Knife-wielding smugglers forced 450 Somalis and Ethiopians overboard into stormy seas along a remote stretch of Yemen coastline at Ras-Alkalb in the Gulf of Aden. picked by suebe 3 years ago

In what is toted as being an aussie first, a man actually stole a budgie by sticking it down his pants.

Note: Aussie Translation
Budgie = lorikeet
Budgie smugglers = male swimwear that leaves nothing to the imagination, see pic picked by teaya21 3 years ago

The "artefacts" turned out to be fossil fragments of Cenozoic Era mammals dating back 50 million years, Xinhua said, citing Jiang Min, an official with the anti-smuggling bureau of Hangzhou customs. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Killing for tusks is a particularly gruesome trade. Elephants are highly intelligent animals whose sophisticated social ties are exploited by poachers. They will often shoot young elephants to draw in a grieving parent, which is then killed for its tusks. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Mauritania's second city, Nouadhibou, is a strange frontier town that feels like the end of the world. In the market you can buy anything from chickens and goats to traditional herbal remedies and magic potions. But perhaps the weirdest objects of all on sale are meteorites, some of the rarest rocks on earth that land from space in the wastelands of the Sahara desert. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Hamas smugglers acquired the Stinger air defense system, but their plans to use them against the Israelis backfires. picked by sidran32 8 months ago

U.S. Border Patrol agent Reynaldo Zuniga was arrested last month lugging a bag of cocaine up from the Rio Grande, one of a growing number of law enforcement officers accused of taking bribes from drug gangs. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

Attention Mexican smugglers - it's real easy to cross the border in Souther California through the Imperial Dunes. picked by suebe 2 years ago

The authorities suspect the leg broken on purpose in case his leg was x-rayed.

They were caught because they had cocaine elsewhere in their luggage as well as hidden beer. picked by Moe 9 months ago

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Customs officials at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport have seized more than 11 pounds of hashish that was concealed in wooden clothes hangers. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

Savvy criminals are using some of the country's most credible logos, including FedEx, Wal-Mart, DirecTV and the U.S. Border Patrol, to create fake trucks to smuggle drugs, money and illegal aliens across the border, according to a report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. picked by FreeMind 2 years ago

He lived in the Gaza Strip, she in the West Bank. It seemed as though the Israeli blockade would prevent their marriage. Then May risked her life to crawl through a smugglers' tunnel into Gaza and join Mohammed. Now they face an uncertain future together picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Billion, mind you - not million. $134,000,000,000 worth of securities found in a suitcase by customs agents in Italy. The smugglers were Japanese, heading toward Switzerland.

It is either the biggest smuggling operation in history -- or a fraud of equally impressive proportions. Italian customs officials stopped two men at the Swiss border carrying bonds worth $134 billion (95.8 billion euros). picked by bingo 6 months ago

Remember the man defending his property? The illegal aliens sued him under because they are still here illegally. They lost on their charges of civil rights violations, battery, and unlawful imprisonment. They were awarded nearly $80k for emotionally distress and claims of assault since he held them at gunpoint because asking smugglers to kindly wait for the law isn't effective. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

For two decades they patrolled the English seaside during school holidays, instilling fear into smugglers, kidnappers and spies, but in 1963 the Famous Five had their final adventure. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

For smuggling pianos. How do they do this, you ask? Why simple. They stuff them down their pants and hope the customs don't notice. picked by ReBoot 3 years ago

The insects held only 10.5 ounces of cocaine, worth about $11,300, Nanninga said. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

Banana Hammock, Dag Catchers, Fundies or Jean Savers?

What's your favourite word for your undercrackers? What do you call your trollies? Needed to get to the bottom of this burning question, Australian "Researchers" have conducted a poll to find out the Aussie's favourite word for their shreddies. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

1960 Caddilac convertible. Big car. Huge tail fins. Terrible gas mileage. Huge gas tank.
Huge gas tank, because the smugglers use the gas tank to transport their contraband across the border between Venezuela and Columbia.

So what are the smugglers transporting in those gas tanks? picked by Bingo 3 months ago

A cartel engaged in Mexico's deadly drug wars has told its members to avoid heavy drinking and using narcotics and live a clean family life as it tries to build a well-run criminal organization, police say. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago