Inside the sea cucumber smuggling boom
A quiet multimillion‑dollar black market is exploding across the Indian Ocean, driven by one unlikely animal: the sea cucumber.
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Spanish-Led Operation Busts Violent Mediterranean Smuggling Ring
A Spanish-led international police operation supported by Europol arrested 78 suspects in Spain and Algeria, dismantling an alleged violent smuggling network across the western Mediterranean,…
U.S. Man Extradited for Smuggling Drugs Through Subterranean Border Railway
Mexico extradited a United States citizen accused of orchestrating a sophisticated, cross-border drug smuggling operation through a subterranean railway tunnel, the Department of Justice announced.Federal…
Eel Smuggling Is The Organized Crime Racket You’ve Never Heard Of
Despite being the world’s most trafficked animal, the European eel receives surprisingly little sympathy. It lacks the mammalian charisma of the creatures whose plights dominate…