Social Media Ideas for Firearms Smuggling

How a defaced handgun and 2 shell casings led to an international gun smuggling ring

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Two years ago this month, police investigating a kidnapping at a home in Montreal, Canada, found a Glock pistol with a defaced serial number that had b...

Police bust gun-smuggling network operating for seven years, seize RM360,000 in weapons

KANGAR, July 25 — Police have crippled a firearms smuggling syndicate after seizing weapons worth RM360,000 and ar...

Afghan forces thwart cross-border arms smuggling, seize 24 assault rifles

KABUL, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have thwarted a firearms smuggling attempt and seized a cache of 24 assault rifles of various types in eastern Nangarhar province,...

Phoenix Grand Jury Returns 158-Count Indictment Against Alleged Gun Smugglers

Spanish Police Arrest Smugglers Who Opened Fire on Patrol Vessel

Spanish forces have intercepted and arrested ten smugglers who allegedly opened fire on a patrol vessel off Huelva. It is the latest encounter between...

Afghan forces seize weapons in border smuggling crackdown

KABUL, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have dismantled a cross-border arms trafficking, confiscating a cache of weapons and ammunition in eastern Paktia province, the co...

‘Don’t Lie’ campaign warns against buying firearms for illegal owners

Federal agencies and the firearm industry launched the "Don't Lie for the Other Guy" campaign in Indianapolis to raise awareness about the legal consequences of straw purchases.

Coast Guard arrests four arms smugglers off Sundarbans

The operation led to the recovery of a cache of illegal weapons and was executed in close coordination with the Sunderbans Forest Department and intelligence agencies

Nevada man funneled 140 guns to violent Mexican drug cartels, including powerful 'military-style' rifles: DOJ

Luis Alberto Osorio admitted to buying 140 firearms including military-style rifles for violent Mexican drug-trafficking organizations in a straw purchase scheme.

U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona announces gun trafficking charges

In a press release, this is to announce arrests and charges related to a Homeland Security Task Force investigation "into straw purchasers and gun trafficking in the District of Ar...

Shelbyville man sentenced to federal prison for illegally buying guns to smuggle to Honduras

Federal prosecutors said 29-year-old Luis Garcia worked with others to illegally buy and sell guns from April 2021 to January 2024.

'Don't Lie' campaign stresses the consequences of buying guns for another person

INDIANAPOLIS - Messaging is being pushed out about what can happen when guns end up in the wrong hands, and how you could face serious consequences. The “Don’t Lie” program is a co...

You Aren’t Going To Believe How Many Guns This Former Politician Was Busted With

by Harold Hutchison at CDN - A former member of Canada’s Parliament was arrested on July 7 after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) claimed three of the firearms in his coll...

Customs Intercepts Hidden Rifles and ₦373m Cannabis Snacks at Lagos Port

A major security operation at Lagos’ TinCan Island Port has uncovered a shipment containing concealed weapons and another consignment raising public safety concerns.

RCMP Seize 439 Guns as Former MP Inky Mark Faces Canada’s Firearms Dragnet

Former Canadian MP Inky Mark spent years opposing Canada’s restrictive gun laws. He now faces 12 charges after RCMP officers seized 439 firearms, an antique cannon, ammunition, and...

South Sudan: Arms Smuggling - a Key Threat to South Sudan's December Elections

[ISS] South Sudan's fragile transition is increasingly shaped by forces beyond its borders that drive illicit arms flows into the country.

Around 800,000 weapons intended for Ukraine end up on black market — newspaper

Palermo Prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia told the anti-mafia commission that most of these weapons end up on the European market

$6.6M in vapes, nicotine pouches seized from US semis entering Canada in 4 days

Border officers intercepted three shipments from commercial drivers arriving from the United States. CBSA told FreightWaves what officers found and why organized crime remains a co...

FEDS: Terrorist Mexican Cartel Bought RPGs, Machine Guns from Czech Republic

Four members of the terrorist organization known as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) are facing federal charges in the United States in connection with the purchase of RPGs, ma...

The Guns We Surrender, The Guns We Miss – A Smarter Firearm Policy For Small States

FBI Hunting Man Who Packed Drugs In Fire Extinguishers

The FBI in Los Angeles is searching for the ringleader of a cartel operation that packed the narcotics into hollowed-out fire extinguishers, which were then deeply concealed inside...

Australia, China Team Up to Arrest Over 60 Tobacco Smugglers

The Australian Border Force and its Chinese counterparts have busted a major international smuggling ring involved in shuttling illicit tobacco from C...

Gulf Cartel Gunman Sneaking into South Texas Now  Facing Terrorism Charges

A Gulf Cartel gunman who was trying to sneak into the U.S. illegally is now facing federal terrorism charges. Prosecutors allege he took part in surveillance, enforcement, and the...

Armed Felons, Gun Traffickers Prosecuted as Oregon Pushes More Gun Control

Four federal cases involving gun trafficking, armed felons, alleged threats, and explosives show Oregon lawmakers who they should target—not citizens exercising their Second Amendm...