THE STONE MONKEY / by Deaver, Jeffery, author 375149

“…Recruited to help the FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization Service perform the nearly impossible, Lincoln and Amelia manage to track down a cargo ship headed for New York City and carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as "the Ghost". But when the Ghost's capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and Amelia find themselves in a race against time: to stop the Ghost before he can track down and murder the two surviving families who have escaped from the ship and vanished deep into the labyrinthine world of New York City's Chinatown.…”

Typology of Street Substance Users' Communities in Tehran, Iran by Masoomeh Maarefvand, Mohammad Sadegh Shirazi, Raha Peyravi, Ali Farhoudian

“…Type 1: surrounded naturally by trees, mountains etc. or located in places like canals that make them not simply reachable, a nonresident smuggler (or a small group of smugglers) has the most power in its hierarchy, works 24 hours with at least two shifts, structured with special roles (nonresident smuggler, the Balancer, sex-worker, seller, armed guard, resident substance users and nonresident costumers). …”
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KEBIJAKAN INDONESIA TERHADAP IMIGRAN ILEGAL DAN HUBUNGANNYA DENGAN KEDAULATAN NEGARA by Eva Johan

“…This research concludes that through Act No.6 Year 2011 on Imigration, Indonesia deals with ineffective and partial by putting illegal migrant as victim rather than smuggler. As the policy considers them as victims, there are no sanctions and deterrent effects. …”
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Components of Belonging in Two Finno-Ugric Minority Literatures by Molnár Bodrogi Enikő

“…In a narrower sense, I am analysing two novels written in minority languages, a Transylvanian Hungarian novel written by Károly Molter, entitled Tibold Márton and a novel written in Meänkieli by Bengt Pohjanen, Jopparikuninkhaan poika (The Smuggler King’s Son). I attempt to answer two main research questions: 1. …”
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Illicit Trade in Russian Gold and Silver Coins in West China in 1850's (based on the Materials of the Russian Consul K. A. Skachkov) by I. R. Hamzin

“…He performed a comparative analysis of the trading activities of a Russian merchant and a smuggler. The analysis makes it possible to reconstruct the trading process, determine the cost of transportation, and formulate the commercial benefit resulting from the legal trade and the contraband trade. …”
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Fake penicillin, The Third Man, and Operation Claptrap. by Newton, P, Timmermann, B

“…It describes the tortuous chase and grisly subterranean death of the fake penicillin smuggler Harry Lime, played by Orson Welles. Lime’s falsified penicillin results in the death or hospital admission of many Viennese children. …”

Reconstructing the Atomic Number of Cargo X-ray Images using Dual Energy Radiography by Lalor, Peter

“…However, this analysis reveals that a smuggler might be able to evade detection from both passive scanning systems and radiography using a lightly shielded nuclear threat. …”
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The colours of exploitation: smuggling of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Malaysia by Andika Ab. Wahab

“…Are there any extreme acts where smugglers commit on physical violence, harassment and various forms of manipulation against the victims? …”
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Prevention of corruption practices in Malaysia: "suitability of deterrent sentence" / Mohd Shahrullah Khan Nawab Zadah Khan, Noorselizabte Mat Ghani, Normadiah Mohamad by Nawab Zadah Khan, Mohd Shahrullah Khan, Mat Ghani, Noorselizabte, Mohamad, Normadiah

“…A custom officer has duty to prohibit any illegal items from entering the state. If a drug smuggler was caught and later bribed the officer, the drugs will be in the circulation of the society. …”
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Defending on networks : applying game theory to prevent illegal activities in structured security domains by Wang, Xinrun

“…There are many critical challenges in these scenarios such as the scalability of the algorithm to solve realistic-sized problems, the long-term planning ability of the smugglers and the self-interested interdependent behaviors of users in cyber spaces. …”
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evalution of"body packer syndrome" in Kerman by A.R Setodehnejhad, M Aghaei, B Poursayedi, J Vahedian-Ardakani

“…placement of narcotics inside intestinal tract of passengers and their illegal transfer through police stations and customs is called body packer or body bagger syndrome.in other parts of the world transfer of cocaine by this method has been reported.this prospective study was done with the help of Anti-narcotic Agency on the transfer of opium and heroin packages from Fenruary 1996 to January 1997.through this period of time 221 smugglers(216 MEN AND 5 WOMEN) WERE DETAINED,WHO HAD INGESTED THE DRUG,AVERAGE AGE OF MEN WERE 45 YEARS AND WOMEN 28 YEARS.THESE SMUGGLERS WERE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE PRISON INFIRMARY AND WITH THE USE OF 30G TO 50G OF CASTER OIL,202 OF THEM DEFECATED THE OACKAGES.HOWEVER THREE OF THE SUBJECTS HAD become poisoned,and another had intestinal obstruction,these four patients were transferred to the hospital.a total of 15 drug poisoning(opium or heroin) were observed because some of the drug packages were ruptured inside the body,all of these cases were hospitalized.in the case of those poisoned with the drug laparatomy was performed following treatment and the pachages were removed.mortality rate of this group was 26% .the weight of the opium carried by these smugglers  was 64.55kg which was packaged inside 6043 bags and heroin weighed about 11.273kg and was pachaged inside 1599 bags.since these cases can be observed in other of Iran,this report is published to inform other collegues.…”
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It need not be like this by Costello, C

“…Creating space for smugglers and failing to provide humanitarian assistance are European failures. …”

The Smuggling of Migrants from Libyan Shores to Italy: Changes After the End of the Gaddafi Dictatorship by Stefano Becucci

“…During the dictatorship, smugglers were subject to strict control by the regime, which drew political advantages from them; the aftermath of the revolution gave rise to a new phase that paved the way for a multitude of players to enter the immigration business. …”
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The adverse effects of Niger's anti-smuggling law by Moser, C

“…The criminalisation of human smuggling in Niger has had a range of negative effects on migrants and asylum seekers, as well as on their former smugglers and host communities. Alternative avenues must be pursued. …”

Externalization and Securitization as Policy Responses to African Migration to the European Union by Victor H Mlambo

“…Additionally, externalization and securitization as policy responses do not stop irregular African migration; rather, they prolong the misery of migrants who are at the mercy of smugglers who prey on their desperation. The paper concludes that migration management between the EU and Africa needs to be anchored on policies that address the core ‘push’ factors driving irregular migration from Africa, rather than policies which do not stop migration (even though they have slowed it down) but rather indirectly empower smugglers and leave considerable room for the abuse of migrants. …”
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The Fight against Smuggling at the Soviet-Polish Border throughout 1921-1939 by Roman Kotsan

“…The number of arrested smugglers, their nationality, the value of seized goods both from Poland and the Soviet Union are investigated. …”
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‘What’s in a Name?’: Mislabelling, misidentification, and the US government’s failure to protect human trafficking survivors in the Central American refugee crisis by Katherine Soltis, Rebecca Walters

“…In particular, it focuses on the repeated failure of US authorities to identify and protect survivors of human trafficking who were victimised by the smugglers they voluntarily employed in fleeing their home countries—a scenario that is becoming increasingly common in the midst of the Central American refugee crisis. …”
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The Colours Composition in The Diamond Arm by Leonid Gaidai by Salnikova Ekaterina V.

“…Silver and metallic tones are assigned to the secret world of smugglers. The author notes that throughout the film a certain dialogue of cold colours and warm ochre-scarlet colour shades unfolds. …”
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Sexual and reproductive health of migrant women and girls from the Northern Triangle of Central America by Paola Letona, Erica Felker-Kantor, Jennifer Wheeler

“…Special attention should be directed towards trying to reach girls and women who will travel with smugglers.…”
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“The journey will be relaxed. You will watch television. Just like a VIP”: Misinformation, secrecy, and the information behaviour of repatriated migrants in Bangladesh by Shuva Nafiz Zaman

“…It is evident that factors such as unrealistic perceptions and expectations about life abroad, desperate desire to relocate to another country, and trust in smugglers and their agents played a key role in their information seeking in the context of their irregular migration. …”
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