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Customs Burn Contraband in Lahore for International Day - Pakistan

A pile of burning contraband items are seen during an event to mark International Customs Day in Lahore, Pakistan on Jan. 26, 2025. Pakistani customs officials burnt smuggled and contraband items seized in the country during a ceremony to mark the International Customs Day on Jan. 26. Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Burn Contraband in Lahore for International Day - Pakistan

A customs official throws contraband items during an event to mark International Customs Day in Lahore, Pakistan on Jan. 26, 2025. Pakistani customs officials burnt smuggled and contraband items seized in the country during a ceremony to mark the International Customs Day on Jan. 26. Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Burn Contraband in Lahore for International Day - Pakistan

A customs official burns contraband items during an event to mark International Customs Day in Lahore, Pakistan on Jan. 26, 2025. Pakistani customs officials burnt smuggled and contraband items seized in the country during a ceremony to mark the International Customs Day on Jan. 26. Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Burn Contraband in Lahore for International Day - Pakistan

A customs official stands guard near a pile of burning contraband items during an event to mark International Customs Day in Lahore, Pakistan on Jan. 26, 2025. Pakistani customs officials burnt smuggled and contraband items seized in the country during a ceremony to mark the International Customs Day on Jan. 26. Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin looks at illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Customs officers check smuggled cocaine during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin looks at illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin looks at illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Customs officers check smuggled cocaine during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows a luggage contains illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Customs officers check smuggled cocaine during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled medications during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled tobacco during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled medications during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows smuggled cocaine during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows smuggled cocaine during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the postal clearance centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People view recovered artifacts on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 8, 2024. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows recovered artifacts on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows recovered artifacts on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-SMUGGLED ANTIQUITIES-RETRIEVING

(240708) -- BAGHDAD, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a recovered artifact on display at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Monday the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artifacts from the United States and other countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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Turkish police seize smuggled gold worth 1.4 mln USD in border province

STORY: Turkish police seize smuggled gold worth 1.4 mln USD in border province SHOOTING TIME: May 2, 2024 DATELINE: May 3, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. police removing smuggled gold bars hidden in the trailer of a truck in Edirne, Türkiye 2. smuggled gold bars and bracelets seized in the operation being exhibited at the police headquarters in Edirne, Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish police seized smuggled gold bars and bracelets worth 1.4 million U.S. dollars in an operation on Thursday at the northwestern border province of Edirne, local media reported. The Haberturk Daily said the security forces seized two trucks arriving in Türkiye from the Kapikule border gate with Bulgaria, confiscating 23 gold bars and 22 gold bracelets weighing nearly 19 km. The seized gold is worth 45.2 million Turkish liras or 1.4 million dollars, said Haberturk. Rampant inflation, a weakening currency and geopolitical tensions are boosting demand for gold in Türkiye, acco

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PBBM RICE DISTRIBUTION TAGUIG

LEADING THE WAY. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (3rd from left) oversees the distribution of sacks of premium quality rice to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Taguig City on Wednesday (Oct. 4, 2023), assisted by Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian (2nd from left). The distributed rice is still part of the 42,180 kilos of smuggled rice forfeited by the Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga following a warehouse raid in September. (PNA photo by Joan Bondoc)

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Türkiye gets back 1,800-year-old Zeugma stele

STORY: Türkiye gets back 1,800-year-old Zeugma stele DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. 1,800-year-old Zeugma stele (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of Zeugma Museum in Türkiye's southern Gaziantep province (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of the presentation ceremony of the stele in Zeugma Museum in Türkiye's southern Gaziantep province (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 4. various of the speech of Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 5. various of the presentation ceremony of the stele in Zeugma Museum in Türkiye's southern Gaziantep province (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 6. various of Zeugma Museum in Türkiye's southern Gaziantep province (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Italy handed over an 1,800-year-old tomb stele, which was smuggled from the ancient city of Zeugma in Türkiye and found in Italy last year, a Turkish cabinet minister said Thursday. The historical tombsto

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TÜRKIYE-GAZIANTEP-ANCIENT STELE-RETURN

(230713) -- GAZIANTEP (TÜRKIYE), July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 13, 2023 shows an ancient tomb stele at the Zeugma Museum in Gaziantep province, Türkiye. Turkish culture minister said Thursday that Italy has returned a 1,800-year-old smuggled tomb stele. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-GAZIANTEP-ANCIENT STELE-RETURN

(230713) -- GAZIANTEP (TÜRKIYE), July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 13, 2023 shows an ancient tomb stele at the Zeugma Museum in Gaziantep province, Türkiye. Turkish culture minister said Thursday that Italy has returned a 1,800-year-old smuggled tomb stele. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-GAZIANTEP-ANCIENT STELE-RETURN

(230713) -- GAZIANTEP (TÜRKIYE), July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy speaks during a press conference at the Zeugma Museum in Gaziantep province, Türkiye, on July 13, 2023. Turkish culture minister said Thursday that Italy has returned a 1,800-year-old smuggled tomb stele. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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Mongolian lawmaker calls for support on fossil preservation

BEIJING, China - Mongolian lawmaker Oyungerel speaks in an interview on Nov. 1, 2014. Oyungerel, known for her role in recovering dinosaur fossils smuggled out of Mongolia, called on the international community for financial and technical support on the preservation of dinosaur fossils in Mongolia.

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Cannabis in musical instruments

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows smuggled cannabis resin, which had been hidden inside ethnic Indian musical instruments, and the instruments at a police station in Fukuoka Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2012, confiscated by the Fukuoka prefectural police. The police suspect the cannabis was smuggled from India as it was hidden in the instruments when the cargo arrived in Japan in November 2011. The police have arrested gang member Shoji Kasahara on suspicion of possessing the cannabis for the purpose of selling.

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Smuggling stimulants in auto tire

OSAKA, Japan - Smuggled stimulant drugs are shown to reporters at the Osaka Customs office in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2012. The same day prosecutors indicted two men for trying to smuggle the drugs into Japan by concealing them in the spare tire (front) of a car brought by container ship from Canada.

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Smuggling in the Gaza Strip

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Men in this photo taken in July 2010 in Rafah, Gaza Strip, haul up cement from a tunnel used to smuggle in goods from Egypt. Smuggled goods are items banned by Israel, which controls trade with the Palestinian territory.

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UN University launches system to combat illegal wildlife trade

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo features smuggled rare turtles held by the Narita Custom House in September 2004.

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Father, son allegedly smuggled largest beetle

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows one of the world's largest scarab beetles smuggled into Japan by a Japanese man and his son. Police sent prosecutors documents March 15 on the man and son in Hyogo Prefecture on suspicion of violating the Plant Protection Law.

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S. Korean man seized with marijuana at Nagoya airport

NAGOYA, Japan - A Nagoya customs official shows off marijuana allegedly smuggled by a South Korean man June 11. Pak Mun Sok, a 29-year-old postgraduate student, was arrested on May 25 after arriving from Bangkok with some 4.7 kilograms of marijuana with a street value of about 23.5 million yen.

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2 arrested over smuggling CFCs from Thailand

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows some of the 21,600 cans containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) allegedly smuggled into Japan from Thailand and seized at Narita airport customs. Police said July 10 a Japanese man and a South Korean man have been arrested on suspicion of illegally airmailing in early May the cans of CFCs, which have been banned because they deplete the Earth's ozone layer and cause global warming.

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4 held for allegedly smuggling fishing boat to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken last summer shows a secondhand fishing boat in Onahama, Fukushima Prefecture that was allegedly smuggled to North Korea. Police arrested the president of a ship-dealing company in Miyagi Prefecture and his three accomplices June 23 on suspicion of exporting the squid boat to North Korea without government approval.

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Large amount of stimulants, cannabis smuggled from Germany

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka police display May 28 a large amount of stimulants and cannabis smuggled from Germany. Yutaka Handa, a 45-year-old unemployed man from Fukuoka Prefecture, is suspected of mailing about 5,000 ecstasy pills and roughly 880 grams of cannabis from Germany on April 2 to his home in Kurume.

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2 Britons nabbed for allegedly smuggling ecstasy

OSAKA, Japan - An Osaka customs official puts on display for the media Jan. 18 some of the 6,000 ecstasy pills allegedly smuggled into Kansai International Airport on Dec. 24 by two Britons. Brandrick Craig, 26, and 22-year-old Scott Brad, both residents of South Africa, have been sent to prosecutors for violations of the Narcotics Control Law and the Customs Law.

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4 in Aichi Pref. nabbed for smuggling drugs from H.K.

NAGOYA, Japan - Police in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16 display for the media some 70 kilograms of amphetamines allegedly smuggled into Japan from Hong Kong. Four people, including Kiyosada Isobe, a 59-year-old inn owner, were arrested on suspicion of smuggling the drugs by concealing them inside a cardboard box containing Shanghai crabs that arrived at Nagoya airport from Hong Kong on Dec. 15.

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Retailers vexed by pirated CDs in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Employees at a music store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, examine pirated compact discs (CDs), a major headache for such retailers. The owner of the shop said pirated music CDs and videos are mass produced in China, smuggled into Vietnam and sold at one-fourth regular prices. Vietnamese authorities have begun considering legal measures to regulate pirated CDs, but are unlikely to be able to stem their spread, at least for now in the absence of adequate laws in the country protecting intellectual property rights.

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Missing N. Korean diplomat found in Thailand

Hong Sun Gyong, former science and technology counselor at the North Korean Embassy in Bangkok, is escorted by unidentified policemen March 10 after being taken into custody along with his wife. The couple were apparently being forcibly smuggled back to North Korea via Laos by other North Koreans in a van March 9 when they were found in the Non Daeng district of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, 330 kilometers northeast of Bangkok.