brands because the packs would be easy to copy.

But Germany's hopes of containing the refugee influx lie in Ms Merkel's recently brokered deal with Turkey which aims to enlist Nato support to police the Turkish-Greek maritime border and clamp down on illicit migrant smuggling.

The agency signed an agreement this week to broaden an established program through which the United States provides China with training and technology to detect "illicit movements, smuggling of nuclear materials and logical sources".

Last night, Black Market: Dispatches explored the contours of the massive illicit gas smuggling network running from Venezuela to Colombia.

Beyond drugs and guns, Le Roux was allegedly involved in arming a militia in Somalia, illicit gold smuggling in West Africa, harvesting exotic timber in the South Pacific, money laundering, and the development of encryption software.