"Kim Jong-un has redoubled his efforts to isolate the majority of his people... cracking down on cross-border cell phones, smuggling, and refugee flows," he adds.
Some current and former American and Iraqi officials, along with banking and oil experts, say that Iraqi government officials are turning a blind eye to the large financial flows, smuggling and other trade with Iran.
The Sinai has become a crucial route for regional arms smuggling, with weapons flowing from chaotic post-Gaddafi Libya to various conflicts in the region.
Even as the Turkish state militarizes border security and gets a handle on gasoline smuggling, the unrelenting flow of narcotics, foreign fighters, and illicit funds across the Syrian border are a persistent threat to international security and will remain so as long as the conflict to Turkey's south smolders.
flows, including smuggling and trafficking, makes the determination of their numbers difficult and estimates inexact.
He said it shows that even the most mythic figures are not immune, especially since the flow of smuggling to the United States has essentially remained steady since the Golden Venture disaster.
Weapons smuggling, and the unchecked flow of refugees which could include extremists are threatening the security not only of Tunisia, but Algeria and other countries on the North African coast.
But governments' rhetoric presenting migration flows as a smuggling problem looks like a lame attempt to justify blocking migration and to deflect attention from the consequences of their own policy failures.
In supporting the Syrian rebels by allowing weapons smuggling and the cross-border flow of fighters and refugees — and enduring the spillover effects of economic collapse in border areas and errant munitions — the government had little choice but to respond militarily, analysts said, even if the strike on Turkish territory was unintentional.
