Smuggling

Central America 03/11/21, 00:41

A Democrat that directed the White House to ease border control measures caused illegal immigration to soar, a presidential consultant said. The White House confirmed Joe Biden's open border policy recently resulted in a significant jump in foreigners trying to enter the United States unlawfully. "I certainly think that the idea that ...

U.S. 03/06/21, 12:42

Due to the Biden administration's open borders policy, there are currently more than 3,300 unaccompanied children in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be released into the United States. Women and children entering the country illegally are one of the main sources of the perverse business of ...

U.S. 12/12/19, 07:17

Federal agents in California thwarted an attempt to smuggle 11 Chinese nationals hiding in a moving truck full of furniture crossing the border from Mexico over the weekend. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the smuggling plan was impeded Saturday evening when a 42-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a moving truck arrived at the San ...

World 08/05/19, 13:58

On Sunday, Aug. 4, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard announced the capture of an Iraqi oil tanker that was reportedly smuggling fuel. The ship carrying 185,000 gallons of fuel was manned by seven people who were eventually arrested. The news comes in the middle of an escalation of tension with the ...

U.S. 07/08/19, 07:36

A professor from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), was convicted of conspiring to illegally export semiconductor chips with missile guidance applications to China, a statement from Department of Justice said. Yi-Chi Shih, 64, an electrical engineer and adjunct professor at UCLA, has been found guilty of multiple federal crimes, including ...

New York 06/18/19, 19:28

Federal authorities say a 39-year-old Connecticut man has been caught trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John F. Kennedy Airport in order to sell them for singing competitions.Francis Gurahoo was arrested Sunday after arriving on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana. Prosecutors say customs officials found the 34 ...

Politics 04/24/19, 07:50

President Donald Trump is making a new threat to send armed soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump tweeted Wednesday that "Mexico's Soldiers recently pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers, probably as a diversionary tactic for drug smugglers on the Border," but he didn't support the drug-smuggling claim. He tweeted: "Better not ...

Europe 03/27/19, 03:12

Police in northern Greece have adopted a new tactic for disrupting gangs that smuggle people into the country from across the land border with Turkey, an increasingly popular route: stopping drivers who work for the gangs and charging them with traffic violations before they can pick up their human cargo.The ...

U.S. 02/23/19, 18:45

The Latest on Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's visit to the Southwest border (all times local): 6:50 p.m. Top defense officials have toured sections of the U.S.-Mexico border to see how the military could reinforce efforts to block drug smuggling and other illegal activity. The Pentagon is weighing the diversion of billions ...

U.S. 02/14/19, 16:38

After El Chapo's conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of cash-laden jets and a personal zoo with roaming big cats, some Americans have floated an idea they see as poetic justice: Why not take some of the Mexican drug lord's billions in ...

Europe 02/13/19, 14:52

Italian news agency ANSA says a monsignor who had worked as a senior Vatican accountant has been convicted of corruption in connection with a failed cash-smuggling plot.ANSA said a Rome appeals court Wednesday convicted the Rev. Nunzio Scarano of corruption and sentenced him to three years in prison.In 2016, a ...

U.S. 02/12/19, 19:00

Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to ...

U.S. 02/12/19, 13:58

Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to ...

U.S. 02/06/19, 13:20

Jurors are deliberating for a third day at the U.S. trial of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.The panel returned to work Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court.The jurors sent the judge notes Tuesday indicating interest in the kingpin's alleged attempts at diversifying his smuggling operation to include ...

U.S. 02/04/19, 10:46

The Latest on the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo (all times local):10:45 a.m.A judge has been giving instructions to jurors at the U.S. drug-trafficking trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.They will begin deciding the fate of Joaquin Guzman on Monday.The ...

U.S. 02/04/19, 07:46

After nearly three months of testimony about a vast drug-smuggling conspiracy steeped in violence, a jury is due to begin deliberations Monday at the U.S. trial of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.A federal judge in Brooklyn is set to give instructions to jurors in the morning ...

Business 01/18/19, 16:32

The Latest on Canada (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says all countries should be concerned about Beijing's blending of its commercial interests with threats of consequences if Canada doesn't do what China wants. China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor an apparent attempt ...

World 01/14/19, 22:57

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death Monday in a sudden retrial of his drug smuggling case, while another Canadian man has been denied diplomatic immunity, ratcheting up the tensions following Canada's arrest of a top Chinese technology executive last month. The Liaoning provincial court in northeastern China announced the ...

U.S. 01/09/19, 11:27

A museum dedicated to the U.S. Border Patrol seeks to piece together the history of an agency that has evolved as the nation's views on immigration have changed.The U.S. Border Patrol Museum in El Paso, Texas, explores the story from the agency's formation to fight Chinese immigration and Prohibition, to ...

Europe 01/03/19, 04:33

British officials say two men have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling migrants from France to England by sea.The National Crime Agency said late Wednesday that a 33-year-old Iranian citizen and a 24-year-old British man were arrested in Manchester.The men are being questioned but have not been charged or identified. ...