https://www.unodc.org/unodc/human-trafficking/
Human trafficking and migrant smuggling are global and widespread crimes that use men, women and children for profit. The organized networks or individuals...
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https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/data-discrepancies-suggest-laos-monkey-smuggling-persists-despite-trade-ban/
Apr 23, 2025 - Environmental science and conservation news
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https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2025/October/not-the-same-crime_-understanding-the-difference-between-human-trafficking-and-migrant-smuggling.html
Not the same crime: Understanding the difference between human trafficking and migrant smuggling
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https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15773238/texas-driver-caught-smuggling-23-people-in-sleeper-heavyspecialized-hos-exemption-renewed
Dec 7, 2025 - The driver of the bobtail truck didn't have a CDL and faces possible prison time for human smuggling. Plus, FMCSA extends HOS exemption for oversize/overweight...
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https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-busts-international-drug-smuggling-rings-with-17kg-cocaine
One network attempted to bring more than 12kg of cocaine into the nation for distribution. Sharjah authorities rapidly gathered information and coordinated...
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/06/indian-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-accused-smuggling-300-pounds-cocaine-across-indiana/
Jan 18, 2026 - Two illegal aliens from India are accused of smuggling more than 300 pounds of cocaine across the state of Indiana in their semi-truck.
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https://www.lemonde.fr/en/global-issues/article/2025/11/04/nine-accused-of-migrant-smuggling-accross-the-channel-go-on-trial-in-paris_6747105_199.html
The trial will examine their roles in the deaths and the organized networks facilitating perilous journeys from France to Britain.
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https://theindependent.sg/woman-caught-with-over-1200-heat-sticks-at-changi-airport-as-ica-foils-major-e-vaporiser-smuggling-attempt/
Nov 27, 2025 - The woman was detained on the spot.
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https://worldisraelnews.com/idf-intercepts-smuggling-drone-carrying-m-16-rifles/
Dec 31, 2025 - The drone was found to be carrying 20 M-16 rifles, along with additional weapons components.
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https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/tyneside-police-officers-foil-suspected-32946943
Nov 26, 2025 - The officers, of Northumbria Police's Neighbourhood Support Team, were just making a routine arrest when the discovery was made
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https://picum.org/blog/migrant-smuggling-european-parliaments-study-asks-commission-to-withdraw-new-proposal-over-human-rights-risks/
Mar 19, 2025 - On 27th February, the research service of the European Parliament published a new study about the European Commission’s proposed rules to tackle migrant...
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https://picum.org/blog/migrant-smuggling-european-commission-under-investigation-for-disregarding-human-rights-impact-in-current-proposals/
Jun 24, 2025 - The European Ombudsman will investigate the European Commission’s failure to properly assess the impact of proposed new laws against migrant smuggling,...
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/sudans-war-economy-how-hunger-gold-and-smuggling-routes-fuel-escalating-crisis
Ceasefires repeatedly fail because wartime revenue networks reward continued fighting and widen regional instability
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https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/smuggling-networks-exploit-migrant-debt-to-fuel-tiger-poaching-in-malaysia-study-shows/
Apr 8, 2025 - Environmental science and conservation news
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https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/tax-hike-raises-risk-of-smuggling-of-tobacco-products-and-revenue-loss-for-govt-experts/article70470587.ece
Experts warn that recent tax hikes on tobacco may escalate smuggling and lead to significant revenue losses for the government.
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https://www.indiatodayne.in/mizoram/story/border-crackdown-boosts-areca-nut-prices-in-mizorams-mamit-as-smuggling-from-myanmar-decreases-1307621-2025-11-23
Nov 23, 2025 - Areca nut farmers in Mizoram’s Mamit district are witnessing one of their most profitable years, with produce fetching significantly higher prices following...
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https://www.designacademy.nl/page/925/information-smuggling
Information Smuggling delves into the media landscape of illicit publishing and the dissemination of information as acts of resistance against Russian...
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https://forbiddenstories.org/gangs-haiti-rony-celestin-2/
Jul 4, 2025 - Forbidden Sorties continued the investigation of Haitian journalist Néhémie Joseph, who was killed in 2019 while investigating the activities of former...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/20/wildlife/rhino-herd-horn-smuggling/
John Hume, 83, has for years campaigned unsuccessfully for the legalization of international trade in the animals’ horns.
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https://www.tampafp.com/u-s-strikes-cripple-venezuelan-smuggling-hub-sparking-economic-freefall-and-regime-crackdown/
Nov 28, 2025 - The docks in Güiria are quiet, and the silence is costing the city everything.
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https://worldisraelnews.com/drone-smuggling-ring-uncovered-in-southern-israel-four-arrested/
Jan 1, 2026 - Investigators determined that the suspects monitored IDF radio communications during the smuggling operations.
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https://igad.int/ethiopia-uganda-bilateral-workshop-advances-joint-action-against-human-trafficking-and-smuggling/
Nov 21, 2025 - November 18–20,2025 (ENTEBBE, Uganda): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD-SSP) convened a three-day bilateral workshop bringing together senior officials...
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/12/07/editorial/letters/letter-drug-smuggling-kills-dont-fit-the-crime/
Dec 7, 2025 - Much has appeared in recent media about the lethal boat strikes on “assumed” drug smuggling boats “supposedly” from Venezuela under the...
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https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/fentanyl-smuggling/
Jul 15, 2025 - Most fentanyl enters the U.S. through ports of entry, not via migrants. U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers, often recruited by criminal networks....
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https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/2152063/charming-fishing-village-fascinating-smuggling-history-hidden-gem
Jan 5, 2026 - Once at the heart of smuggling activities, the stunning coastal village is a must visit for those looking for a tranquil getaway in the UK.
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https://www.ajiunit.com/article/is-zimbabwes-president-mnangagwa-behind-gold-smuggling/
Sep 18, 2024 - Al Jazeera’s investigation shows different gold smuggling gangs have one common thread — links to Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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https://picum.org/blog/migrant-smuggling-european-parliament-to-start-debating-new-rules/
Apr 7, 2025 - On 8th April, MEPs of the civil liberties committee LIBE are set to start debating the European Commission’s proposed rules to tackle migrant smuggling...
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https://www.ibtimes.com/jd-vances-memoir-addiction-becomes-drug-smuggling-tool-ohio-prison-ironical-internet-reacts-3791303
Nov 26, 2025 - Authorities revealed that a copy of Vance's 2016 memoir 'Hillbilly Elegy' was sprayed with narcotics and mailed to an inmate at the Grafton...
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https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1237129/officer-handed-suspended-sentence-for-migrant-trafficking/
Apr 23, 2024 - A three-member Criminal Appeal Court of Thessaloniki convicted on Tuesday a police officer to seven years and eight months in prison for his involvement in the...
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https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/11/israeli-defense-minister-declares-war-on-drones-smuggling-weapons-from-egypt.php
Nov 7, 2025 - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the border with Egypt to become a closed military zone following the detection of arms and drug smuggling by...
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https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/new-tobacco-excise-hike-draws-farmer-ire-as-faifa-warns-of-demand-hit-smuggling-509125-2026-01-02
Jan 2, 2026 - The farmers' body said the new excise rates — ranging from Rs 2,050 to Rs 8,500 per 1,000 sticks depending on cigarette length, effective February 1...
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https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/01/10/deadly-human-smuggling-crash-patrol-car-theft-by-mexican-teen-exposes-border-chaos-in-south-texas/
Jan 16, 2026 - A 17‑year‑old Mexican national triggered a massive law‑enforcement scramble in Laredo, Texas, on Thursday, leaving two suspected illegal aliens dead and...
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https://www.unodc.org/rosee/en/allstories/2025/6th-regional-forum-on-judicial-cooperation-tackles-trafficking-and-migrant-smuggling-in-the-western-balkans.html
6th Regional Forum on Judicial Cooperation Tackles Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in the Western Balkans
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https://www.fox7austin.com/news/fatal-disease-detected-texas-facility-linked-ghost-deer-smuggling-ring
Nov 24, 2025 - The fatal disease is linked back to one of the largest deer smuggling networks in state history, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
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https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/23/from-crimea-to-iran-two-more-ships-join-russias-grain-smuggling-fleet/
May 28, 2024 - The Zaid and Zafar sailed from a grain terminal in occupied Crimea and unloaded cargo in Iran — we followed them at every step.
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https://www.jalopnik.com/1990163/cigarette-smuggling-balloons-shut-down-european-airport/
Oct 9, 2025 - 14 weather balloons invaded Lithuania from neighboring Belarus, intent on making a quick buck off of cheap nicotine.
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https://portswigger.net/research/browser-powered-desync-attacks
The recent rise of HTTP Request Smuggling has seen a flood of critical findings enabling near-complete compromise of numerous major websites. However, the...
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https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-israeli-border-units-race-to-stop-smuggling-across-the-jordan-frontier/
Nov 28, 2025 - Along Israel’s longest border, IDF units are scrambling to choke off a surge in smuggling—everything from weapons and drugs to terrorists slipping through...
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https://thefreelancedesk.com/smuggling-across-the-alps-andrea-vogt-uncovers-new-routes/
Nov 3, 2025 - journalist Andrea Vogt examines emerging Alpine migration and smuggling patterns with human-centered storytelling, security insights,ethical
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https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-873141
Three rifles were retrieved by Israeli forces after intercepting and locating the drone.
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https://www.kens5.com/article/news/crime/4-arrested-bexar-county-texas-human-smuggling-operation/273-d0d3b5da-e256-4fa6-9f08-8fdd9c4e253a
Bexar County deputies arrested four suspects involved in a human smuggling operation, leading to the recovery of four undocumented migrants in the process.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4044491/chinese-visa-holder-charged-smuggling-e-coli-us/
Dec 19, 2025 - FBI Director Kash Patel warned of the growing trend involving Chinese nationals smuggling biological materials into the country.
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https://asianews.network/cross-border-drug-smuggling-network-in-indias-punjab-busted-one-held-with-5-11-kg-heroin/
Dec 29, 2025 - DGP Gaurav Yadav said preliminary investigation has indicated that the recovered heroin consignment was sourced from Pakistan and delivered via drone by...
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https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-reports-of-an-elaborate-chinese-gpu-smuggling-operation-are-far-fetched-2000697678
Dec 11, 2025 - Deepseek reportedly received banned chips, and is allegedly using them to train a new model.
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https://www.unodc.org/rosee/en/allstories/2025/addressing-the-nexus-between-human-trafficking-and-migrant-smuggling-in-south-eastern-europe_-expert-group-meeting-in-skopje-explore-solutions.html
Addressing the Nexus between Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in South-Eastern Europe: Expert Group Meeting in Skopje Explore Solutions
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https://picum.org/blog/migrant-smuggling-eu-council-set-to-vote-on-text-threatening-people-helping-migrants/
Mar 5, 2025 - On 13th December 2024, the EU Council will vote on new EU rules about migrant smuggling which would leave the door open to the criminalisation of migrants and...
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https://www.rise.md/english/a-judge-for-smuggling-intelligence-team-left-moldova-the-day-chaus-was-abducted/
May 3, 2021 - On the 3rd of April, a dark, tinted off-road vehicle drove into the small town of Otaci, located 250 kilometers north of Chisinau. It was heading towards the...
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https://nypost.com/2026/02/20/lifestyle/tara-grammy-terrifed-iranians-are-smuggling-out-stories-of-murder-machette-attacks-and-gang-rape-theyre-desperate-for-us-intervention/
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https://edri.org/our-work/migrant-smuggling-laws-european-commission-found-in-breach-of-transparency-rules/
Dec 11, 2025 - The inquiry concluded that the Commission didn't provide evidence to justify the claims of "urgency" to bypass the 'Better Regulation'...
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https://picum.org/blog/migrants-smuggling-laws-european-commission-found-in-breach-of-transparency-rules/
Nov 27, 2025 - The European Ombudsperson has found the European Commission bypassed key transparency rules (Better Regulation guidelines) when preparing legislation to...
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https://www.azernews.az/region/252548.html
A large-scale operation against arms smuggling has been carried out across 14 provinces of Türkiye.
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https://theindependent.sg/ica-foils-two-smuggling-attempts-at-woodlands-checkpoint-seizing-more-than-2600-e-vaporisers/
Nov 27, 2025 - "Do not try your luck!" people commented.
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https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2025/September/explainer_-how-is-migrant-smuggling-criminalized.html
Explainer: How is migrant smuggling criminalized?
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https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/smuggling-gangs-lynchpin-processed-drugs-33111179
Dec 23, 2025 - She'd process the drugs before selling on through the UK
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https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/human-smuggling-and-trafficking-in-north-africa-and-the-sahel-2025/
Nov 19, 2025 - Since 2016, the GI-TOC has monitored the political economy of human smuggling and trafficking in North Africa and the Sahel. The 2025 series features country...
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https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/brits-escape-death-sentence-after-36489793
Jan 2, 2026 - Drug mules Lisa Stocker and Jon Collyer have been freed from their Bali prison hellhole, getting back to the UK within months despite risking the firing squad...
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https://www.fox7austin.com/news/human-smuggling-operation-3-arrested-bexar-county
Nov 26, 2025 - The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says it has arrested three men in connection to human smuggling.
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https://www.ystadsallehanda.se/skurup/skurupsprofil-domd-for-smuggling-flytande-ullared/
Nov 24, 2025 - Allt började med en överlastad bil som stoppades i tullen vid Öresundsbron.
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20161208/msf-denies-accusation-smuggling-1048346592.html
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) organization denies accusations made by Gefira foundation of smuggling migrants into Europe...
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https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/11/30/news/national/lto-pnp-nab-chinese-man-for-car-smuggling/2233563
(UPDATE) AUTHORITIES arrested a Chinese suspected of involvement in a luxury car smuggling syndicate after a tip from former Filipino employees led to a Senate...
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https://www.jalopnik.com/2056612/british-family-smuggled-grandma-dead-body-onto-flight/
Dec 23, 2025 - The good news is, they didn't carve Grandma up and try to smuggle her into the country in their carry-ons.
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https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/12/11/irans-terrorist-irgc-seizes-oil-tanker-day-after-u-s-captures-alleged-oil-smuggling-vessel/
Jan 7, 2026 - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),seized a oil vessel allegedly carrying "smuggled diesel" in the Persian Gulf.
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https://www.timeout.com/movies/the-weight-review-2026
Feb 19, 2026 - Ethan Hawke leads an enjoyably throwback band-against-the-odds western.
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https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/russian-ghost-ship-sank-smuggling-36480672
Dec 31, 2025 - A Russian cargo ship sank in December 2024, with Spanish investigators concluding that it was actually smuggling nuclear reactor parts to North Korea
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-jd-vances-hillbilly-elegy-became-a-vehicle-for-prison-drug-smuggling/
Nov 28, 2025 - They soaked the book’s pages with narcotics and mailed it to Grafton Correctional Institution disguised as an Amazon shipment.
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https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2025/nov/24/tampa-men-charged-smuggling-ai-technology/
Nov 24, 2025 - Two Chinese nationals and two U.S. citizens were arrested after illegally sending sophisticated computer equipment to China under the guise of a Tampa-based...
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https://x64.ooo/posts/2024-12-28-authenticode-slack-space-payload/
Hey space travelers 🚀 Today I’m sharing a red team rough cut I’ve been cooking up in the lab. The goal is smuggling a substantial malicious...
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-11/drc-mangroves-conservation-attacks-illegal-oil-logging-plantations
Nov 13, 2025 - Kim Rebholz tried to end illegal logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC's mangroves park, one of the world's most important forests
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https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/doj-takes-down-sophisticated-network-smuggling-usd160m-worth-of-ai-chips-to-china
Chips are still going to China
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https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/08/21/russias-ghost-ships-and-the-evolution-of-a-grain-smuggling-operation/
Aug 23, 2023 - Russia’s tactics to export grain from occupied Ukraine are evolving, including a new direct export route to southern Iran.
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https://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/hyderabad-chronicle/stars-caught-in-luxury-car-smuggling-net-1905648
Homes of Dulquer and Prithviraj searched as customs expand investigation into Bhutan-imported vehicles
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https://www.news9live.com/crime/uttarakhand-blinkit-delivery-boys-arrested-for-smuggling-drugs-under-guise-of-household-deliveries-2910808
Dec 10, 2025 - Dehradun police arrested three accused, including two Blinkit delivery boys, for smuggling drugs disguised as household deliveries. Illegal smack and hashish...
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https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/195156/us-spy-jet-circles-mexico-coast
Jan 5, 2026 - The P-8 Poseidon was flying miles from the west coast of Tijuana, according to flight tracking websites.
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https://techstrong.it/ai/four-arrested-in-nvidia-chip-smuggling-scheme-to-china/
Nov 22, 2025 - Federal authorities charged four individuals with orchestrating an elaborate scheme to illegally export advanced NVIDIA AI chips to China.
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https://www.heise.de/en/news/Critical-vulnerability-in-automation-tool-n8n-allows-code-smuggling-11136363.html
Jan 9, 2026 - The popular tool for creating no-code workflows has four critical vulnerabilities, one with the highest score. Admins should patch quickly.
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-04-23/ty-article/.premium/israel-arrests-jordanian-mp-on-suspicion-of-weapon-smuggling-jordan-says/00000187-aea3-d3b7-abcf-bfe71ac70000
Apr 23, 2023 - The Jordanian Foreign Ministry Says It's Handling the Arrest via Diplomatic Channels With the Appropriate Israeli Authorities, While Israel Hasn't...
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https://wccftech.com/nvidia-software-service-tracks-gpu-location-tackle-trafficking-confirms-no-kill-switch/
NVIDIA is adding a new software service within its data center AI GPUs that tracks their location in real time without any Kill Switches.
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https://www.mundoamerica.com/royals/2025/06/23/6859374921efa023218b4594.html
Customs agents at the port of Shenzhen in southern China recently found almost two tons of dysprosium powder, a highly demanded rare mineral for technological...
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https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-palestinian-arrested-for-smuggling-child-over-separation-barrier/
Jan 4, 2026 - Israeli security forces arrested a 29-year-old suspect in the Ramallah area after he was filmed hoisting a young girl over the Jerusalem separation barrier...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/man-who-exposed-kyrgyz-smuggling-scheme-was-hunted-by-contract-killers/30940261.html
Nov 11, 2020 - A money launderer told journalists what he knew about a secretive smuggling empire and a senior Kyrgyz official who enabled it. Now, leaked documents shed...
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https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/kishanganj/news/bsf-nabs-two-smugglers-with-gold-worth-rs-24-crore-136511119.html
Nov 26, 2025
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https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/steve-symon-chair-of-the-ministerial-advisory-group-on-organised-crime-comments-on-the-progress-of-operation-matata/
Nov 28, 2025 - Operation Matata's seen 43 arrests since February, including 20 border workers - allegedly involved with smuggling large quantities of meth and cocaine.
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