SEOUL: Reports that North Korea illegally exported coal to South Korea via Russia -- and Seoul's initial lack of action...

New Delhi: Courts are told that rats eat away drugs seized by the police when narcotics cases come up for...

Twelve Bureau of Customs (BOC) employees may spend up to 12 years in prison if found guilty of conspiring to...

A 27-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast has been arrested on the Thai island of Phuket after an airport X-ray...

Kathlyn Dunn was arrested at Lombok's airport after arriving on a flight from Singapore on Thursday, provincial police detective chief...

Four Dutch and a German were caught with 300 kilograms of cocaine on a yacht near Mallorca. They were arrested...

ROME: Italy’s top ministers issued a barrage of statements on Wednesday to reassure financial markets over the government’s forthcoming budget,...

China is finding Vietnam to be a tough partner as Chinese firms try to do more business with the long-time...

Nearly a million Ukrainians are leaving the country every year, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin, warning the country...

The deterioration of the investment climate in emerging markets, along with the still fragile picture in Greece, despite its exit...

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to bring Russian natural gas to the European Union kicked off in...

The leader of the gang has been charged with criminal association and qualified tobacco smuggling. On Thursday the police seized...

Two of those people have also been charged with participating in an organised crime ring that allegedly smuggled nearly two...

Spanish police have arrested a man alleged to be one of the biggest drug-smugglers operating on the violence-ridden stretch of...

Andersen Global already has a strong foothold in Central and Western Europe, with the company expecting the collaboration with Budapest-based...

Muscat: Customs at Muscat International Airport seized psychotropic substances and narcotics tablets, the department announced. According to officials, the narcotics...

Despite the completion of a report that said 293 individuals are directly and indirectly involved in the 33 kg gold-smuggling...

Kuwait: Customs officers at Kuwait International Airport arrested an Arab expatriate who tried to smuggle marijuana into the country by...

Inspectors from the General Authority of Customs (GAC) have foiled attempts to smuggle a total of 22.7kg of hashish and...

By Mustafa Saadoun for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect...