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East Bay Times: Report: Facebook is main tool for criminals selling endangered wild animals. “The company, owned by Meta, which made $60 billion in profit last year according to regulatory filings, did not directly dispute claims in the report that it hosted some 16,000 advertisements for illegally trafficked wildlife — about three-quarters of the total ads researchers identified — or that […]

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https://www.europesays.com/iran/111401/ Two ancient coins repatriated from US to Israel after antiquities theft probe #archaeology #coins #hasmonean #HasmoneanPeriod #Israel #IsraelAntiquitiesAuthority #JerusalemArchaeology #Smuggling #UnitedStates

Two ancient coins repatriated from US to Israel after antiquities theft probe

Two rare and ancient coins allegedly smuggled from Israel were returned to the country by the United States…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Archaeology #breakingnews #coins #hasmonean #hasmoneanperiod #Israel #IsraelAntiquitiesAuthority #jerusalemarchaeology #smuggling #UnitedStates
https://www.newsbeep.com/535977/

Two ancient coins repatriated from US to Israel after antiquities theft probe

Two rare and ancient coins allegedly smuggled from Israel were returned to the country by the United States…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Archaeology #breakingnews #coins #hasmonean #hasmoneanperiod #Israel #IsraelAntiquitiesAuthority #jerusalemarchaeology #smuggling #UnitedStates
https://www.newsbeep.com/535977/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/96694/ Drone gun-running ring from Jordan to West Bank busted, five suspects indicted #Israel #Negev #ShinBet #Smuggling #WestBank

Jordan strikes drug, arms smuggling sites along Syrian border https://www.byteseu.com/1986538/ #Arms #border #Conflicts #Drugs #Jordan #smuggling #Syria

https://www.europesays.com/iran/95328/ Jordan strikes drug, arms smuggling sites along Syrian border #arms #border #Drugs #Jordan #Smuggling #Syria

https://www.europesays.com/iran/?p=76498 US military intercepts sanctioned M/T Tifani ship linked to Iranian smuggling #centcom #IndianOcean #Iran #pacific #PersianGulf #Sanctions #ship #Smuggling #StraitOfHormuz #USMilitary

What the U.S. Blockade of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz Might Look Like

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/strait-of-hormuz-blockade-iran-trump.html

What the U.S. Blockade of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz Might Look Like

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/strait-of-hormuz-blockade-iran-trump.html

What the U.S. Blockade of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz Might Look Like

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/strait-of-hormuz-blockade-iran-trump.html

https://www.europesays.com/africa/181470/ How police arrested a multimillion-dollar human trafficker smuggling thousands, including Somali migrants? #à #Arrested #how #human #including #migrants #multimilliondollar #Police #smuggling #Somali #Somalia #thousands #trafficker

three #postdoc #job to work at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. #Italy

(1) Human #trafficking and #migration #governance in the agri-food sector (2) Drug cartels and migration governance at the US–#Mexico #border (3) Human #smuggling and migration governance across maritime Southeast Asia

Two-year contracts (renewable) within the Institute of Law, Politics and Development, Faculty of Social Sciences. @sociology @migration #academia

https://www.santannapisa.it/sites/default/files/2026-03/abstract%20of%20the%20call_1.pdf

In the past year Germany seized a record amount of cannabis. According to the "FAZ", customs alone took more than 50 tons. In 2024 police and customs together c... https://news.osna.fm/?p=40123 | #news #consumption #drives #legalisation #smuggling

In the past year Germany seized a record amount of cannabis. According to the "FAZ", customs alone took more than 50 tons. In 2024 police and customs together c... https://news.osna.fm/?p=40123 | #news #consumption #drives #legalisation #smuggling

In the past year Germany seized a record amount of cannabis. According to the "FAZ", customs alone took more than 50 tons. In 2024 police and customs together c... https://news.osna.fm/?p=40123 | #news #consumption #drives #legalisation #smuggling

In the past year Germany seized a record amount of cannabis. According to the "FAZ", customs alone took more than 50 tons. In 2024 police and customs together c... https://news.osna.fm/?p=40123 | #news #consumption #drives #legalisation #smuggling

Early early sunday morning it was a big ganja smuggling

#reggae #eekamouse #smuggling #music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9Cj5UyVbM

Authorities in #Estonia have released a Bahamian-flagged container ship stopped earlier on suspicion of drug #smuggling. The Estonian Tax and Customs Board found no #narcotics on board the vessel, which was en route from #Ecuador to #Russia.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-no-drugs-found-on-stopped-container-ship/

🎣 Welcome to #Maine, where the black market for baby #eels is apparently the next big thing in #crime thrillers. 🚔 Because, of course, nothing screams "riveting plot" quite like #smuggling slippery little fish across state lines. 📜 All the local papers are on the case, desperately trying to make the eel hustle sound exciting. 🐟💼
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/09/maines-black-market-for-baby-eels-is-spawning-a-crime-thriller-subgenre/ #BlackMarket #FishThriller #HackerNews #ngated

🎣 Welcome to #Maine, where the black market for baby #eels is apparently the next big thing in #crime thrillers. 🚔 Because, of course, nothing screams "riveting plot" quite like #smuggling slippery little fish across state lines. 📜 All the local papers are on the case, desperately trying to make the eel hustle sound exciting. 🐟💼
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/09/maines-black-market-for-baby-eels-is-spawning-a-crime-thriller-subgenre/ #BlackMarket #FishThriller #HackerNews #ngated

🎣 Welcome to #Maine, where the black market for baby #eels is apparently the next big thing in #crime thrillers. 🚔 Because, of course, nothing screams "riveting plot" quite like #smuggling slippery little fish across state lines. 📜 All the local papers are on the case, desperately trying to make the eel hustle sound exciting. 🐟💼
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/09/maines-black-market-for-baby-eels-is-spawning-a-crime-thriller-subgenre/ #BlackMarket #FishThriller #HackerNews #ngated

🎣 Welcome to #Maine, where the black market for baby #eels is apparently the next big thing in #crime thrillers. 🚔 Because, of course, nothing screams "riveting plot" quite like #smuggling slippery little fish across state lines. 📜 All the local papers are on the case, desperately trying to make the eel hustle sound exciting. 🐟💼
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/09/maines-black-market-for-baby-eels-is-spawning-a-crime-thriller-subgenre/ #BlackMarket #FishThriller #HackerNews #ngated

Illegal Kerala lottery ticket sales continue in Coimbatore as police uncover cross-border smuggling networks. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-lottery-smuggling-2025-coimbatore-police-surveillance-crackdown-khdf8sm2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KeralaLottery #Coimbatore #Smuggling #Lottery

Sunday, October 26, 2025

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

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Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Prompt Rare U.N. Meeting on the United States

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/middleeast/un-attacks-venezuela-boats.html

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

[vlog/video] Trump-Zelensky summit was theater, not progress: Landsbergis — Russia resumes stolen grain shipments from occupied Ukrainian territories to Syria — Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — Security guarantees for Ukraine explained: What’s on the table and what’s realistic? … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-20-2025/

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

[vlog/video] Trump-Zelensky summit was theater, not progress: Landsbergis — Russia resumes stolen grain shipments from occupied Ukrainian territories to Syria — Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — Security guarantees for Ukraine explained: What’s on the table and what’s realistic? … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-20-2025/

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

[vlog/video] Trump-Zelensky summit was theater, not progress: Landsbergis — Russia resumes stolen grain shipments from occupied Ukrainian territories to Syria — Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — Security guarantees for Ukraine explained: What’s on the table and what’s realistic? … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-20-2025/

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

[vlog/video] Trump-Zelensky summit was theater, not progress: Landsbergis — Russia resumes stolen grain shipments from occupied Ukrainian territories to Syria — Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — Security guarantees for Ukraine explained: What’s on the table and what’s realistic? … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-20-2025/

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

[vlog/video] Trump-Zelensky summit was theater, not progress: Landsbergis — Russia resumes stolen grain shipments from occupied Ukrainian territories to Syria — Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — Security guarantees for Ukraine explained: What’s on the table and what’s realistic? … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-20-2025/

Ex-#flightattendant caught #smuggling 100 lbs. of deadly new #drug made of #humanbones faces decades in prison

https://nypost.com/2025/05/25/world-news/ex-flight-attendant-caught-smuggling-drug-made-of-human-bones/

Surge in #cannabis #smuggling prompts #Thailand to tighten rules
🤦‍♂️"Weed #smuggled out of Thailand has reached #UK, India, Pakistan, #HongKong & many other destinat'ns, #PublicHealth Minister Thepsuthin said. Thailand will now make it harder to access cannabis except for #medical reasons.. A #legal #vacuum, w/o a #cannabislaw in place, has allowed more than 10,700 cannabis dispensaries to open nationwide.. >50 British hv been arrested in 🇹🇭 for attempted cannabis smuggling"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3033366/surge-in-cannabis-smuggling-prompts-thailand-to-tighten-rules

Surge in #cannabis #smuggling prompts #Thailand to tighten rules
🤦‍♂️"Weed #smuggled out of Thailand has reached #UK, India, Pakistan, #HongKong & many other destinat'ns, #PublicHealth Minister Thepsuthin said. Thailand will now make it harder to access cannabis except for #medical reasons.. A #legal #vacuum, w/o a #cannabislaw in place, has allowed more than 10,700 cannabis dispensaries to open nationwide.. >50 British hv been arrested in 🇹🇭 for attempted cannabis smuggling"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3033366/surge-in-cannabis-smuggling-prompts-thailand-to-tighten-rules

Surge in #cannabis #smuggling prompts #Thailand to tighten rules
🤦‍♂️"Weed #smuggled out of Thailand has reached #UK, India, Pakistan, #HongKong & many other destinat'ns, #PublicHealth Minister Thepsuthin said. Thailand will now make it harder to access cannabis except for #medical reasons.. A #legal #vacuum, w/o a #cannabislaw in place, has allowed more than 10,700 cannabis dispensaries to open nationwide.. >50 British hv been arrested in 🇹🇭 for attempted cannabis smuggling"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3033366/surge-in-cannabis-smuggling-prompts-thailand-to-tighten-rules

Surge in #cannabis #smuggling prompts #Thailand to tighten rules
🤦‍♂️"Weed #smuggled out of Thailand has reached #UK, India, Pakistan, #HongKong & many other destinat'ns, #PublicHealth Minister Thepsuthin said. Thailand will now make it harder to access cannabis except for #medical reasons.. A #legal #vacuum, w/o a #cannabislaw in place, has allowed more than 10,700 cannabis dispensaries to open nationwide.. >50 British hv been arrested in 🇹🇭 for attempted cannabis smuggling"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3033366/surge-in-cannabis-smuggling-prompts-thailand-to-tighten-rules

Surge in #cannabis #smuggling prompts #Thailand to tighten rules
🤦‍♂️"Weed #smuggled out of Thailand has reached #UK, India, Pakistan, #HongKong & many other destinat'ns, #PublicHealth Minister Thepsuthin said. Thailand will now make it harder to access cannabis except for #medical reasons.. A #legal #vacuum, w/o a #cannabislaw in place, has allowed more than 10,700 cannabis dispensaries to open nationwide.. >50 British hv been arrested in 🇹🇭 for attempted cannabis smuggling"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3033366/surge-in-cannabis-smuggling-prompts-thailand-to-tighten-rules

Northeastern State Pledges Strong Action Against Human Smuggling Amid Youth Exodus #NorthAfrica #Somalia #WestAfrica #action #Exodus #human #Northeastern #pledges #smuggling #state #Strong #youth 
https://tinyurl.com/266pcfvw

How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola, M&M's is smuggled from war-torn Sudan — https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250304-how-a-key-ingredient-in-coca-cola-mms-is-smuggled-from-war-torn-sudan/
#HackerNews #CocaCola #MMs #Sudan #Smuggling #Ingredients #WarTorn

Earth's Oceans Are Filled With What Scientists Are Calling ‘Dark Vessels’ | Satellite Mapping Reveals Extensive Industrial Activity At Sea
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https://www.earth.com/news/dark-vessels-most-industrial-fishing-activity-is-not-publicly-tracked/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06825-8 <-- shared paper
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https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/chinas-rampant-illegal-fishing-is-endangering-the-environment-and-the-global-economy/ <-- shared opinion piece
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #illegalfishing #tracking #AI #statesponsored #deeplearning #darkvessels #GPS #transmitters #AIS #turnedoff #maritime #marine #vessels #foodsecurity #sustainability #global #globalsecurity #transponders #smuggling #illegal #commercialfishing #transport #energy #oil #gas #shipping #resources #Sentential #Sentential1 #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #realtime #model #modeling #neuralnetwork #accuracy #radar #SAR #cargoship #infrastructure #ocean #worldwide #humanrights #MPAs #coast #coastal #EEZs #tankers #industrial #sea #windfarms

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #399: Narco Subs.
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#submarines #drugs #cartels #watercraft #homemade #smuggling #crime #coastguard #diy #strangebuttrue #wtf #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

The Broader Push to Rewrite #History.

Israel's assault on #Palestinian #heritage goes beyond fabricated #archaeological narratives—it’s a #systematic effort to erase history and consolidate control. Here are more key aspects of the campaign:

#Looting of #WestBank #Antiquities :

For decades, #Israel has #exploited the occupied territories' rich archaeological sites, #smuggling thousands of #artifacts to build its #colonial narrative. The new bill seeks to #institutionalize this #theft, granting #extremist officials unchecked authority over excavation and #HeritagePreservation in Palestinian areas.

The Role of the Israeli Antiquities Authority:

Under the guise of #AcademicResearch, the #IsraeliAntiquitiesAuthority frequently removes artifacts from the West Bank, exhibiting them in Israeli #museums without acknowledging their Palestinian origins. This process not only strips Palestinians of their #cultural history but also bolsters Israel’s claim to the land.

Settler-Led Excavations:

Settler organizations like #Elad are at the forefront of #illegal excavations, particularly in East #Jerusalem. These digs disrupt Palestinian neighborhoods, displace families, and create #tourist sites glorifying biblical narratives while erasing the #multicultural history of the region.

Linking Settlements to #BiblicalClaims:

Israeli settlement expansion is increasingly tied to archaeological claims. By declaring areas with supposed biblical significance, such as #Hebron or #Shiloh as part of #Jewish heritage, the #llegalOccupation justifies #annexation and denies Palestinians access to their land.

The International Fallout:

Despite warnings from Israeli #archaeologists and global institutions, the government continues its #unilateral moves. If the bill passes, Israel risks severe isolation, as #CulturalTheft violates international conventions, including #UNESCO protection of #CulturalHeritage during conflicts.

These moves are not just an assault on history—they are an extension of the colonial project, reshaping the narrative to legitimize an occupation that erases Palestinian identity. The stakes go beyond antiquities; they encompass the right of a people to their past, present, and future.

Full article by Alaa Al-Lami:
https://www.al-akhbar.com/Culture_People/387633

#FreePalestine
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#IsraelWarCrimes
#IsraelRogueState
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael
#USAFundsGenocide
#BoycottIsrael
#BDSMovement
#BoycottIsraeliApartheid
#StopGenocide
#ApartheidIsrael
#SanctionIsrael
#ExposeIsraeliTerrorists
#ZionismIsACult
#Journalism
#Historians
#Decolonization

Max Matza: »A Colombian luxury #handbag #designer who pleaded guilty to #smuggling purses made of the #skins of protected #vleesmolen reptiles has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Nancy Gonzalez, who has made handbags carried by Sex and the City actors and Britney Spears, was sentenced on Monday in a Miami federal court.

Gonzalez, 71, broke an international #treaty by illegally importing bags made from #caimans and #pythons.«

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68879020.amp

Voluntary Consensus-Based Geospatial Data Standards For The Global Illegal Trade In Wild Fauna And Flora
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01371-w <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #illegalwildlifetrade #communication #data #engagement #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #illegal #international #global #geography #source #transit #destination #smuggling #datastandards #opendatastandards #geospatialdatastandards #online #indictments #wildlifetrafficking #wildlifetrade #decisionmaking #enforcement #poaching #poachers #trade #flora #fauna