prohibited goods
Banned items smuggled
Prohibited goods are items that laws or regulations forbid importing, exporting, possessing, or selling.
The category varies by jurisdiction but typically includes contraband like drugs, weapons, endangered species, and stolen property.
Customs agencies intercept prohibited goods at borders: The shipment was seized as prohibited goods.
Distinguished from restricted goods, which may be legal with proper permits.
- blood diamondsGems mined to fund warfare
- conflict mineralsResources financing warfare
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- drug paraphernaliaSubstance use equipment
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
stolen property · stolen art · fake passports · toxic substances · unlicensed firearms · explosives · human trafficking · counterfeit currency · ivory · endangered species · banned substances · black market
- smuggling enforcementcustoms agents, customs officers, border patrol, contraband, seizure
- shipping regulationsimport license, export license, import permits, cargo manifest, bill of lading
- trade barrierstrade barriers, import quotas, import ban, export ban, import restrictions
- trade controlsimport tariffs, import quotas, import restrictions, import regulations, customs duties
- e-commercecheckout, shopping cart, online shopping, cart, online retail
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
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