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When a drunken geezer with a dodgy accent refuses to leave after last orders at the Old Vic, Mick Carter Danny Dyerr) turfs him out, only to end up in possession of a nondescript sports bag stuffed with smuggled tobacco.

In an effort to prevent migrants without papers from being brutalised by security forces, the law emphasises that smuggled persons are victims of human rights abuses.

Smuggled into the country by unscrupulous brokers, they are sold into factory and other low-end jobs in ways that can amount to debt bondage.The shrimp industry has come under particular scrutiny.

UBS, which encouraged clients to hide behind opaque corporate structures and even smuggled diamonds for them, had $20 billion in untaxed American money, a whistle-blower claimed in court.

Smuggled children face horrible risks, from robbery to rape.

The guards allegedly smuggled phones, pills and other items for the prisoners.

Prisoners are not supposed to have mobile phones, but these are smuggled in, too.Drug testing and treatment programmes have not eradicated drugs in prison, but they have shaped the trade.

There is even a thriving market in smuggled seed in Brazil, where the government has not yet formally authorised commercial planting.

Public opinion is not on Mr Simitis's side.In this section Europe's smuggled masses The Ocalan crisis Wicked, really Against the grain Poland's pig-headed farmers Bodo Hombach, Germany's trouble-shooter Reprints Related items The tragedy of the KurdsFeb 18th 1999The prime minister's problem has its roots in the history of Greece's antagonistic relations with Turkey and with the Kurds.

Smuggled mobiles have been used on Chinese networks near the border for years, but now business is booming for Koryolink, the North's only official cellular network, based in the capital, Pyongyang.The service 75%-owned by Oraservice 75%-owned firm, and 25%-owned by the NOrascomrean statEgyptianne firm 300,000 to 1m subscribers in 18 months.

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Jethro Tull had been one of the first bands, along with the Beatles, to be officially released on the Russian state record label Melodiya back in the Gorbachev days, but the illegal bootlegs and smuggled-in rock records that circulated among the envious young men of eastern Europe and the USSR had already paved the way for us and our peers to venture out there sooner or later.

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