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$69K Luxury Lexus Meant For Kim Jong Un Blocked By Japanese Authorities In Smuggling Fiasco
Monday, December 11, 2023 - 4:32am | 618Japanese authorities have successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle a luxury Lexus vehicle into North Korea, shedding light on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un‘s fondness for luxury automobiles. What Happened: As first reported on Thursday by the Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun and...
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India Charges Amazon Executives In Alleged Marijuana Smuggling Case
Sunday, November 21, 2021 - 3:10pm | 267Following a bribery case against Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) by the Indian government in Sept, the company is now entangled in an alleged marijuana smuggling case. The Indian police have recently charged senior executives of Amazon.com's local unit under narcotics laws in a...
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Feds Still Probing $20 Million Marijuana Shipment After Trucker's Release
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 1:07pm | 522U.S. authorities are continuing to investigate the attempted smuggling of $20 million of marijuana from Canada to the U.S. after prosecutors dropped the charges against the trucker hauling the load. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. said in a statement that his office moved to have the criminal...
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Forget Drugs, iPad 2s are More Fun to Smuggle
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 12:00pm | 223Who knew zip-lines could be so useful? While Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming tablet may steal the show, that hasn't stopped consumers from eating up the aging iPad 2. That hasn't stopped smugglers from eating it up either. MicGadget reports (via Business Insider) that smugglers in Hong Kong have...