Smuggling - A Widespread Social Menace
Smuggling can be defined as an act conducted in a hidden manner which involves the transportation of goods from one place to another where it is prohibited and if caught can be heavily penalized. Smugg 00004000 ling may happen out of a building, into a prison as well as across the international border and this completely stands against violation of applicable laws or other regulation formulated by the concerned organizations of the countries.
The word 'smuggling' has a very interesting origin as the word has been probably derived from the German word smuggeln or Dutch word smokkelen which means to transport goods illegally and this word entered the English language during the 1600s or 1700s. The history of smuggling can be traced back to 13th century England when a national customs collection system by Edward I was set up in the year 1275. The main intention of smugglers in the past as well as in the present has been to flout all kinds of regulations which prevent them from making profit in an illegal manner as well as imposes any kinds of duties which need to be paid at the check points.
One of the most popular items to be smuggled across international borders is drugs such as cannabis, heroine, methamphetamine, temazep as well as cocaine as these are drugs many people across the globe are addicted of. Drug smuggling is a kind of global market which is dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of the drugs mentioned above against the drug prohibition laws which allows the legal sale of drugs only under a license.
In proportion to the widespread increase in illicit traffic of drugs, incidents of drug arrests are also increasing with a majority of the arrests done on the international border between the United States of America and Mexico. As far as penalties are concerned are, the laws of Singapore and China prescribe death penalty for anyone who has been found involved in the illicit trade of drug and in the United States of America, the Federal Law states for the first time offenders imprisonment of 1to 3 years. It is important to keep in mind that the nature of punishment depends on the type of drugs that is if the drug is of higher grade, the intensity of the punishment is more.
