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• Smuggling Fish from Yemen, 20% of Annual Production

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 505
  For years, the fishing statistics never added up for me, and finally we have an official recognition of the issue. The figure is 40,000 tons annually or about 20% of total production, but its a rough number. That the statement was made by the Fisheries Minister and published by SABA is encouraging but only to the ...
  16 hours ago

• Updates: More information about seized Iranian arms ships

  
  MaritimeTerrorism.com — Authority: 91
  The Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center recently released more information about Iran’s efforts to strengthen Shi’ite terrorist groups in Lebanon (Hezbollah) and Yemen (Houthi Shi’ite).On October 26, 2009, Yemen announced that it seized an Iranian ship named Mahan-1loaded with mostly anti-tank ...
  1 day ago

• 32 Arab Children Killed Working in Smuggling Tunnels

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 591
  No fewer than 32 children have been killed over the past three years while working in Gaza arms smuggling tunnels, according to a new report released in the Palestinian Authority. The report, prepared by an organization called the Palestinian National Society for Democracy and Law, was released on Saturday. ...
  1 day ago

• Jeweller held for smuggling

  
  The Punekar — Authority: 148
  Sakaal Times : The local crime branch claimed to have busted a smuggling racket with the arrest of a city-based jeweller and his accomplice and seizure of 2.5 kg gold, 330 gm silver and Rs 28 lakh cash, totally worth Rs 77 lakh, on Thursday night. Police intercepted a car near Navle Lawns on Pune-Bengaluru highway. ...
  2 days ago

• Smuggling Tunnels in Gaza Strip

  
  Sociology Lens — Authority: 128
  Map of Gaza Strip by smteixeirapoit Palestinians have created hundreds of tunnels under the Gaza Strip-Egypt border to circumvent the Israeli blockade. In the border town of Rafah, Palestinians secure employment in these tunnels, smuggling goods such as food, livestock, appliances, and electronics. The work in ...
  3 days ago

• Another Wildlife Trafficking Ring Busted

  
  Critter News — Authority: 132
  In India this time. They seized tiger skins, tiger bones and otter skins. Where could those tiger bones be going but to Asian countries to make tiger bone wine?
  3 days ago

• Slideshow: Weapons Bound for Hezbollah

  
  Little Green Footballs — Authority: 611
  The IDF has uploaded a video presentation showing the huge shipment of weaponry from Iran, intended for Hezbollah, that was intercepted this week by an Israel Navy commando force aboard the civilian ship Francop. [Video]
  3 days ago

• The Drug Angle on the Hadramout Attacks

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 505
  The Yemen Post has a write up of the attack on the three security officers. AFP reports AQAP said the attack which was “in support of our brothers in the prisons of Hadramut, Sanaa and others and in revenge for anyone who has the intention of harming the mujahedeen.” But like the kidnapping of the foreign ...
  3 days ago

• Group Won’t Suspend Zimbabwe on Mining Abuses

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Members of the United Nations-endorsed Kimberley Process will send a monitor to decide whether future exports of rough diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe can be certified as conflict-free.
  4 days ago

• NYT > World: Group Won’t Suspend Zimbabwe on Mining Abuses

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Members of the United Nations-endorsed Kimberley Process will send a monitor to decide whether future exports of rough diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe can be certified as conflict-free.
  4 days ago

• Tunnels are a Lifeline to Gaza

  
  Education & Careers — Authority: 121
  In Gaza poverty is common. There is a demand for basic goods but they are in very short supply. Israel has placed blockades around the borders Gaza shares with other countries. So one of the best ways to get supplies into Gaza is through tunnels and there are an estimated 1,500. In order to pull themselves out of ...
  4 days ago

• Thai Border on Guard for Drugs From Myanmar

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Traffickers from Myanmar’s ethnic minorities use Thailand as their hub for the Pacific region.
  4 days ago

• Japanese held for drug smuggling in Malaysia claims she was duped

  
  Japundit - Published news — Authority: 451
  Mariko Takeuchi, a Japanese woman facing the death sentence for trafficking drugs into Malaysia, claims she was duped by a Middle Eastern man into delivering what she thought were "books" to the country. Even if she is innocent, she must be one stone dumb woman.
  5 days ago

• Israel files UN grievance over arms ship

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 591
  Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gabriella Shalev filed an official grievance with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council following Wednesdays seizure of the Francop arms vessel by the Israel Navy. Thursdays letter stated that the vessels cargo carried "36 containers of hundreds of ...
  5 days ago

• 14 charged with cigarette smuggling

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  Federal prosecutors in Alexandria charged 14 people Thursday with paying money or trading guns and drugs to purchase 388,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes intended for sale in New York.
  5 days ago

• Corpse Smuggling

  
  The Ruth Group — Authority: 130
  The world is full of never ending surprises, though our surprise is often an everyday matter for others.  This recent story from Iraq caught my attention.Iraqi and U.S. officials have expressed concerns about the traffic of weapons and drugs across the country’s porous borders, but there is also an older and more ...
  5 days ago

• Networked Intelligence 39/2009

  
  Southern Pulse | Networked Intelligence — Authority: 110
  MEXICO According to a report released by Mexico’s 5th National Addiction Survey, consumption of cocaine is on the rise. At the same time, the use of other drugs has only increased slightly. According to the survey, addiction to illegal drugs in Mexico grew 5% in 2002 and 5.7% in 2008. (October 2009) MEXICO Three ...
  5 days ago

• DEA veteran to lead DHS drug enforcement

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 443
  DEA veteran to lead DHS drug enforcement (11/4/09) — GovExec.comPresident Obama intends to nominate a Drug Enforcement Administration veteran, Grayling Williams, to lead the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, the White House announced on Tuesday.
  5 days ago

• DEA veteran to lead DHS drug enforcement

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 443
  DEA veteran to lead DHS drug enforcement (11/4/09) — GovExec.comPresident Obama intends to nominate a Drug Enforcement Administration veteran, Grayling Williams, to lead the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, the White House announced on Tuesday.
  5 days ago

• Arms ship: How Iran tried to dupe Israeli intelligence

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 591
  The Hezbollah -bound arms shipment that was seized by Israel Navy commandos Tuesday night left an Iranian port 10 days ago aboard a local merchant ship. The weapons and ammunition, including 106 mm shells, 107 mm and 122 mm rockets, hand grenades, mortar shells, anti-tank missiles and ammunition for AK-47 ...
  6 days ago

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