Bullion smuggling outstrips narcotics to feed gold crazed India

The Dutch economy grew 0.7% in the second quarter of 2018 compared with the first quarter, taking year on year...

Bureau of Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña and PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino extract the alleged shabu worth P3.4 billion inside steel cases during a press conference at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) in Port Area, Manila on August 7, 2018. Photo by Ben Nabong/Rappler

House to probe P6.8-billion shabu smuggled from China, Taiwan

MANILA, Philippines – The House committee on dangerous drugs is set to conduct an investigation into the P6.8 billion worth...

Ivorian woman with 1kg cocaine in stomach held at Thai airport

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

South African held for drug smuggling in Indonesia

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

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Chinese woman arrested in 22 kg gold smuggling case

A Chinese citizen has been arrested in connection with the 22 kg gold smuggling case from the Tribhuvan International Airport....

Arab expat arrested for marijuana smuggling in Kuwait

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

Emirates airline launches biggest ever sale on fares

Emirates airline has launched one of its biggest sales yet, with reduced fares to over 70 destinations worldwide. The Dubai...

Iraq steps up efforts to Stop Smuggling of Rare Species

Iraq’s Ministry of Health and Environment released 20 falcons back into the wild. The falcons had been smuggled earlier in...

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Counterfeiters Caught Smuggling Over $70 Million Worth of Fake Air Jordans into the US

Nike’s famous slogan “Just Do It” doesn’t apply to everything. A group of sneaker counterfeiters just learned the hard way...

Afghan man held for smuggling gold at Delhi airport

An Afghan man has been arrested by customs officials at Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country...

House to probe P6.8-billion shabu smuggled from China, Taiwan

MANILA: The House committee on dangerous drugs is set to conduct an investigation into the P6.8 billion worth of shabu...

Vietnam investigating China’s detention of Vietnamese girl for ivory smuggling

The 13-year-old girl was caught crossing the border with 4.4 pounds of ivory necklaces and rings. Vietnam said it is...

A view of the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, in the southern region of Calabria on February 4, 2014. Italy approved its southern port as the transfer site for 560 tons of Syrian chemical weapons material to a US ship and later destroyed at sea as part of the UN-backed plan to destroy Syrias chemical weapons arsenal. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE

Italian police seize €50 million stash of ‘Isis drugs’

Police in Italy have seized a stash of drugs that they believe Isis planned to sell to finance terrorist attacks,...

Domino’s boosted by UK sales but costs hamper Norwegian business

Domino’s has been boosted by its UK sales, but warned over a high cost base in its Norwegian business. The...

Foreign exchange reserve declines to US$118.3b

Indonesia’s foreign exchange reserve declined by US$1.5 billion to $118.3 billion in July, Bank Indonesia (BI) reported on Tuesday, lower...

Sweden arrests record number of drugs smugglers

Large seizures of narcotics have been made from a record number of smugglers, with 58 individuals currently facing police charges,...

Germany arrests Albanian over record cocaine smuggling

An Albanian businessman suspected of being involved in smuggling a record 613 kilos (1351 pounds) of Colombian cocaine in a...

Belgian gets life for smuggling cocaine into Cambodia