Sentences with phrase «smuggling business»

The appellants have each argued that they took no part in a people - smuggling business, but rather that their involvement was compelled by the circumstances in which they found themselves.

When we meet Seal, he's a TWA pilot with a low - level smuggling business on the side, bringing a duffel bag of contraband with him on his flights to score a little extra dough.

But goddammit the world won't let him — his wife's pesky brother, Andy, has got himself involved with some bad boys in the smuggling business and owes them a load of cash; so Mark must take on «one last job» to save the lives of his bother - in - law, plus his own wife and their children, whose lives are now in danger.

Liman and his screenwriter, Gary Spinelli (Chaos Walking, Stash House), apparently play fast and loose with the facts of Seal's life («dramatic license» in case you're wondering), but hew relatively close to the general contours and parameters of that same life, following Seal as he settles in Mena, Arkansas at the behest of his careerist handler, expands his drug - smuggling business with Schafer's willful ignorance as an ally, and turns a massive property (also bestowed by a generous federal government) into a training ground for the Contra rebels who fought against the Communist - allied Sandinista regime in Nicaragua in the «80s.

Mark Wahlberg stars as a criminal - gone - straight who's forced back into the smuggling business to save his family.

Solo, which takes place between Revenge Of The Sith's fall of the Republic and Han's accidental hooking up with the rebellion in A New Hope, follows its hero on a formative adventure, an entrée into the smuggling business during which he grapples with a love from his past, tries to make his bones as a pilot, and meets certain key figures from his future, including a caped frenemy and a right - hand Wookiee.

These new properties are also the headquarters from which players will manage their smuggling businesses, with Nervous Ron being the guiding hand — albeit a shaky one — and the new mechanic Charlie taking care of fans» aircraft collection.

Not exact matches

The Zetas wanted to control the criminal businesses that they had opened and wanted to open up the plaza owned by the Gulf Cartel to other businesses like human smuggling, which would later translate into several different massacres, including the execution of 72 migrants in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.

But there is this: «Perlowin knows a lot about the marijuana business, having served 9 years in federal custody for his role in a smuggling ring during the 1970s and early 1980s.»

His airborne - smuggling operation had accelerated Medellin's cocaine business and made Lehder a valuable member of the cartel — a status his actions in Colombia would start to erode.

The Zetas are a new kind of cartel, in that they came somewhat late to the actual business of smuggling drugs.

Though the FBI did not offer the media an explanation into their raid of Childers» home, business and warehouse, Childers believes that the investigation is because of what he says are false allegations made by his former son - in - law that he is smuggling weapons.

It is rumored that CC quickly became a favorite of Al Capone who operated a lucrative business smuggling the spirit across the Detroit River to thirsty Americans.

He said: «On Saturday, September 16, 2017, based on credible information, the detachment of the Compliance Team visited Kefiano Motors Limited in the Central Business Area of Abuja and discovered 18 suspected smuggled exotic vehicles that were displayed for sale.»

According to HM Revenues and Customs, the alcohol smuggling industry costs the treasury # 1.2 billion per year in unpaid duties and much of the business of alcohol trafficking is controlled by organised criminals.

Many of the biggest names in the business have been «smuggling» it over in large quantities for years.

It used to be that there were two businesses: there was drug smuggling, and there was human smuggling.

Cho imports Japanese dolls for a new art gallery, but remains quite unaware at first that his corrupt business - partner is smuggling heroin.

When the base is overrun by a sickening attack — one that puts the carnage in The Walking Dead to shame — Melanie is smuggled out by a tense, bickering trio: her dangerously affectionate teacher (Gemma Arterton), a surly sergeant (Paddy Considine) and the all - business scientist nearing a vaccine (Glenn Close, completing the most formidable horror cast in years).

Just think - maybe sugar gliders are bred here now but first they had to be captured in the wild and smuggled into the country - thousands of animals die this way every year but its just considered «the cost of doing business.»

He's turned to smuggling, and needs a new business partner to help him stay sane.

As seen in the trailer below for Grand Theft Auto Online «s next update, Smuggler's Run will team players up as business partners with Nervous Ron to help take over his burgeoning smuggling empire, and ardent Rockstar Games fans will notice that the content drop's name is nod to an early title from the studio's catalog.

With swim bladders fetching as much as $ 10,000 a kilogram, organized crime is controlling the business, paying the fishermen, smuggling the fish bladders to California and shipping them to China.

Illegal trade in coral smuggling is big business.

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.

When I was 11, I started my first business, which was smuggling chocolate bars into my boarding school dorm after Christmas holiday, and selling the chocolate off in small pieces to my classmates at a huge markup.

While the KCS did not disclose whether it is taking any legal actions currently against these businesses, it said it will continue the effort in investigating on similar activities as well as illicit use of cryptocurrency in money laundering and smuggling illegal goods such as drugs.

«My mother smuggled me out of Cuba when I was 2 years old,» Vias told International Business Times.