She was head of a government office responsible for overseeing Xiamen's trade when the smuggling ring was active.

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Italian police recently exposed a smuggling ring in the Adriatic port of Bari, charging 16 people with selling illicit antiquities.

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The alleged head of a multi-billion dollar smuggling ring in south-east China has confessed and now faces trial, Chinese state media say.

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Police in Indonesia say they are investigating a suspected baby-smuggling ring that is thought to have taken some infants to Singapore and sold them on to third countries.

BBC: Indonesian police probe 'baby-smuggling ring'

Not even a month after this incident, Peruvian intelligence units spent several days watching an individual by the name of Mr. Pati and others thought to be part of the smuggling ring.

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Chumlong Lemtongthai is believed to be the kingpin of an international rhino horn smuggling ring and is the most prominent smuggler to be convicted since South Africa intensified anti-poaching measures in recent years.

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It was during a visit to Islamabad last October, however, that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage provided Musharraf with the CIA's evidence of the nuclear smuggling ring run by Khan, according to Pakistani officials.

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