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Grand Jury Indicts Russian Scientist on Smuggling Charges

June 25, 2025ELLEN BARRYComments Off on Grand Jury Indicts Russian Scientist on Smuggling Charges

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained in February after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the country.

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Israel and Ukraine Show How Drone Smuggling Is Powerful New War Technique

June 14, 2025Lara JakesComments Off on Israel and Ukraine Show How Drone Smuggling Is Powerful New War Technique

Launching weapons from within their territory forces adversaries to look not only outward but also inside for threats, one expert said.

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4 Men Charged With Trying to Smuggle Thousands of Ants From Kenya

April 17, 2025Ali WatkinsComments Off on 4 Men Charged With Trying to Smuggle Thousands of Ants From Kenya

The men, including two Belgian teenagers, pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of live queen ants, which the Kenyan authorities said were destined for markets in Europe and Asia.

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Haiti Doesn’t Make Guns. So How Are Gangs Awash in Them?

March 30, 2025March 31, 2025David C. Adams and Frances RoblesComments Off on Haiti Doesn’t Make Guns. So How Are Gangs Awash in Them?

Federal authorities in several countries have recently nabbed several caches of weapons headed to Haiti, but armed violence continues to rise there, with gangs increasingly obtaining high-caliber firearms and ammunition.

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What Border Crisis? Mexican Migrant Shelters Are Quiet Ahead of Trump

January 18, 2025January 18, 2025James Wagner, Simon Romero and César RodríguezComments Off on What Border Crisis? Mexican Migrant Shelters Are Quiet Ahead of Trump

Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures imposed on both sides of the border.

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Myanmar’s War Has Made It the Global Crime Capital

December 31, 2024January 2, 2025HANNAH BEECHComments Off on Myanmar’s War Has Made It the Global Crime Capital

The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia.

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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024Azam Ahmed and Bryan DentonComments Off on The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule

Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake.

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‘Bali Nine’ Drug Smugglers Return to Australia

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024Victoria KimComments Off on ‘Bali Nine’ Drug Smugglers Return to Australia

The men were the last Australians still imprisoned in Indonesia for trying to smuggle heroin in 2005, in a case that became a diplomatic flashpoint between the countries.

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What is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant Made in Assad’s Syria?

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024Aryn BakerComments Off on What is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant Made in Assad’s Syria?

The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war.

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The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War

December 11, 2024December 11, 2024DECLAN WALSHComments Off on The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War

Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.

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