smuggle
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Two men appeared in a Nairobi court on Tuesday accused of attempting to smuggle thousands of ants to China, a lucrative trade exposed last year in the east African country.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
A Chinese national has been arrested in Kenya's main airport accused of attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Hiding vegetables in food is usually framed as a parenting tactic — a way to smuggle spinach past a suspicious toddler.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Last week, Chinese border police foiled an effort by two men attempting to smuggle 500 pounds of silver into the country from Hong Kong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
After his defection to the South, Lee told me he had used his contacts in the North to smuggle out thirty-four people to freedom.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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