smuggling

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Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Despite U.S. efforts to suffocate the smuggling, Tehran reaped around $31 billion in oil revenue from China last year, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a Congressional group.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

They added this includes targeting the use of social media by smuggling gangs, maximising intelligence sharing and using new technologies to their monitor borders.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

After his return to the United States in June, Abrego Garcia was detained again in the southern state of Tennessee and charged with human smuggling.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

I would be held responsible for smuggling her on.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys