Sentences with phrase «as smuggling»

Deterred the crossing of illegal undocumented immigrants, as well as the smuggling of illegal drugs

Malta is also infamous for being known as the smuggling hub due to its location.

The majority opinion, at paras. 16 - 7, described the crime as smuggling but that does not say what Sargent did in the language of the law.

In money laundering, cash from illegal origins (such as smuggling narcotics) is fed into a business that then repays the money back to the criminal as a salary or consulting fee or some other type of seemingly legitimate transaction.

Concomitantly, as smuggling and illegal mining thrived on this highly lucrative market, China has also recently started a vigorous crackdown on illegal activity and took steps for greater regulation of the rare earth metals sector.

It has become an overnight sensation in North Korea as a smuggled snack.

Not exact matches

A light April snow is falling as he tells me he used to drive commercial trucks up from Texas in the 1990s with packages of cocaine, smuggled from Mexico, hidden inside television sets.

The Korea Customs Service is investigating allegations of smuggling and tariff evasion following claims that the family bought luxury goods abroad and avoided paying duties on them by portraying the imported items as supplies for Korean Air aircraft.

The Trump administration has cited criminal activity such as human smuggling and drug trafficking as reasons to crack down on the border, but Trump himself has appeared preoccupied with a «caravan» of central American migrants, some of whom intended to travel through Mexico to the US border and either seek asylum or cross the border undetected.

Well, you've got transnational criminal organizations trying to smuggle commodities into the United States, and so they use Central America as their initial destination to move commodities into the United States.

The revelations answer the question as to what the contents of the bottle he used to drink the liquid were full of, but authorities still haven't figured out how Praljak obtained the poison, or how he managed to smuggle it into the courtroom.

But Democratic critics of Senate Bill 4 have spoken out as well in the wake of the smuggling deaths, arguing that the fatalities and injuries were caused not by sanctuary policies, but by a the current broken immigration system.

A battle for control of smuggling routes drove killings up for a roughly year - long period between 2014 and 2015, as Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada, Guzman's partner at the top of the cartel, fought with forces led by Damaso Lopez Serrano, the son of Guzman's former right - hand man.

I wouldn't put it past Coyne's troupe, which, as the Guardian noted earlier this year, made its name «smuggling existential truths into euphoric pop songs.»

The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts.

The keys are smuggled into Mexico and then on to the United States — by land, air, or sea — using methods as varied as they are ingenious: stashed under fresh produce, in cans of jalapeños, in the bellies of frozen shark carcasses, in trap compartments of cars, trucks, motor homes, container ships, small aircraft, even submarines; taped to the bodies of backpackers traveling by bus; catapulted over border fences; concealed in the trunks of corrupt local sheriffs; or trundled through underground tunnels (some so well constructed that they have air conditioning), a tactic purportedly devised by El Chapo himself.

The association names illegal fundraising among the ranks of criminal activities, such as money laundering, drug trafficking, and smuggling, that it links to virtual currency.

† In 2009, Kentucky declined to raise CCA's per diem rate at one facility because the company's prison was twice as violent as its state - run counterpart and because a suicidal employee smuggled in a gun and shot herself in the warden's office.

The U.S. provides the largest drug consumption market in the western hemisphere while Canada serves two roles — as both a destination and transit country for illicit activities including drug smuggling and global alien smuggling.

«A blanket ban on the use of cryptocurrencies is not a very feasible solution as drug smuggling is a big problem, and in most cases, these transactions have nothing to do with use of cryptocurrencies.»

It's a fuel event,» says another friend of the writer's, described as «ripped», who when invited to other peoples» homes for dinner smuggles in fruit and nuts in his wife's purse.

These atrocities against Christians has been going on for nearly a decade as Muslim gangs have used this region to smuggle cocaine from S. America to Europe.

Plot twists and turns have the pair investigating sinister locales such as the American embassy, tracking down smuggled jeans and Bibles, and confronting villains wearing Ronald Reagan masks.

Attempts to smuggle the reverent unbeliever into the kingdom by calling her an «anonymous Christian,» as Karl Rahner would, meet with opposition.

Smuggled across the Mexico - Texas border and into a tractor - trailer in Laredo, as many as 200 men, women, and teenagers found themselves traveling in a dangerously hot enclosure without food or water.

Smuggled across the Mexico - Texas border and into a tractor - trailer in Laredo, as...

Give us this day our daily sauce, and forgive us our lack of piracy, as we pirate and smuggle against those who lack piracy with us.

Does the very use of the concept «pluralism» smuggle an evaluative judgment into what presents itself as a descriptive account of factors that make a theological school concrete?

As Senator John Kerry's subcommittee on narcotics reported in December 1988, increased cooperation with foreign governments has neither cut the amount of cocaine entering the U.S. nor led to the destruction of the major smuggling organizations.

A 2005 study found that 95 percent of women smuggled from Romania to Germany believed that they would be doing legitimate work as maids or factory workers.

And smuggle back some «feves tonka» from there as well.

I went to the library, carefully smuggling my bottle of pickled jalapeños past the guards, and discovered the worst: chiles, as members of the family Solanaceae, were brother plants to both tobacco and tomatoes.

As late as 1971, it was a capital offense in Zanzibar to smuggle cloves out of the countrAs late as 1971, it was a capital offense in Zanzibar to smuggle cloves out of the countras 1971, it was a capital offense in Zanzibar to smuggle cloves out of the country.

Guangdong province in southern China, bordering tariff - free Hong Kong and Macau, is commonly regarded as an entry point and dissemination centre for smuggled wines with a network of «cayotes» or parallel traders carrying wines cross border.

I'm planning to smuggle some Chex back from Texas next month as I think this salt would make an excellent base for some homemade Chex party mix, whose appeal may take some explaining for my Parisian friends.

I like to smuggle coconut water into the movies with me when I go to keep myself away from soda, as part of an «indulgence» meal:D Your recipe sounds great though, as does the one posted!

Prohibition was a time when Cutty Sark established itself in the US and the new blend is a tribute to the notorious Captain William McCoy, who smuggled the brand into the country and whose reputation for fairness and supplying unadulterated liquor gave rise to Cutty Sark being referred to as «the real McCoy».

Portraits of Baba Budan depict him as having smuggled seven coffee seeds by strapping them to his chest.

The Cabrach distillery will celebrate this rich birth right, telling the as - yet untold story of the early days of farm distilling and the smuggling which was rife in the area, while the historical distillery will reflect production methods that were used in the Cabrach at the dawn of the modern distilling era in the early 1800's.

As for your question, I usually chop them very finely and smuggle them into stuff — like a stuffing for vegan Wellington or into vegan bolognese sauce — no one ever knows...

However, if the name tag is gone, I have to wonder if maybe someone managed to smuggle this one away just as a keepsake.

But he blew it when he got caught as the muscle for a Russian - Georgian chocolate smuggling cartel.

On Tuesday, the side that normally loves to be chased and harried, as they play pass the parcel with the ball and smuggle possession past whosoever tries to run them down, suddenly found that they'd lost their energy and desire for party games.

In his third and last year as a Volunteer Coordinator, Chalupa's main mission is to train an elite force of specialized counselors tasked with preventing the smuggling of salt and sugar packets from the dining hall.

The world is not as divided as it used to be and modern warfare is less about the smuggling of weapons and more about the spread of ideas.

I pay tribute today to Egypt and the United States and to the UN secretary general for their role in bringing about a ceasefire in Gaza, and we now need to build on it to bring about a lasting peace, including an end to the smuggling of weapons and the opening up of Gaza for trade as well as for aid.

Despite repeated promises by the New York City Correction Department to tighten security at Rikers Island, an investigator posing as a guard last month was able to smuggle in heroin, pills, marijuana, vodka and a razor blade, a city inquiry found.

Today, headlines of every News agency pressed the panic button among public by portraying North Korea as the worst danger to World's Peace, while it has been virtually silent on North Korea smuggling...

TN: You do manage to smuggle anecdotes from your career into the book, though in a very subtle way as brief little vignettes.

In some parts of Britain, such as Cornwall, during the 18th and 19th centuries, smuggling of luxury goods (including drink) from Europe was more economically significant than the legitimate economy.