Kuwait police nab 2 liquor smugglers
KUWAIT CITY: Securitymen from Ahmadi Security Directorate arrested two smugglers in Mangaf for the possession of 243 bottles of local...
Algeria loses $2bn a year due to fuel smuggling
ALGIERS: Algeria’s former Minister of Energy and Mines, Youcef Yousfi said earlier that 600,000 cars in Tunisia and Morocco run...
Nigeria suffers loss of N80bn daily due to petroleum products smuggling
ABUJA: Chairman of the Nigeria Shipowners Association, NISA, Capt. Niyi Labinjo, has said that the country is losing N80 billion...
US helps Guyana to crack down on gold smuggling
GEORGETOWN: The U.S. government is helping Guyana crack down on a massive smuggling operation that ships gold to New York,...
Spain’s police bust human smuggling ring
MADRID: Spanish police have broken up a smuggling ring dedicated to bringing Iranians to Spain and then Britain for between...
Tobacco smuggling drops in Lebanon by 15%
BEIRUT: Cigarette and tobacco smuggling to Lebanon fell from 40 percent to 25 percent recently thanks to the tough measures...
India excise seizes 222kg dry ganja
NEW DELHI: The Special Task Force team of the Excise Department, Anakapalle, seized 222 kg of dry ganja and arrested...
BSF seize heroin worth Rs 300 million
JALANDHAR: BSF jawans on Wednesday seized six packets of heroin with an estimated market value of Rs. 30 crore from...
Curaçao Customs seizes 130kg marijuana
WILLEMSTAD: Customs has earlier this week intercepted 130 kilos of marijuana. The drugs were hidden in a container from Panama....
Thailand Customs to cut 30% import duties on luxury items
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Customs Department is preparing to make a 30% cut to import duties on luxury items in hopes of...
Nigeria’s Seme Customs command generates N1.42bn revenue in Dec
ABUJA: The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it generated N1.42bn for December, 2015, exceeding its monthly...
Indonesia cocoa export to be fall 37% in 2016
JAKARTA: Shipment of Indonesia's cocoa to overseas is forecast to decline this year as the government imposes new export tariffs...
Australia’s trade deficit narrow by $2.4bn in Nov
SYDNEY: Australia's trade deficit marginally narrowed in November to 2.9 billion Australian dollars (2.04 billion U.S. dollars) from the 3.2...
GM vehicle sales in China rise 5.2% to 3.6m in 2015
BEIJING: General Motors Co’s vehicle sales in China rose 5.2 percent to 3.61 million in 2015, the US carmaker said...
Apple losing its ‘edge’ as iPhone sales nosedive
NEW YORK: Less than six months after Apple Inc debuted its latest series of iPhones, the United States company is...
China targets cross-border e-commerce to boost exports
BEIJING: The central government is looking to cross-border e-commerce to provide more support for Chinese exporters. At an executive meeting...
China’s Wanda to invest $2.3b in 3 UK-run hospitals
BEIJING: Dalian Wanda Group Co is venturing into the healthcare sector with a 15 billion yuan ($2.3 billion) investment in...
Trade bodies asked to cooperate for engaging BISP beneficiaries
ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Chairperson Marvi Memom has said that the cooperation of chambers of commerce and employer...
Salman Faruqui advises business community to approach Tax Ombudsman
KARACHI: Federal Ombudsman M. Salman Faruqui has advised the business and industrial community of Karachi to take up the issue...
US lifting oil export ban unlikely to change global market
NEW YORK: The United States has abolished the 40-year restriction on oil exports. While American oil producers are enthusiastic about...
