#smuggling

[dduane]

Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures?

After The Met returned a Roman bust connected to Phoenix Ancient Art, the question of what will happen to other works sold by the gallery to

A long read that will turn your brains right around in your head at the lengths people will go to to (a) steal stuff and (b) make loads of money at it.

[jangillman]

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[tearsofrefugees]

96 percent of people charged with human trafficking are U.S. citizens

Just 26 undocumented immigrants faced federal trafficking charges in 2023.

[gwydionmisha]

Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust

Australia has strict biosecurity controls at its borders to protect its agriculture and horticulture sectors and native wildlife from pest i

[evilhorse]

Ivory!

(Tarzan: The Beckoning #2)

[deepwaterfiction]

Deep Water Prompt #3344

There is one other way to smuggle crystals across the border: grow them from scratch around your own bones. But I know the only doctor willing to remove them safely. And he hates me. 

[i-ate-a-man-once]

at the airport. sure hope nobody discovers my twelve lemons and copious amounts of seaweed.

[clove-pinks]

'A smuggler shown at different stages and points of his chosen profession', 19th century coloured etching (Wellcome Collection).

Odd choice to depict "The Smuggler's Death" at bottom centre followed by "The Smuggler's Return," when reading left to right. No matter what direction you go, death is but a temporary obstacle in his career.