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Kuwaiti authorities have arrested a man who used a drone to smuggle in drugs from a neighbouring country, the anti-narcotics...

‘More than one million tourists visited Nepal in 2018’

Over one million tourists visited Nepal in 2018 and the country aims to double the number by 2020, the tourism...

Major Spanish bank opens Toronto outpost as trade ties deepen

One of the biggest banks in Spain has opened an outpost on Bay Street. CaixaBank SA announced Thursday that the...

Slowdown expected for Polish economy: report

While Polish economy grew grew 4.8 percent in 2017, and it is expected to grow over 5 percent this year,...

Tourism to continue to outpace exports, GDP despite ‘risks’ – Bank

The analysis of recent developments in the tourism sector in Portugal is the highlight of the institution’s December economic bulletin,...

Greek police arrest dozens in gold smuggling network

ATHENS, Greece: Police in Greece say they have arrested 63 people accused of running a major gold smuggling operation, using...

Oman Air eyes more seats from India, bets on leisure, medical tourism

Oman Air is hopeful for an increase in traffic rights to India which would drive more leisure tourists to the...

Two Ukrainians imprisoned in Greece for 180 years for smuggling of migrants

A court in Greece has sentenced Serhiy Shvayuk, a musician of the Ivano-Frankivsk band Perkalaba, and his friend Petro Lytvynchuk...

Italy’s Populists Pass Budget After Weeks of Market Turmoil

Italy’s populist government won final parliamentary approval for its 2019 budget, barely meeting a year-end deadline after limiting discussion of...

Six charged with smuggling 400 kilos of gold

Six men must appear before the Oslo District Court, accused of smuggling a total of 397 kilograms of gold into...

Indonesian fishermen plead guilty to smuggling shark fins

HONOLULU: US prosecutors in Hawaii are accusing the owners and officers of a Japanese fishing boat of helping Indonesian fishermen...

Danske Bank ends miserable year with profit warning

COPENHAGEN: Danske Bank, at the center of an international investigation into alleged money laundering, cut its 2018 outlook on for...

Germany gives nod to $8 billion tunnel link to Denmark

COPENHAGEN: German authorities on gave their approval to an $8 billion rail and road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, despite...

Belgian king asks prime minister to stay on until May elections

The king of Belgium has accepted the resignation of Charles Michel as prime minister but asked him to stay on...

Seized: 1.5 million smuggled cigarettes, $2 million cash

About 1.5 million smuggled cigarettes and more than $2 million cash have been seized in what Customs says is New...

Brazil arrests Israeli head of global drug smuggling network

An Israeli drug dealer who leads a smuggling network was captured in Brazil after trying to escape extradition. Dany Treyger,...

This Nov. 28, 2018 photo provided by the United States Attorney's Office and introduced as evidence in court in Honolulu shows some of the hundreds of shark fins seized from a Japanese fishing boat. U.S. prosecutors in Hawaii accuse the owner and officers of the Japanese fishing boat of helping Indonesian fishermen smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins. Hamada Suisan Co. Ltd., the Japanese business that owned the vessel, and JF Zengyoren, a Japanese fishing cooperative, were charged on Dec. 11, 2018, with aiding and abetting the trafficking and smuggling of shark fins. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP)

Japanese boat owners charged in Hawaii with helping smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins

HONOLULU: Prosecutors in Hawaii are accusing the owners and officers of a Japanese fishing boat of helping Indonesian fishermen smuggle...

Smuggling charges cap chaotic year for family behind Korea’s flagship airline

The matriarch behind Korea’s largest airline and her two daughters are facing arrest on smuggling charges, capping a tumultuous year...

Rajasthan: Man nabbed, beaten up in Alwar on suspicion of cow smuggling

A man was allegedly nabbed and beaten up by villagers in the jungles of Bagheri Khurd in Rajasthan’s Alwar district...

Drive vs. smuggling, tax evasion shifts to high gear in 2018