smuggling

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Abelardo de la Espriella is on the cusp of victory by promising to crush drug smuggling and lock up criminals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

In August 2022, Jose Manuel Perez pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of smuggling goods into the country and one count of wildlife trafficking.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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

It also reaffirms the UK and Poland's "ironclad commitment" to Nato and speaks of migrant smuggling being a "shared challenge requiring joint solutions".

From BBC • May 27, 2026

In their beneficence they allowed a certain amount of amateur smuggling to go on—the day trips to Canada, the fishing boats out for a midnight cruise.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides