InOctober 2021, customsofficialsinHongKongannounced a seriesofrecordanti-smugglingseizureswhen a groupofshadylookingmenwerespottedshiftingcontainersfrom a truckto a speedboat.
In 2019, itwasreportedthatInterpolestimatedmigrantsmugglingoneofthemostwidespreadandprofitableactivitiesfororganizedcrimeintheEU, worthhundredsofbillions.
It’s easiertosneakthrough a fewillegalcontainerswhenhundredsoftonsofperfectlylegitimatecargoisbeingprocessedon a dailybasis.
毎日何百トンもの正規の貨物が処理されていれば、数個の違法コンテナをこっそり通すのは簡単なことです。
Even a globalpandemiccouldn’t slowdownthemassimportationofLatinAmericancocaineshipmentsintoAntwerp, Belgium—numberstherewereeventhoughttohaverisenover 2020.