Sentences with phrase «on smuggling»

Or is that car you just bought and that new internet router, or that tablet you just downloaded apps on smuggling inter-connectivity into your life in ways you're not really sure about?

Paul Finlayson, who has been vocal as a sort of «whistleblower,» says his role was as a strategic planner within Imasco's hierarchy, drafting mathematical scenarios of the cost and profitability to export product to the U.S., pay minimum royalties, then have the bulk of the product smuggled back into Canada via reserves such as the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation bordering Quebec, Ontario, and the U.S. «Imperial Tobacco engaged in the distribution of tailor - made cigarettes on a smuggling basis,» Finlayson told Canadian Lawyer.

Markiewicz: My first legitimate job in comics was actually with Ben, as the letterer on Smuggling Spirits.

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans star in this western; Roy as a singing lawman and Dale as a singing author as they go after villains intent on smuggling.

The blockade does nothing to weaken the grip of Hamas - in fact Hamas benefits from taxes on smuggling.

Then a CIA handler (played by Domhnall Gleeson) cornered Seal on smuggling cigars right before offering him a job to take surveillance pictures in other countries.

According to Apple Insider, which earlier reported on the smuggling, the woman had more than 42 pounds of goods on her when she was discovered.

The hardest ones are the calls that come in the middle of the week, from an unmarked Atlanta number on a smuggled cell phone: «Can I talk to Mom?»

An interesting related article in the G&M on the smuggled importation of antibiotic - filled Chinese honey — with a title that will make you both groan and smile: «Honey Laundering».

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The Chinese government has considered smuggling such a problem that it's launched initiatives to crack down on the practice.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Thousands of ancient clay tablets, seals and other Iraqi archaeological objects that were smuggled into the U.S. and shipped to the head of arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby were returned to the Iraqi government on Wednesday.

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.

And on the US's southern border, drones and ultra-light aircraft have crashed, sometimes into people's homes, foiling drug - smuggling attempts.

Analysts and defectors themselves often credit South Korean TV shows or movies in particular with the ability to change people's thinking inside North Korea; some initiatives take great risks to smuggle outside information and entertainment back in, particularly on flash drives.

The U.N. Security Council on Friday blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies over oil and coal smuggling...

UNITED NATIONS, March 30 - A United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted 21 shipping companies, 27 ships and one individual on Friday over illegal North Korean oil and coal smuggling.

SAN DIEGO (AP)-- The son of a leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel has been indicted on drug smuggling charges in the United States and pleaded not guilty on Monday, less than two weeks after surrendering to U.S. border inspectors.

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.

On Saturday, police aided by dogs discovered more than a metric ton of cocaine hidden in a container with a commercial banana shipment (a popular smuggling method for traffickers) destined for Belgium.

What's more, the cartels have begun producing large quantities of drugs on U.S. soil to avoid the expense and danger of smuggling across the Mexican border.

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.

More than 70 percent of those who scored high on the Self - Report Psychopathy Scale correctly picked out the handkerchief - smuggling associate, compared with just 30 percent of the low scorers.

On Wednesday, almost 4,000 ancient artifacts - including objects from the «lost city» of Irisagrig - that had been smuggled into the U.S. were...

«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.»

Given the strict controls on the possession and use of handguns in Canada, it is safe to say that most handguns used in crimes are illegal ones, smuggled into the country.

It seems that half the countries on the planet are involved in guerrilla conflict, drug smuggling, nuclear weapons testing, and counterfeiting Disney DVDs.

U.S. officials on Wednesday returned to Iraq 3,800 ancient artifacts that had been smuggled into the United States and shipped to a nationwide arts and crafts retailer.

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.

He thus became a courier for pastors and Christian laypeople on both sides of that divide and was sometimes able to smuggle theological books into the East.

A priest from El Salvador has been charged with helping gang members in prison to continue their work on the outside by smuggling in mobile phones.

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.

Not so well known in the US, vanilla sugar is a commodity usually smuggled back in my suitcase on trips to Europe.

He also went on to say that Tony Bennett was in fact the Anti-Christ and would smuggle children into his room before gigs to devour them..

A colourful, if controversial character, he apparently enjoyed a good a drink and a smoke and first run into trouble with the authorities when he attempted to smuggle Havana cigars into Spain on his return from the Olympics - something that earned him his first stint behind bars.

For example, could the owners have enjoyed a better return on their money from investing in stocks and bonds, drug smuggling or on the 2:30 at Ascot?

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.

Then on the hour mark, Keylor spilled a simple cross and Blaise Matuidi smuggled the loose ball over the line to level the tie 3 - 3.

But I had to ask three times and it had to be signed off on by the pediatrician before it was finally approved (I nearly sent my husband out to smuggle some in).

Two things that you might have to watch out for are smuggling after hours and stocking up on snacks just before closing time!

Many worry that authoritarian politicians are using the heightened state of alarm to smuggle in draconian new pieces of legislation, not least on media freedom - although on that matter the media handed politicians most of the weapons they would need to challenge them due to their catastrophic mishandling of events following the Charlie Hebdo attack.

Elaborate trade networks have also evolved, with oil being smuggled across borders in plastic jugs and transported by trucks and on donkeys into Iraq and Turkey.

The drugs are thrown over walls, passed on by visitors or corrupt stuff, or smuggled in by drones (Wandsworth prison spotted two a week in September).

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.

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...

Within living memory, two leaders of the small Labour group on the council have been convicted on criminal charges — smuggling booze and fags in one case and corruption in the case of his successor.

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.

And although states acknowledged that the text of this resolution — namely to search, seize and dispose of vessels used in smuggling or trafficking crimes — addresses only a small part of the crisis confronting Europe today, Resolution 2240 forgets that the people floating on rubber dinghies off the coast of Libya are typically not criminals.

«They also discussed the risk posed by firearms, agreeing that our existing tough firearms laws are a very important part of the protections we have and that we should step up our efforts with other countries to crack down on the illegal smuggling of weapons across borders,» the Downing Street spokesman said.

Cuomo's scathing Commission of Correction report says Rikers has become even more dangerous over the past year — despite de Blasio's promises to improve things — with spikes in gang assaults, attacks on staff and contraband being smuggled into the facility.