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Scientists just trained AI to spot hidden seahorses, shark fins, and sea cucumbers in airport X-ray scans, and the 86% to 96% detection rates could give customs officers a new way to catch marine wildlife smugglersWildlife traffickers hide marine species in luggage. Australian scientists created an AI system using 3D X-ray scans to find seahorses, sha...- Iran says 'low' possibility of return to war with USIran's Revolutionary Guards are cautiously optimistic about avoiding war with the US but remain vigilant against potential threats. With pe...
- Bengal polls: Movement via Petrapole land port, other Bangladesh border routes restrictedBorder movement is restricted in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. This curb is in place for the final phase of assembly elections....
- India, Bangladesh border guards chiefs' conference to be held in Dhaka on August 25-28The 56th Director General-level Border Conference between BGB and BSF is scheduled for August 25-28, 2025, in Dhaka, focusing on border kil...
- BSF foils major Phensedyl smuggling bid on Bangladesh borderPhensedyl smuggling is surging in Bengal, eclipsing cattle smuggling across the Indo-Bangladesh border. The BSF South Bengal Frontier recen...
- What the U.S. is doing with seized eggs as border smuggling surges?Egg smuggling from Mexico to the U.S. has surged due to high prices and shortages. U.S. Customs and Border Protection are seizing thousands...
- Eggs are now the new hottest smuggled item into the US, even more than drugsSmuggling of eggs into the U.S. is rising as grocery prices surge and avian flu outbreaks continue. Eggs are being seized at borders, and f...
- BSF braves unfavourable terrain, weather to meet challenges in border areas of South BengalThe BSF is actively preventing smuggling and illegal activities along the India-Bangladesh border. In 2023, significant seizures of gold an...
- Grains for gold: Indian export curbs drive boom in barter smugglingSmuggling of gold for food staples like sugar and grain surges across the India-Bangladesh border. India's export curbs created price dispa...
- This tunnel in Mexico needs oxygen cylinders to reach the other end; drug smuggling suspectedAuthorities in Mexico who discovered a long tunnel extending into the US need oxygen cylinders to enter it. It is long and lacks ventilatio...
- Nhava Sheva Customs intercepts 189 MTs of areca nuts, one heldIndian Customs seized 189.6 MTs of Areca Nuts valued at Rs. 9.63 crores in a crackdown on smuggling. The items were mis-declared in import ...
- Intergovernmental coop essential to crack down on masterminds behind smuggling, illicit trade: FMFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized the need for collaboration between governments to exchange "actionable information" in order...
- BSF engages NESAC to train personnel for drone surveillance along international border in MeghalayaThe BSF in Meghalaya is combatting huge cross-border illegal smuggling of cattle, drugs, food items, precious metals besides illegal human ...
- Budget Expectations: Retailers seek tax cuts to fight cheap smuggled items"The high taxes are creating a huge demand for smuggled and counterfeit products across the country and are forcing millions of small and i...
- Bangladesh claims no illegal immigration into India, raises concern over smugglingAddressing a joint press conference with Border Security Force (BSF) Director-General Rakesh Asthana, BGB Director-General Maj Gen Md Shafe...
- Fake currency, cattle smuggling on rise along Indo-Bangladesh border: BSFUK Nayal, DIG/PRO BSF Meghalaya, said that BSF deployed at Bangladesh Border is performing its duties with full devotion to stop all illega...
- Pak seizes smuggled Indian DTH worth Rs 7.83 cr in nation wide crackdownAccording to the report, in the absence of local DTH, the subscribers were opting for other illegal means, which include Indian DTH service...
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrests national-level shooter Prashant BishnoiThe arrest comes a month after raids conducted by the DRI at Bishnoi's residence in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut resulted in the recovery of abou...
- Red Sandalwood smuggling to China via Bhutan is in upswingIndia’s Neighbouring country Bhutan is coming up fast as a preferred conduit for illegal sandalwood smuggling from India to China. With sou...
- Government collects Rs 1.14 lakh crore excise duty till Jan 2012The government has collected about Rs 1.14 lakh crore in central excise duty till January this year.
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