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Smuggling

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges

  • Jun 13, 2025

Agroterrorism fears: Illinois researcher weighs in on smuggling cases

  • Jun 12, 2025

2 Chinese nationals smuggled fungus into US: DOJ

  • Jun 4, 2025
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Man sentenced for smuggling baby spider monkeys across border

  • Apr 20, 2025

Man caught trying to smuggle living turtle down his pants

  • Mar 12, 2025

CBP inspectors at US-Mexico border on alert for egg smuggling

  • Mar 6, 2025

Man in China stopped at customs with 100 live snakes down his pants

  • Jul 10, 2024

41 charged in drug trafficking ring linked to cartel, officials say

  • Apr 1, 2024

Latest Videos

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At least 8 people were killed after two boats capsized on the shore of Black's Beach in San Diego

  • Mar 12, 2023
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8 dead after smuggling boat capsizes off San Diego coast, authorities say

  • Mar 12, 2023
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3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego

  • May 3, 2021
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3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego coast

  • May 2, 2021
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More than 90 people found in SW Houston home, HPD says

  • Apr 30, 2021
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Shipwrecked Colombian smugglers use cocaine blocks as floating rafts

  • Oct 4, 2019
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Tiger cub found stuffed in gym bag at US-Mexico border

  • May 2, 2018
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Florida man tries to smuggle live birds in pants

  • Jan 27, 2016

Latest Stories

DOJ charges Japanese Yakuza leader for allegedly attempting to traffic nuclear materials

The 60-year-old Japanese national and another co-defendant had already been charged in April 2022 with narcotics trafficking offenses.

  • Feb 22, 2024

Man arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine in bags of jumbo shrimp in New York

A traveler at John F. Kennedy International Airport has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine inside of bags of jumbo shrimp.

  • Jan 21, 2024

Customs officers find 18 pounds of cocaine hidden inside cheese at Texas-Mexico border

U.S. customs officers seized 18 pounds of cocaine that smugglers tried to hide inside wheels of cheese at the Texas-Mexico border.

  • Jul 24, 2023

CA man arrested at Canadian border with 400 pounds of cannabis, $600K cash after GPS error

A 60-year-old California man was arrested when he was led to the Canadian border by a GPS error and authorities discovered massive quantities of cash and cannabis in his car.

  • Jun 10, 2023

Spies next door: Suburban New Hampshire husband accused of smuggling sensitive technology to Russia

Spies next door? A New Hampshire man is accused of using his quiet suburban home as part of a smuggling ring.

  • Dec 14, 2022