Zimbabwe gold miners warn higher royalty will boost smuggling https://t.co/S5c7qrZrAZ ...

Lithuania’s top envoy warns that a surge in cases of weather balloons ferrying smuggled goods from Belarus are harming its relations with the US https://t.co/XIsu4IQp51 ...

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 ...