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Unioil Petrol Station - Davao City - Philippines
(photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Unioil, Oilink face raps over oil smuggling — DoE
The Daily Tribune
| 08/13/2008 | A major oil distributor was charged yesterday for being suspected of smuggling oil in the country, the Department of Energy (DoE) said in a press statement. | The Presidential Task Force on the Security of Energy Facilities and Enforcement of Energy Laws and Standards (PTF-Sefeels), h...
Ginger
(photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Smuggled ginger seized in Bulacan
The Philippine Star
| A Chinese national is facing charges after authorities caught him smuggling large quantities of ginger to the detriment of local farmers, the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) said yesterday. | PASG chief Undersecretary Antonio Villar said his men raided last week an ice plant in Malolos, B...
Kampala Tops in Tax Fraud, Smuggling
All Africa
Central region and Kampala in particular have been identified as the most notorious for tax evasion and smuggling of goods. In an annual report ending June, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) reports that of all the regions in the country, the central ha...
DA backs new Senate anti-smuggling move
Journal Online
By: Cory Martinez THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has strongly supported a new proposal in the Senate designed to curb the smuggling of agricultural commodities to better protect the farmers against illicit trading practices. | DA Secretary Arthur...
Man accused in NY of smuggling military equipment
The Examiner
NEW YORK (Map, News) - A Taiwanese man has been extradited to New York to face charges that he smuggled military equipment including infrared laser aiming devices for rifles and a fighter pilot helmet out of the United States to his country. | Yen Ch...
Man accused in NY of smuggling military equipment
The Boston Globe
| NEW YORK—A Taiwanese man has been extradited to New York to face charges that he smuggled military equipment including infrared laser aiming devices for rifles and a fighter pilot helmet out of the United States to his country. | Yen Ching Pe...
Man accused in NY of smuggling military equipment
Syracuse
| NEW YORK (AP) - A Taiwanese man has been extradited to New York to face charges that he smuggled military equipment including infrared laser aiming devices for rifles and a fighter pilot helmet out of the United States to his country. | Yen Ching P...
Feds break up No. Va. cigarette-smuggling ring
Wtop
| ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) - Authorities say they've broken up a major cigarette-smuggling ring in northern Virginia. | According to documents filed in federal court, conspirators in New York paid smugglers in Fairfax County more than $4 million for about...
 rice - food - grain - crop - am1
WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Customs scored on food smuggling
The Manila Times
| Poultry raisers assailed at a Senate hearing Wednesday the Bureau of Customs for asking from them proof of the smuggling of agricultural products when the market is full of them....
Great male Leopard in South Afrika
GFDL / Lukas Kaffer
Two charged with smuggling leopard hides
Denver Post
| Two South Dakota men, who allegedly poached leopards in South Africa with the help of a South African big-game outfitter, have been indicted for smuggling the hides and a skull o...
Illegal immigrant killed -- and hatred gushes
Chicago Sun-Times
| There's a lot of hatred out there. I hear from many angry readers every time I write about immigration. | I was especially disturbed by many of the comments posted in response to a blog item I wrote earlier this month about an illegal immigrant who...
Venezuela sends Colombia fuel to slow smuggling
The Star
| CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's government said Sunday that it will ship gasoline to neighboring Colombia in an attempt to slow cross-border smuggling of cheap Venezuelan fuel. | Venezuela's Oil Ministry plans to send Colombia's Norte de Sant...
BAT pushes strip stamps on cigarettes to help reduce smuggling
The Philippine Star
| British American Tobacco (BAT), a United Kingdom-based cigarette company, is pushing for the affixture of strip stamps on locally manufactured cigarettes to be part of the proposed amendments to the current excise tax system in the country. | In a ...
Illegal Trading
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(photo: GNU / Malis )
ATF says most illegal guns in Mexico come from US
AOL
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Nearly all illegal guns seized in Mexico come from the United States, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday. | ATF acting director Michael Sullivan said investigators have traced 90 to 95 percent of the weapons found in Mexico to the U.S. Generally, only law-enforcement officers o...
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