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Blog: AIER | American Institute for Economic Research
"Banning menthol cigarettes would only exacerbate America's substantial trade in cigarette tax evasion and avoidance, this time with an assist from transnational crime syndicates." ~ Michael LaFaive and Todd Nesbit
Blog: FDD's Long War Journal
Israeli authorities arrested Jordanian MP Imad al-Adwan on suspicion of smuggling weapons and gold into the West Bank.
The post Israel Arrests Jordanian Lawmaker Suspected of Smuggling Weapons to the West Bank first appeared on FDD's Long War Journal.
Blog: Reason.com
What a real invasion looks like. Russian armored vehicle in Ukraine. March 2022.
Blog: Reason.com
Flag of Texas.
Blog: Reason.com
Flag of Texas.
Blog: Reason.com
Flag of Texas.
Blog: Reason.com
The state's position is at odds with the text and original meaning of the Constitution and would set a dangerous precedent if accepted by federal courts.
Blog: Reason.com
Officials claim the policy is intended to prevent people from smuggling in contraband, but it allows shipments from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - sada
Following reports of widespread migrant exploitation, Libyan authorities in both Tripoli and Tobruk are conducting a deliberate effort to crack down on smuggling.
Blog: Global Voices
Hasanli was sentenced on November 21, 2023, to four months' pre-trial detention on a charge of "smuggling foreign currency." If convicted he is facing a possible eight-year prison sentence.
Blog: The Strategist
Planet A The United States and Papua New Guinea have signed a new defence and maritime cooperation agreement to combat illegal fishing, illegal logging and drug smuggling in PNG waters. The two countries also agreed ...
Blog: Reason.com
If Texas is right to argue that illegal immigration and cross-border drug smuggling qualify as "invasion," then the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended at any time - thereby enabling executive detention without trial.
Blog: Blog - Adam Smith Institute
We have pointed out before that there is that corollary to the Laffer Curve, the Snowdon Curve. It is possible for regulation to be so strict that it makes the problem worse, not better. It's therefore necessary to make sure that the regulation of even things that we all agree need to be regulated is at that sweet spot, the Goldilocks point.Our original example of the Snowdon Curve was about vaping: Millions of illegal and potentially harmful vapes have been seized by trading standards in the last three years, data shows, with experts warning this is the "tip of the iceberg" and a "tsunami" of products is flooding into the UK.Freedom of information requests to 125 local authorities revealed that more than two and a half million illicit e-cigarettes were collected since the beginning of 2020.If people think it's worth smuggling vapes in then clearly we are regulating enough that people think it worth smuggling. So, what are we regulating?The e-cigarettes are not-compliant with UK legal regulations and could have higher nicotine concentration levels, contain banned ingredients or have oversized tanks for nicotine liquid. Previous analysis found illicit vapes to contain high levels of lead, nickel and chromium.Umm, why don't we not regulate tank size, nicotine concentration? So that the only incentive to smuggle is to be able to claim a higher lead, nickel or chromium level? Which, and call us picky here if you like, we tend to think isn't one of those things that would be a great selling point.That is, if we're getting smuggling in volume then we're over that peak of the Snowdon Curve. Reducing regulation would thus make us safer - and since being safer is rather the point of the regulation then why don't we do that?