smugglers

Six Indian nationals were arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday (March 6) after a red panda and dozens of other exotic animals and birds were seized from their checked luggage in a major wildlife trafficking bust.“We have found out that the animals include 29 black throat monitor lizards, 21 snakes, 15 birds, including parrots — a total of 87 animals. The animals were hidden inside the luggage,” Thailand’s Customs Department announced in a statement. Highlights 87 exotic animals were seized in…

An Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia. Credit: Hafiz Johari/Shutterstock The United Nations defines people smuggling as enabling foreigners into a country where they do not have the right to remain. But our research shows how Indonesian migrants in Malaysia also use smugglers to return home. These tend to be migrant workers who…

A novel born of extensive historical research presents a temptation to its author: to shoehorn in every morsel hoovered from the archives, regardless of whether or not it slows down the action. Kim Sherwood’s third doesn’t fall into that trap, but it’s overstuffed in a different way. The extra material here – interpolations, commentary, pastiche – gives an intertextual gloss to what might otherwise come across as a straightforward swashbuckling yarn.The novel begins when toddler Molly is abducted over the body of her dead…

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Friday attributed the lingering fuel scarcity in the country to a disruption in the product distribution chain caused by activities of cross-border smugglers. In a statement on Friday, the agency said “the current distribution hitch is heightened by activities of cross-border smugglers, who divert PMS meant for the Nigerian market to neighbouring countries where PMS prices are significantly higher than Nigeria’s regulated price.”…

Despite the basic appeal and its relatively higher price, the demand for Mahindra Bolero is always on a rise. And there are some solid reasons backing its popularity, one of which is immense practicality. The Bolero has always proved its worth as a versatile and practical vehicle for rugged daily use. However, we all bet that you might not have come across this ‘hidden’ feature of the Mahindra Bolero, which takes its practicality to new heights. In a recent incident in Bihar, four smugglers got arrested by Bihar police…

Level 5 autonomous vehicles (AVs) will allow shipping companies to significantly decrease their costs and their liability as they will no longer need long-haul truck drivers. However, this also applies to smugglers. Trafficking of drugs, people, weapons, and black market goods will all receive a boon from AVs. Ease of shipping There will be a massive increase in vehicles on the road with the advent of fully-autonomous technology. Long-haul delivery vehicles could largely become operated with…