smuggling
Officials: 2 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai
Egypt
June 22, 2011
Officials: 2 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai
Security officials say unidentified assailants have killed two policemen and wounded another two when they opened fire on their patrol…
Court ruling on Gaza steel wall postponed to 28 June
Egypt
June 21, 2011
Court ruling on Gaza steel wall postponed to 28 June
An Egyptian court on Tuesday postponed issuing a ruling on a case calling for a halt to the construction of…
Wall or no wall, Rafah’s smuggling business continues
Egypt
June 21, 2011
Wall or no wall, Rafah’s smuggling business continues
Rafah – A few months ago, it was a construction site busy with cranes and drills, 80 meters from the…
Explosives stash discovered in Sinai
Egypt
June 20, 2011
Explosives stash discovered in Sinai
Military forces in Sinai discovered a secret storage area in Hasana used for explosives and arms, an Egyptian security source…
In North Sinai, smugglers face challenges after Mubarak
Egypt
June 2, 2011
In North Sinai, smugglers face challenges after Mubarak
Arish - If Egypt's revolution put an end to a longstanding feud between police and the Bedouins of North Sinai,…
Egypt security thwarts arms, gold smuggling from Libya
Egypt
June 2, 2011
Egypt security thwarts arms, gold smuggling from Libya
Egyptian security forces prevented an attempt to smuggle weapons and gold ingots through the Salloum border crossing between northwest Egypt…
Palestinian worker killed inside tunnel linking Egypt to Gaza
Egypt
May 23, 2011
Palestinian worker killed inside tunnel linking Egypt to Gaza
A Palestinian worker was killed and another injured on Monday while working in a smuggling tunnel located on the border…
Egypt foils attempt to smuggle coral reefs
Environment
May 17, 2011
Egypt foils attempt to smuggle coral reefs
Egypt’s navy on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 43 pieces of coral reefs on board a British yacht while…
Experts: 50% of money smuggled out under Mubarak is irrecoverable
Egypt
May 7, 2011
Experts: 50% of money smuggled out under Mubarak is irrecoverable
Mahdi Abbassi, a member of the Tunisian committee for restoring funds smuggled outside Tunisia during the rule of toppled president…
Egyptian authorities stop truck driver from smuggling antiquities to Jordan
Egypt
April 7, 2011
Egyptian authorities stop truck driver from smuggling antiquities to Jordan
Egyptian authorities arrested a Jordanian truck driver as he attempted to smuggle 107 Pharaonic and Islamic artifacts from Nuweiba into…