In recent years, the United States, along with many other countries, has significantly increased its detection and defense mechanisms against terrorist attacks. A potential attack with a nuclear weapon, using nuclear materials smuggled into the country, has been identified as a particularly grave threat. The system for detecting illicit nuclear materials that is currently in place at U.S. ports...

C oncerns about terrorists smuggling nuclear bombs into the United States in container freight have led to demands for 100% inspection at either U.S. or foreign ports. However, under some circumstances, it may be possible to deter nuclear smuggling attempts with less than 100% inspection. Based on publicly available data, we quantify a game-theoretic model of terrorist decision making to unders...

Intracorporeal concealment of illicit drugs known as 'body packing' is uncommonly reported. A body packer with swallowed capsules containing Diacetylmorphine (heroin) for smuggling purposes presented with respiratory arrest and recovered after ventilatory support and nalaxone infusion.

This paper contributes to the growing literature on dynamics and governance challenges of artisanal mining in sub-Saharan Africa. It examines gold sector Liberia Sierra Leone, two neighboring post-war countries with extensive informal economies sector. comparative case study explores factors that help reveal struggles, including informality sector, multiplicity actors, ineffective monitoring, p...

Chosen aspects of the safety of use of several herbs received from National Medicines Institute, which came from smuggling, have been examined. The analysis has been conducted in three different aspects: (1) Possibilities of contamination of plant-based raw materials by metals of heavy elements (As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb). (2) Conscious smuggling of intoxicating preparation or narcotics in plant-based...

Smuggling and human trafficking as components of trans-border trading activities occur across the borders many nations globe. The study investigated effects smuggling on students' academic performance in economic concepts Nigeria. is underpinned by Rational Choice Theory within positivism paradigm. was designed using descriptive survey research. Three hundred twenty (320) respondents comprising...