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Smuggling

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First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

N.Korean diplomats caught smuggling, expelled from Sweden

A presumed cigarette smuggling scheme was nipped in the bud by Swedish police earlier this week. Two North Korean diplomats were arrested Wednesday with a large quantity of cigarettes. The diplomats claimed immunity, but Swedish police arrested the pair ... [Digital Journal - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Smuggling, Sweden, North Korea

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 11 Documents

Underground tunnels targeted by Israeli forces

th November, 2009The Israel Air Force has attacked two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip.The airstrikes were near the border town of Rafah.Israeli military officials also claimed its forces destroyed a weapons factory in Khan Younis, in response ... [Uzbekistan News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Israel, HAMAS, Bangladesh Army

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

World Bank Group

Gaza's thriving tunnel economy

While Israel maintains its blockade around the Gaza Strip, tunnels used for smuggling goods continue to provide a lifeline for the beseiged people living there.According to World Bank officials, 80 per cent of Gazas imports currently come through the ... [Al Jazeera - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Smuggling, World Bank Group, Israel

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 14 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

HAMAS

Israeli airplanes raid Gaza after rocket attacks

GAZA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli air force raided two smuggling tunnels and a Hamas training camp in the Gaza Strip early Thursday, in response to Palestinian rocket fires on southern Israel, security sources said.The airstrikes targeted the two smuggling ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Smuggling, HAMAS, Khan Younis (Gaza Strip)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Vattenfall AB

N.Korean held in Sweden for smuggling

• Minister accused of lying about Vattenfall scandal• Swedish market players say crisis peaked• Sweden's employment rate drops• 'Show us the money' Volvo unions tells China's Geely• Volvo truck shipments fall, but offer hope• Ericsson signs deal with ... [Swedish Wire - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Sweden, Smuggling, Vattenfall AB, Pirate Bay

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Jail for Wigan drug smugglers

A WOMAN was sweet-talked by her boyfriend into smuggling cocaine from Venezuela wrapped up in her bikini bottoms.Stephanie Thomas, 43, was said to have been a naive housewife flattered by the attentions of Matthew Wright, 38, who introduced her to crime ... [Manchester Evening News - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Cocaine, Wigan (United Kingdom), Stephanie Thomas, Matthew Wright, Venezuela

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Palestinians walk in a smuggling tunnel while repairing it in ...

(Reuters) - Palestinians walk in a smuggling tunnel while repairing it in Rafah near Gaza's border with Egypt in this January 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Smuggling, Rafah (Gaza Strip), Egypt

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Persons engaged in drugs smuggling from Iran to Azerbaijan defused

Azerbaijan, Baku, November 19 / Trend News, K.Zarbaliyeva /The persons engaged in drugs smuggling from Iran to Azerbaijan were defused. Over 104 kg of drugs was withdrawn from these persons, the Center for Public Relations of Azerbaijani Ministry of National ... [Trend News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Azerbaijan, Smuggling, Iran

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

India beefs up security on its Nepal, Bangladesh borders

Naxalbari/ Siliguri, November 19 (ANI): India has stepped security along the 'chicken neck area', a narrow strip of land in West Bengal state wedged between Nepal and Bangladesh, to keep a check on smuggling of arms. The Shasastra Seema Bal (SSB), which ... [Yahoo! India - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Nepal, Bangladesh, India

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Spaniard denies being drug smuggler; lay judges hand him 10 years

CHIBA (Kyodo) A Spanish man was sentenced to 10 years and fined ¥5 million in a lay judge trial Friday for smuggling illegal stimulants into Japan in May. He had pleaded innocent.Orquin Mompo Fernando, 38, was the second defendant to claim innocence in ... [Japan Times - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Defendant, Probation, Probation Officer, Chiba, Yokohama

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Egypt's abrupt shutdown of operations against tunnels revives missile flow to Gaza

Egypt's special forces and engineering units suddenly shut down operation against the smuggling tunnels to Gaza without warning to Washington or Jerusalem, DEBKAfile's military sources report. US and Israeli requests for clarifications from Cairo, which ... [DEBKA - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Egypt, Military/Armed Forces, Smuggling, Cairo

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Terror suspect Headley's father was a Pak diplomat

father was a Pak diplomat » Story Headley's father was a Pak diplomat Correspondent, Thursday November 19, 2009, Washington Fresh details are emerging on David Headley - one of the men at the centre of the ... [NDTV - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Custody, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), Heroin (Diacetylmorphine), Smuggling

Quotes

...president said that the Asian Relations Conference organised at Sapru House in 1947 was held at the end of one era and at the threshold of another. "Six decades later, the continent stands at the threshold of another Asian era. In this period the Nehruvian vision of Asia, indeed the geographical unity of the continent so to speak, has ceased to matter for geo-politics or economics" he said. Ansari said that the way in which India and China deal with challenges such as terrorism, illegal migration, smuggling of drugs and arms and...

India, China interests intersect over a wide arc: Vice President [Topnews.in - 6 hours ago]

Mike O Grady, of Revenue and Customs said: "There is no excuse for any person to get involved in this illegal and harmful trade. Today, Wright and Thomas are paying the price for their parts in an international criminal network. 'Working with our law enforcement colleagues both in the UK and abroad sharing intelligence we will take every action to detect, seize and bring those smuggling drugs into the country before the courts. 'This is an illegal trade which damages the lives of local people and finances wider criminal organisations.'"

Jail for Wigan drug smugglers [Manchester Evening News - 10 hours ago]

"We should take the PASG's anti-smuggling campaign as a positive development since the BureauBureau of Customs has failed to meet its collection target and has been largely inutile against smuggling and corruption" Escudero added

Chiz: Spare PASG from intrigues [Senate of the Philippines - 15 hours ago]

More Content

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Pakistani duo held in Italy for abetting in 26/11 [The Hindu - 52 mins ago]
Ansari asks India, China to be mutually sensitive [The Hindu - 52 mins ago]
N.Korean diplomats caught smuggling, expelled f... [Digital Journal - 4 hours ago]
NK Diplomats Arrested in Sweden for Smuggling [Korea Times - 4 hours ago]
Mexico's Drug Problem [Suite101.com - 6 hours ago]
India, China interests intersect over a wide ar... [Topnews.in - 6 hours ago]
Two Thai workers face arrest on drug charges [MCOT - 6 hours ago]
Pakistan force foils drugs smuggling attempts a... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Police prevent smuggling of drugs [B92 - 6 hours ago]
Headley born to a Pak envoy: Report [India Today - 9 hours ago]
No Hiding Place [Nigeria Guardian - 9 hours ago]
Criminals benefit from lack of EU-wide laws: DPP [Irish Independent - 10 hours ago]
Jail for Wigan drug smugglers [Manchester Evening News - 10 hours ago]
Prosecutors to focus on organised crime [Viet Nam News - 12 hours ago]
N.Korean held in Sweden for smuggling [Swedish Wire - 13 hours ago]
Maoists operating with China made arms: Home Se... [FreshNews.in - 13 hours ago]
Smuggling seen deterring future investments in ... [Manila Bulletin - 13 hours ago]
Spare PASG from intrigues — Escudero [Manila Bulletin - 13 hours ago]
Colombia’s pro-US move angers Venezuela [Malaysian Insider - 14 hours ago]
Gilani changed name to Headley to hide tracks [Times of India - 14 hours ago]
Gaza's thriving tunnel economy [Al Jazeera - 14 hours ago]
Finland advises Turks on how to recognise poten... [Helsingin Sanomat - 15 hours ago]
Chiz: Spare PASG from intrigues [Senate of the Philippines - 15 hours ago]
Déj [Council on Hemispheric Affairs - 15 hours ago]
Israeli air strikes target Gaza tunnels, wound ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 16 hours ago]
PM USA Sues More Retailers to Stop Counterfeit ... [Convenience Store/Petroleum - 16 hours ago]
Sustaining Industrial Revival Efforts [column] [Individual.com - 17 hours ago]
Customs Officers Discover Fake Documents on Bul... [Sofia News Agency - 18 hours ago]
Spaniard denies being drug smuggler; lay judges... [Japan Times - 19 hours ago]
Fugitive Buddhist Monk Pleads Guilty, Goes Free... [Orange County Weekly - 22 hours ago]

Blogs

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Mahmoud Abbas in Brazil: The Rise of Jew Hatred... [Atlas Shrugs - 5 hours ago] As South America continues to head South, David Bor writes me with this deeply disturbing update from Brazil. David writes: Yesterday,Friday (11-20) while receiving ...
Saturday Morning at The Confluence [The Confluence - 6 hours ago] Good morning everyone! What are you reading this morning? I recently started the new book by John Perkins, Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World ...
UPDATE 2-Colombia says will not be provoked by ... [Economy-Finance - 21 hours ago] * Chavez’s insults, dynamited bridges raise tensions * Border town residents forced to wade across river * Colombian military chiefs meet, no troop buildup ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 21 hours ago] The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently ...
ACORN Controversy Provides Case Study in Combat... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 11/20/2009] The scandal surrounding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has provided a number of case studies in liberal media bias. The initial silence ...

Audio/Video

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Tunnels provide lifeline for Gazans - 20 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/20/2009]
Retracing the path of the iconic movie on its 4... [Slate Magazine - 11/17/2009]
Cash Smuggling Sting [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 11/09/2009]
Gaza's deadly tunnels [CNN International - YouTube - 11/04/2009]
Man Smuggles Snakes on His Body [ABC News Video: Top Videos - 10/27/2009]

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