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Smuggling
Act of importing and exporting secretly and illegally to avoid paying duties or to evade
enforcement of laws (e.g., drug- or firearms-control laws). Smuggling is probably as old as
the first tax or regulation on trade. Two main methods exist: the undetected running of
cargoes across frontiers, and the concealment of goods in unlikely places on ships or
cars, in baggage or cargo, or on the person.

For more information on smuggling, visit Britannica.com. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Copyright © 1994-2008
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Why it is stupid to try and sneak something through customs TEXT B

On a more personal note: Do not try to sneak anything on the no-no list home with
you. Our ecosystem has enough problems without you trashing it just because you wanted to
smuggle in a salami or a tiny olive tree.
Just about anything on the restricted list is pretty widely available back in the US, so if you
really want a fig tree, go out and buy a fig tree from a nursery near your house. If you want
some Italian prosciutto, visit your local supermarket and pay extra for "imported."
Smuggling something from these lists in isn't cute, funny, or a boastable instance of putting
one past the man. It's downright dangerous. There's a reason they won't let you take this
stuff home—same reason they make you wash your shoes in the airport if you've been on a
farm in Europe. It's to stop the spread of things like mad cow disease. Trust me: you don't
want that here. I had a friend (in Italy) who died from mad cow. It isn't pretty.
(The Traveller’s Guide)

Smuggling in Argentina TEXT C

Model convicted of drug smuggling in Argentina
4/11/2011 01:27:36 by IANS

Buenos Aires, Nov 4 (IANS/EFE) Colombian model Angie San Clemente Valencia was convicted here
of attempting to smuggle cocaine to Spain in late 2009 and sentenced to six years and eight months in
prison, judicial officials said.

The Buenos Aires court also handed down the same sentence Wednesday to Argentines Nicolas Gualco, the
model’s boyfriend, and Daniel Monroy, while Venezuelan Gustavo Paez Ameses was sentenced to six years and
two months behind bars for attempted drug smuggling, the officials said.

Argentine Ariel Letizia and countrywoman Maria Noel Lopez Iglesias were each given three-year suspended
sentences, while Micaela Sansalone was acquitted.

The Colombian model’s defense team had asked the court Wednesday to acquit her of the charges,
arguing that the 31-year-old defendant was not the organization’s “international nexus”.

It also requested that, if found guilty, she be convicted only of covering up the crime. […]