China's environmental watchdog has approved two action plans, vowing to further crack down on the smuggling of overseas garbage while maintaining a tough stance against pollution caused by the processing of imported waste.
Zhou Wenjie, a buyer at an import business based in Jiangsu province, said the prevalence of smuggling would set a ceiling on future prices.
Drones are stirring up public annoyance in the UK as the number of complaints to police are said to have soared 12-fold over the past two years - including allegations of snooping neighbors, burglary "scoping" exercises, prison smuggling and near-misses with aircraft.
" Hiddleston won his first Golden Globe on Sunday - for best performance by an actor in a mini-series or TV movie - for his role in the BBC's adaptation of John le Carre's novel about a hotel manager involved in arms smuggling.
The fact that Carrie is dating a member of the mafia is just the tip of the iceberg; she's also smuggling contraband into the country.
A Guwahati-based bullion trader has been arrested for smuggling 7,000kg of gold through the Indo-Myanmar border and bringing it to Delhi.
Noting also persistent reports that smuggling of sugar believed to originate in India or Thailand and brought in across China's long, porous borders with Myanmar and Vietnam was still widespread.
And, despite a crackdown, the country has seemed unwilling, or unable, to fully dismantle the smuggling networks that bring in not only banned soap operas, movies and K-pop videos, but also much-needed trade.
A Hong Kong man was caught smuggling 94 iPhones—5S, 6 and 6 Plus models—into the mainland by taping the Apple products all over his body, according to reports from People's Daily Online.
India, the world's largest consumer of gold, has seen a rise in gold smuggling since the government imposed a 10 per cent duty on gold bullion imports in April, up from eight per cent.
