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    important security question to note is the Bedouin smuggling activities along the Sinai border with Egypt. Though their movement in Israel is restricted by checkpoints and ID card checks are regular the smuggling business across the Sinai border is extensive. This is because of many factors, the biggest being Bedouin culture. Historically the Bedouin have never respected state borders, they did not believe the borders applied to them. Since the early 1900s, when the borders of states in the region drastically changed, the Bedouin have taken advantage of this uncertainty by smuggling. They are known for their excellent tracking ability, service for Bedouin in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is not mandatory, though many volunteer. The Bedouin are known for their outstanding service, mostly in the special tracking units. But these tracking abilities also make them very capable smugglers (Gleis 1). Also, the border of the Sinai has split Bedouin tribes and families down the center, this provides automatic, loyal partners in both Israel and Egypt. The most notable tribes involved in the business are the Sawarka and Rumaylat in the Gaza strip and the Tarabin, Ahayw’at, ‘Azazma, Tayaha, and Hanajra in the south (Gleis 1). The best areas to cross the border…

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    People smuggling means exporting or importing people across the borders of the country without the permission of the government as well as without paying customs duties. Nowadays, dealing with people smuggling has become a growing priority for many governments around the world. In the last two decades, globalization and conflicts have seen an increase in international migration flows, and people have left their homes in search of better lives elsewhere -- often to the developed countries like…

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    Drug Smuggling Theory

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    Rationality in Drug Smuggling Across all crimes committed the main reason behind them is due to the fact that the offender wants to benefit from the crime he/she is about to commit. In rational choice theory it states just that. It states that the offenders are rational people who think about their crime before committing them, they think of the benefits it will bring such as money along with the costs, such as the possibility of getting arrested (Robb, 2017). Through this theory one can apply…

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    collect revenue through imports and export tariffs, and to ban goods, smuggling has been a controversial. Governments oppose smuggling because they lose a significant amount of revenue, they cannot manipulate markets to favor domestic producers, and they cannot prohibit the consumption of goods that they deem immoral. Many citizens see direct benefits from smuggling. It gives citizens access to a larger bundle of goods and it moves the domestic market equilibrium quantity and price closer to…

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    Human Smuggling Essay

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    Routes According to the role of transporters, there are totally three different kinds of route for human smuggling. First, water transportation. It is the most difficult way for transporting. Several factors during the transportation bring risks, for example, the physical conditions, unhygienic conditions and other factors. Physical conditions, like seasick of clients. Unhygienic conditions, like clients vomit with seasick. For the other factors, like the transporters close all the doors of the…

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    distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws.” According to Drug Smuggling (2017) Drug mule is a person who is paid or employed with certain amount of money to smuggle drugs. These smuggling of drug happens mostly across the border areas. Hence, this theory application paper seeks to look at sociological study of deviance particularly focusing on drug smugglers through structural theory and rational choice theory supported by other sociological concepts too.…

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    Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. In America, we like to believe people all over the world, regardless of country or government have rights, both moral and state provided. Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. Unfortunately, this is not the case. People around the…

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    Human trafficking is an advanced type of slavery, describe as any action that includes the sale, harbouring, or transport of individual through kidnapping, fraud, force or deception, for the intention of putting them in a circumstance of constrained debt bondage, domestic servitude, prostitution or other slavery kind of practice. Human trafficking can be international, national or local. An individual might be trafficked from a little town to a big city under the same nation or trafficked to…

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    Project Geiger Database

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    means have been developed to track criminals, money transfer fraud and the like. This has reduced the rate at which people lose their money hence increasing trust in the money transfer service providers. Smugglers Tracking Smuggling, which is defined as the movement of goods or items secretively into or out of a country illegally, is a common problem witnessed globally. An activity amounts to smuggling if the law prohibits. For instance, the federal law disallows the importation of products…

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    Drug Trafficking In Peru

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    should support The Peruvian government because If They have the capability to shoot down airplanes the less the drug smuggling airplanes will try to transport drugs into the United states of America. Currently in Peru they one of the highest drug trafficking ports in all of the world, where do the drugs go? History of Peru Well they are mainly transported by small plane into the US virgin islands, Puerto Rico and finally Florida. Drug related deaths here in the united states have gone from…

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