Sentences with phrase «for illicit traffic»

Some undercover CNN journalists showed what looked like migrants from West African countries being haggled over as «merchandise» by smugglers operating in what has become a haven for illicit trafficking networks.

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Washington said Thailand, a regional human trafficking hub, had not met the minimum standards for the elimination of the illicit trade.

He recalled that in the one case that perhaps came closest — the show - trial conviction of several influential military and intelligence officers for drug trafficking and other crimes in 1989 — there was even some circumstantial evidence that the illicit activities had been tolerated by superiors.

Besides emphasizing the need to modernize the country's nuclear infrastructure, the review calls for boosting efforts to stop illicit trafficking of nuclear materials.

The campaign will encourage tourists to make informed decisions and help reduce demand for trafficking in persons, cultural artefacts, wildlife, fauna and flora such as ivory products, as well as counterfeit goods, and illicit drugs.

Dr. Hilgert is the coordinator of ILLICID, the national research alliance focusing on illicit trafficking in cultural property from Iraq and Syria in Germany, and director of the Center for Digital Cultural Heritage in Museums at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

As Cyprus prepares for its presidency of the Council of Europe, which promotes human rights, high on the agenda is combating illicit trafficking in cultural property.

Closing ivory markets eliminates loopholes for laundering illicit ivory and reduces the demand for ivory as part of the global effort to stop elephant poaching and ivory trafficking.

And whether lawyers «are taking responsibility for their role in the funding of terrorism, arms trafficking, mass drug addiction and other ills financed by the transfer of illicit funds».

This provision means that, even if the substance is not in fact illicit, you can still be charged for trafficking if you represent it as such.

Possession for the purpose of trafficking occurs when you have possession of an illicit substance, with an intention to traffic it.

Mr. Paterson was convicted of nine offences: two counts of possession of illicit drugs, three counts of possession of illicit drugs for the purpose of trafficking and four counts of unlawful possession of firearms.

Canadian charter (Criminal): Brendan Paterson was convicted of nine offences: two counts of possession of illicit drugs, three counts of possession of illicit drugs for the purpose of trafficking and four counts of unlawful possession of firearms.

Mixed through this we see commitment to dealing with a number of problems: access to justice, violence, exploitation, trafficking and torture of children, illicit financial and arms flows, the recovery and return of stolen assets, organized crime, corruption and bribery in all their forms, legal identity for all, and, of course, terrorism.