[BBC News Online] , McKimm, Mike Report into Border Agency says ports 'wide open'. (20 May 2011)
External website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13462112
Some ports and airports in Northern Ireland may be wide open to the smuggling of drugs and illegal goods like cigarettes.
The warning comes in an independent report into the work of the UK Border Agency in Northern Ireland.
The report said that there was too much concentration on passport control at the expense of preventing smuggling.
MM-MO Crime and law > Substance related offence > Tobacco offence
MM-MO Crime and law > Substance related offence > Drug offence > Illegal transportation of drugs (smuggling / trafficking)
MM-MO Crime and law > Crime > Substance related crime > Crime associated with substance production and distribution
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