Smuggling

You are a Jew caught in Nazi controlled Europe during WWII. You have been taken from your home and forced into a ghetto along with your Jewish friends and neighbors. The area is very cramped and you have been given only miniscule rations of food. German Officers have just arrived to transport your family, friends, and yourself to an unknown destination, and based on what these oppressors have done to you so far, you figure that where they plan to take you isn’t pleasant to say the least. Your…

Many push factors influenced Fuzhounese immigration. The Chinese economy and government underwent a reform in which many leave due to dissatisfaction with the Communist regime and the corrupt economy. To get ahead, the average citizen must constantly bribe the party officials. Stable living was difficult if they were not connected to the elite. In addition, the import-export trade business impacted the lives of the Fuzhounese. As the industry from foreign investment thrives, so did the amount of…

barn(page 75 and 76). At the end of the story, she realized how brave she really was. For example, when she ran as fast as she could to give the Handkerchief to Uncle Henrik. The handkerchief ruined the dog's smell and protected them in the act of smuggling Jews to Sweden. She went on to have a brave personality. Annemarie took on a lot of situations. This caused her to grow up. People started treating her like an adult. She had the responsibility to take care of her friend Ellen. Annemarie…

The British had created numerous laws that angered many colonists. Some of these popular acts were The Quartering Act, The Stamp Act, The Tea Act, and The Intolerable Acts. The colonists then protested against these acts in many ways. Some ways were violent, others were peaceful, and other protests hurt the British economically. The economic protest was the most effective protest. The economic protests attacked what the British loved the most: money. Money was a very important item to the…

policy and national security work in tandem. The design of the immigration policy revolves primarily around the idea of security. Drugs trafficking is a part of the security concern. According to Andreas (2009), President Reagan considered drug smuggling a national security concern (p. 43). However, prior to 9/11 the same border security countermeasures and technologies existed, but the funding was not equal to what it is today (p. 167). What does open, but closed borders mean? An open border…

capitalism encourages unlimited and endless wants in the society as Skoll (2009) contends that the ability to make a conscious choice of being a law-abiding citizen is blinded by the capitalistic goals of success and profitability. For example, smuggling of drugs is considered as lucrative business. Thirdly, the capitalism creates inequity and poverty. The powerful at the top is what Walsh calls the ruling class with all the factors of production, and the powerless working class at the bottom…

Following the government’s decision in 1916 to ban the sale of liquor in Canada, there has been an unsettling uproar from citizens who believe that prohibition is a violation of British traditions of individual liberty. The “noble experiment” was put into action because it was seen as a social sacrifice which would ultimately help win the war (Prohibition). This is not the first time that the government has tried to prohibit alcohol. In 1898, Sir Wilfrid Laurier held a federal referendum to…

Charles Ponzi is probably one of the most well-known con artists America has ever encountered. Beginning his crimes with forging bad checks to smuggling Italian immigrants into the U.S. He was cunning and had a slick way with his speech to trick people into believing his scams. Unfortunately for him, his charm wasn’t enough to keep him out of jail. Charles Ponzi was born in Parma, Italy, in 1882. He came to America on the S.S. Vancouver in November of 1903, when he was 21 years old. It’s said…

Imagine how fast the corruption of illegal firearm/ammunition smuggling and unregulated tobacco and alcohol would prevail if the United States and its Congress had not enacted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…

inhospitable desert and steep mountain ranges, which are sparsely populated, infrequently patrolled by law enforcement, and ideal for drug smuggling. Arizona serves primarily as a drug importation and transshipment state. Drug smuggling and transportation are dominated by major Mexican trafficking organizations. These groups are poly-drug organizations smuggling cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin and precursor chemicals.” (Friends of Narconon). Drug trafficking is something that leads…