drug(s) smuggling

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• Drug cartel — Drug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises.… …   Wikipedia

• drug — I UK [drʌɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms drug : singular drug plural drugs *** 1) a) an illegal substance that affects someone physically or mentally when they take it (= put it into their body) take/use drugs: She had never taken drugs in… …   English dictionary

• drug — drug1 [ drʌg ] noun count *** 1. ) an illegal substance that affects someone physically or mentally when they take it (=put it into their body): take/use drugs: She had never taken drugs in her life. be on drugs (=take drugs regularly): He acted… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• drug — drug1 W1S2 [drʌg] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: drogue] 1.) an illegal substance such as ↑marijuana or ↑cocaine, which some people take in order to feel happy, relaxed, or excited ▪ A lot of young people start taking drugs at school.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Smuggling tunnel — Smuggling tunnels are secret tunnels, usually hidden underground, used for smuggling of goods and people. The practise began in 17th century Cornwall, England and has continued all over the world. The term is also used where the tunnels are… …   Wikipedia

• Smuggling — Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of the law or other rules.There… …   Wikipedia

• Smuggling organization — Smuggling is a behavior that has occurred ever since there were laws or a moral code that forbid access to a specific person or object. At the core of any smuggling organization is the economic relationship between supply and demand. From the… …   Wikipedia

• Drug tourism — is travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one s home jurisdiction. Drug tourism can be also defined as the phenomenon by which one s travel experience involves the consumption and… …   Wikipedia

• smuggling — Act of importing and exporting secretly and illegally to avoid paying duties or to evade enforcement of laws (e.g., drug or firearms control laws). Smuggling is probably as old as the first tax or regulation on trade. Two main methods exist: the… …   Universalium

• smuggling — smuggle smug‧gle [ˈsmʌgl] verb [transitive] LAW to take something or someone illegally from one country to another: smuggle something into/​out of • They caught her trying to smuggle drugs into France. • The silver was found in Yugoslavia and… …   Financial and business terms

• smuggling — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ illegal ▪ cigarette, cocaine, diamond, drug, heroin, etc. ▪ alien (AmE), human …   Collocations dictionary