border smuggling
Illegal frontier crossing
Border smuggling is the illegal movement of goods or people across national boundaries, evading customs, immigration controls, or trade restrictions.
The term covers everything from drug trafficking and weapons running to smuggling migrants seeking entry to another country: Border smuggling operations have become increasingly sophisticated.
The activity typically involves organized networks exploiting gaps in border security.
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- human traffickingCriminal trade in people
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- coyoteWild North American canid
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- smugglingcontraband, drug trafficking, courier, trafficking, illicit goods
- drug crimesdrug trafficking, drug dealing, drug conspiracy, narcotics trafficking, cocaine trafficking
border smugglinglegal immigration
Sanctioned permanent relocation abroad
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