Border Patrol agents are used to chasing smugglers through the deserts and mountains of the American south-west. Now they are conducting raids in Home Depot car parks and clashing with protesters in sleepy neighbourhoods https://t.co/L459FcLTDz ...

Geopolitical Analysis - The report questions whether the target of actions is smugglers or Nicolás Maduro's regime [1]

Cocaine smuggling in Brazil's Amazon is surging as the region industrializes, threatening to rile Donald Trump and ensnaring the oil and agriculture industries https://t.co/MnWc6JVb4D ...

Lithuania to shoot down smuggling balloons, PM warns https://t.co/qxbBOv1q1Q ...

Lithuania’s Vilnius Airport resumed operations Wednesday morning after the airspace was closed overnight due to weather balloons with smuggled cigarettes crossing the border from neighboring Belarus https://t.co/wpJrKFFoq6 ...

Smuggling Innovation - Drug trafficking innovation is astonishing, exemplified by the common use of "narcosubs" (submersible vessels) for underwater drug transportation [1] - High-tech trafficking necessitates specialized skills [1]

Traffickers no longer focus almost exclusively on America: smuggling has gone global. The result is a system that is more dangerous to the world and more difficult to disrupt https://t.co/wnBjIpYyZH ...

A recent show of military force by America may temporarily deter smugglers, but narcos will adapt. Many are already using stealthier delivery methods, like unmanned submarines, and stashing drugs on container ships https://t.co/XKOWnvdqxx ...

Smuggling Activity - Lithuanian border officials report Belarusian smugglers using hot air balloons to smuggle contraband into Lithuania [1][2] - Over the weekend, 18,000 packs of cigarettes were confiscated [2] - Lithuanian authorities have intercepted over 500 balloons sent by smugglers this year [3] - Nearly 800,000 packs of cigarettes have been transported via balloons and drones [3] Airport Disruption - A major airport in Lithuania's capital was shut down for about 8 hours due to balloons entering its airspace [2] - 30 flights were interfered with, impacting travel plans for over 6,000 passengers [3]

[Music] This night vision video of a hot air balloon landing in a Lithuanian field, escalating tensions in a region already on the brink, even shutting down an airport over the weekend. But it's not carrying any passengers. Instead, large boxes of smuggled cigarettes, according to Lithuanian border officials.They say Bellar Russian smugglers have been sending balloons with contraband into Lithuania for years, but 18,000 packs of cigarettes have been confiscated just over the weekend. Saturday night, the bal ...