Sentence examples for proceeds of smuggling from inspiring English sources

The UN never fully established its authority in that small territory, which became a self-governing, practically lawless land living largely on transfers from Belgrade and the proceeds of smuggling.

The country roads are enlivened by shrines to IRA bombers and hunger-strikers, plus mysteriously grand houses reputedly bought with the proceeds of smuggling, long intertwined with paramilitarism.

And get hold of it they did – from the criminal bootleggers who multiplied and became rich on the proceeds of smuggling, from the individuals making "moonshine" (which sometimes proved fatal when drunk) in their bathtubs, and in the "speakeasies" that proliferated across urban America.

Also, missile development is proceeding briskly in Iran, and there is always the option of smuggling a weapon into Israel.

He was accused of smuggling weapons.

Billions of dollars, chiefly the proceeds of drug smuggling, are laundered and distributed across the border annually.

Inmates also sought to entice guards into sexual relationships because the guards generally shared the proceeds of their smuggling operations with their boyfriends.

I didn't know who it belonged to but it was a criminal amount of money, most probably the proceeds of cocaine smuggling.

At the time, Mr. Gilmore had been living like a king off the proceeds of cocaine he smuggled from Florida.

The group was suspected of sending the proceeds of an alleged smuggling enterprise to al-Qaida-linked Islamists in Somalia.

However, assets seized have been limited: in 1994 the authorities secured £3.6m obtained from the proceeds of his drugs smuggling, and nearly £3.5m remains outstanding from a £4.1m order imposed by Dutch authorities.