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Lai Changxing is accused of bribing officials and smuggling goods including cars, cigarettes and oil in one of China's biggest political scandals.
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This too was banned as an import by the emperor, but as with all such illicit goods, smuggling on a massive scale occurred.
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And it is sustained, not by outside elements, but by local and Russian criminal interests, who profit from extortion and the smuggling of all manner of goods, including drugs and guns.
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The US navy-led interception force is policing the Gulf to prevent the smuggling in and out of Iraq of goods banned under UN sanctions imposed after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
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In return, Iran will continue to turn a blind eye to the cross-border smuggling that keeps Iraqis supplied with food and other goods.
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Gazans also continue to use a network of smuggling tunnels dug under the border with Egypt to bring in goods.
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The renewed flow of goods via the official crossings with Israel has hit Hamas's profits from smuggling via the tunnels linking Gaza and Egypt.
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Moreover, the system actually encourages illegal trading: smuggling out across leaky borders commodities, notably petrol, that are subsidised in Iran, and bringing back goods that can be legally made at home only by going through an endless round of bribes and permits.
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