Tag: smuggling
Qatar Airways recognized for its commitment to preventing illegal endangered wildlife trade
Chief Assignment Editor- June 3, 2019Qatar Airways is today celebrating becoming the world’s first airline to achieve a new industry standard for the prevention of ... Read More
Tanzania jails Chinese national for ivory trafficking
Chief Assignment Editor- February 19, 2019Tanzanian Resident Magistrate sentenced a Chinese national to 15 years in prison today for trafficking of elephant tusks, which prosecutors ... Read More
Thinking globally: Victoria Cliff Resort in Mergui Archipelago , Andaman Sea
Keith Lyons- February 18, 2019Victoria Cliff Resort, a new snorkeling and dive resort in the Mergui Archipelago is ‘thinking globally, acting locally’ to foster ... Read More
New Island Paradise Mergui Archipelago: Chic eco-resort opening
editor- February 13, 2019A chic, back-to-nature resort. Awei Pila, has opened recently in the remote tropical Mergui archipelago, off the coast of southern ... Read More
Uganda officials bust major ivory and pangolin scales smuggling racket
Chief Assignment Editor- February 1, 2019Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has started reaping the results from the introduction of Non-intrusive Cargo Inspection (NII) scanning technology that ... Read More
Malaysian airline cabin crew charged with international drug trafficking
Chief Assignment Editor- January 23, 2019A 48-year-old Malaysian airline flight attendant has been charged with smuggling high-grade heroin and ice into Sydney and Melbourne. The ... Read More
Egypt boosts nationwide security for Christmas and New Year
Chief Assignment Editor- December 24, 2018Egypt's Armed Forces, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior, has intensified measures to secure Christmas and New Year's celebrations ... Read More
China Sonangal denies smuggling diamonds from Zimbabwe
editor- March 4, 2013CHIADZWA, Mutare West, Zimbabwe - China Sonangal has refuted a report by 100Reporters, a website run by journalists, implicating the ... Read More
Tanzania Director of Wildlife sacked over illegal wildlife export
editor- August 15, 2012(eTN) - Tanzania’s no-nonsense Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ambassador Khamis Kagesheki, announced today the sacking of several top ... Read More
Crossing the US-Mexican border on a bicycle
editor- January 23, 2012While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was stopped by a guard who pointed to two sacks ... Read More
Tourism and drug trafficking booming in Bali
editor- September 19, 2011Bali has become a haven for international drug gangs lured by ever-growing throngs of tourists, island officials have warned. Read More
130 African grey parrots rescued from smuggler in Uganda
editor- January 14, 2011Over 130 rare African parrots were seized near midnight Monday from a woman officials say was smuggling the valuable birds ... Read More
German tourist jailed in New Zealand for smuggling lizards
editor- March 4, 2010WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A German tourist was sentenced to jail time Wednesday after he admitted trying to smuggle native ... Read More
Eritrea subjected to UN sanctions
editor- December 31, 2009Eritrea got an unwelcome Christmas present from the UN Security Council, when in a 13-0-1 vote the council opted for ... Read More
