#smuggling — Public Fediverse posts

#Djibouti has emerged as critical #Houthi #LogisticsCorridor, with #Investigators tracing alleged #Smuggling networks through its #Ports, #CommercialCompanies & #Maritime routes to #Yemen. Find out how it has became a key #Houthi #Logistics & #SmugglingHub.

https://saxafimedia.com/djibouti-houthi-logistics-smuggling-hub/

Iran arms smuggling to Hezbollah fuels Israeli debate over IDF role in Syria

Controversy is growing about the extent to which Iran is smuggling weapons to Hezbollah through Syria, with defense…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Ahmedal-Sharaa #ammunition #breakingnews #Hezbollah #hezbollahweapons #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #smuggling #Syria #Weapons
https://www.newsbeep.com/703665/

#israel #palestine : #gaza / #blockade / #smuggling / #warprofiteers / #civilianwarvictims

„Palestinians face inflated prices for groceries and batteries, hospitals have turned to smugglers for medicine and equipment, & Israeli soldiers & other middlemen are accused of pocketing millions of dollars as the smuggling of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip has boomed, according to an Associated Press investigation (…).“

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/smuggling-in-gaza-how-banned-goods-make-it-across-the-border-and-millions-of-dollars-change-hands/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world

It's well known by both sides of the spectrum in #politics, that the #US has a de-facto ruling #oligarchy in its tech and financial sectors despite all the democratic claims. An oligarchy able to control the political system, its legislation and the application of justice through their sheer possession of #money. It's control over public #institutions is undisputed... to the extent that, in daily practice, it is bound by no legislation, no intellectual #property. It embodies the very definition and practice of #anarchocapitalism, just not so formally stated as to explicitly reject the rule of #law. Appearances must be kept, but only to a certain extent.

#LatinAmerica has its own, endemic, oligarchy problem too; not coming out of its local tech sector, but from the #drugs dealing, human #trafficking, #smuggling, #prostitution, and murder-by-contract businesses instead. Because that is what they truly are: #businesses... organizations conducting particular forms of #trade, for the sake of personal #profit. Those oligarchs, just like its american counterparts, share the exact same anarchocapitalist view that the law shouldn't restrict the freedom to do business of any sort. Even if that business ends up with a couple of bullets inside the cranium of some 18 year old kid. Accidents can always happen at the job.

The enterprise in itself always had a direct link to organized #crime, not the least because of the identical nature of their entrepreneurial activity. And that, by necessity, means that very similar practices must take place in each. It's truly not surprising that every "fully legally compliant" #enterprise is, behind closed doors, hiding plenty of illegal practices within... from #taxevasion thanks to carefully selected international banks and falsified accounting records, to financial #fraud designed to deceive investors and shareholders.

In certain moments, when this symmetry becomes specially obvious, one side and the other can truly and visibly overlap. This is how a sizable group of american business men made their initial fortunes trafficking alcohol during times of #prohibition, in the 20s and 30s, only to become the established entrepreneurial class of later years. Now, the direct successors of that group of oligarchs are in Silicon Valley at the moment, busy at the task of physically destroying the local and global environment, along with millions of old and out of print books for AI training purposes. The law, as we can imagine, has nothing to say about that.

Between cartel threats and U.S. airstrikes, Ecuador fishers have nowhere to hide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/17/world/society/ecuador-fishermen-cartel-us-airstrikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #ecuador #southamerica #us #organizedcrime #drugs #cocaine #smuggling

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 23-year-old Mexican man on suspicion of trying to smuggle lizards into Japan by hiding them inside socks in a suitcase. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/12/japan/crime-legal/man-arrested-lizards-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #lizards #airports #tokyo #mexico #japanesepolice #customs #smuggling

#Indonesia seizes 1.3 tonnes of #ketamine worth millions in major #bust
" #MV King Sun was sailing east fr #Thailand twds🇮🇩.. vessel was registered under Tanzanian flag & intercepted in waters around Riau Islands.. 8 crew members aboard (7 #Myanmar nationals & a #Taiwanese) hv been detained.. 🇮🇩auths seized 3.37 tonnes of #cannabis buds in July when they foiled a #smuggling attempt fr🇹🇭.. 🇮🇩has some of te worlds toughest #antidrug laws, incl'g #deathpenalty for #traffickers"👏
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-seizes-1-3-tonnes-of-ketamine-worth-millions-in-major-bust

Indonesian authorities have seized 1.3 tons of ketamine worth tens of millions of dollars from a foreign-flagged vessel, a top anti-drug official said on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/indonesia-tons-ketamine-bust/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #ketamine #drugs #indonesia #smuggling

Flying too high : This #pilot was trying to smuggle large quantities of #MDMA pills into #Indonesia from #Malaysia - he's now in big trouble with both countries working together on the investigation.

He may still face #DeathPenalty depending how the case goes in Court ( Indonesia retains it for #drugs offences - it is now less common in #Malaysia )

He is also accused of being under the influence whilst flying the #aircraft !

#smuggling #crime #TootSEA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9d8662gyx5o

A Nvidia Employee, a Supermicro Server, and a $2.5 Billion Smuggling Question

Repost to help others discover this.

https://1ban.news/nvidia-employee-taiwan-smuggling-2026/

#1ban #nvidia #employee #taiwan #smuggling #tech

#Malaysian pilot arrested in Indonesia with 70,000 Ecstasy pills after drug-fuelled #flight
"pilot who tested positive for meth, MDMA, & cocaine after flying a passenger plane to #Indonesia risked the #deathpenalty for allegedly #smuggling more than 70,000 #Ecstasy tablets in his suitcase.. flight# indicated it was a #MalaysiaAirlines plane.
“.. at the time of the flight, he was under the influence.. What concerns all of us is that this person’s profession is a #pilot,”"🤦‍♂️
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3362508/malaysian-pilot-arrested-indonesia-70000-ecstasy-pills-after-drug-fuelled-flight

A Malaysian pilot who tested positive for meth, MDMA and cocaine after flying a passenger plane to Indonesia risks the death penalty for allegedly smuggling more than 70,000 ecstasy tablets in his suitcase. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/31/asia-pacific/malaysia-drug-smuggling-pilot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #malaysia #southeastasia #drugs #smuggling #aviation

Iran buys Chinese shoulder-fired air defense missiles to rebuild defenses

Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #China #Iran #iranmissiles #Missiles #OperationEconomicFury #smuggling #Trade
https://www.newsbeep.com/667738/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@KraftTea/116984722370727908

Ukraine has gone after ships in the Caspian Sea smuggling cargo to Russia from Iran (& not for the 1st time).

#Ukraine #CaspianSea #ships #smuggling #cargo #Russia #Iran.

Despite proactive measures, the adaptive nature of ShadowFleet networks sustains ships’ ability to #evade #detection and exploit #enforcement gaps

At a systemic level, #seaports generally serve as tangible operational conduits for the modus operandi of #trafficking networks, enabling the #smuggling of #illicit goods through vulnerable entry points

https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/covert-maritime-intelligence-and-russia-s-shadow-fleet

#HybridWarfare #Russia #RussianAggression #disinformation #military

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NIH virologists face smuggling charges over inactivated monkeypox samples, prompting political firestorm

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https://1ban.news/nih-virologists-smuggling-charges/

#1ban #nih #virologists #smuggling #charges #science

‘Mad Max’ on the ocean: The cocaine-loaded speedboats racing to Europe’s shores.

In the Atlantic, hundreds of powerful go-fast boats, custom-built to transport tons of cocaine, retrieve shipments from vessels travelling commercial routes between South America, Africa and Europe, according to an investigation by Le Monde in partnership with NDR, WDR, Süddeutsche Zeitung, NRC, IrpiMedia and The Washington Post.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260716-mad-max-on-the-ocean-the-cocaine-loaded-speedboats-racing-to-europes-shores?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Drugs #Europe #Smuggling #Crime #Cocaine #Shipping

A 2024 cocaine bust in Spain led to the discovery of a financial network used to launder money with links all the way to Wall Street. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/15/world/crime-legal/cocaine-bust-spain-wall-street/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #cocaine #smuggling #drugs #wallstreet #spain

Vietnam's largest listed jeweler is facing a crisis of confidence after police detained the former head of its gem certification subsidiary over his alleged links to a transnational diamond-smuggling ring. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/vietnam-jeweler-gem-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #vietnam #smuggling #theft #jewelry #southeastasia

"The fondness of Indonesians for caged birds stems from a centuries-old belief . . . that a man is considered successful if he possesses five elements: a wife, a house, a vehicle, a ceremonial dagger and a bird."

Sandy Ong for Knowable Magazine:
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/high-stakes-singing-contests-fueling-songbird-crisis

#Birds #Wildlife #Animals #Smuggling #Indonesia #SoutheastAsia #Singing

Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures?
Erin L. Thompson: https://hyperallergic.com/why-do-so-many-museums-hold-a-convicted-antiquity-dealers-treasures/

#antiquities #smuggling #Geneva #Syria #Lebanon

#Thai #PM warns may ‘shut down’ #cannabis #industry after #global #smuggling spike
"German customs revealed they'd disrupted a #seacorridor smuggling Thai cannabis into #Europe, seizing 2 shipments totalling 1.2tons.. #Indonesian authorities announced te seizure of 3.37tons of cannabis buds fr #Thailand.. only major #plantations w big medicinal contracts, or #illegal #exporters supplying #weedhungry #overseas markets cld turn a profit.. We need to make it illegal again"👈⚖️
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3359599/thai-pm-threatens-shut-down-cannabis-industry-after-global-smuggling-spike

Reuters: How drug gangs use social media to recruit Thai air crew as couriers. “In Thailand, trafficking networks target specific groups of travellers, including flight attendants, to help transport the drugs overseas, said Police Major Suriya Singhakamol, Secretary-General of the ONCB. In the case of the Thai Airways flight ​attendant arrested in Australia, she had initially posted in a […]

Thai authorities say drug trafficking networks are targeting airline crew through social media recruitment schemes, following the arrest of a Thai Airways flight attendant in Australia for allegedly smuggling heroin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/05/asia-pacific/crime-legal/thai-air-crew-drug-gangs-social-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #drugs #organizedcrime #thailand #organizedcrime #gangs #mafia #smuggling #socialmedia

A slew of recent incidents have put Japan's economic-security vulnerabilities on display, helping drive Japan's most ambitious push for safeguards in years under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/29/spies-drugs-economic-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #cfius #investments #economicsecurity #us #sanaetakaichi #smuggling #espionage #cybersecurity

In Chihiro Amano's madcap crime drama, three Japanese women in dire straits decide to smuggle gold from Singapore. What could go wrong? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/06/26/film/magical-secret-tour/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #chihiroamano #singapore #kasumiarimura #harukuroki #saraminami #smuggling

Auto Evolution: Smugglers Create Fake Google Maps Car, Border Patrol Agents Actually Use Street View. “Smugglers carrying illegal aliens used an SUV disguised as a Google Maps Street View car in an attempt to skip the checks typically conducted by the US border patrol agents. Their idea made sense. Because it was a Google car only supposed to take photos of the surroundings, it wasn’t hiding […]

Police have arrested six people for allegedly trying to smuggle 49 kilograms of gold bars worth about ¥1,075 million from China by concealing them inside life-size dolls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/23/japan/crime-legal/china-gold-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #china #japanesepolice #smuggling #customs

Exif Smuggling

https://github.com/signalblur/exifsmugglingpoc

#HackerNews #Exif #Smuggling #privacy #security #digitalforensics #technews