21.   Later investigations revealed a smuggling operation that brought in infected cattle from Northern Ireland.

22.   Like so many other drivers, Medina says he was not a formal part of the smuggling operation that hired him, much less the ringleader.

23.   Local INS officials declined to say whether more inspectors at the airport could have uncovered the massive smuggling operation of Indian nationals that ended with the bust last November.

24.   Police protocol requires that the INS be notified when officers discover evidence of a smuggling operation.

25.   Slaughter said this was the first large-scale human smuggling operation she had heard of in Fort Worth and Dallas.

26.   Such smuggling operations have occurred regularly on the West Coast over the last year.

27.   The Israelis repeatedly described the smuggling operation as linking the Palestinian Authority with Iran and the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah.

28.   The Palestinian Authority has said it is investigating the smuggling operation and will punish any Palestinians involved.

29.   The NATO official said that Turkey and Malaysia had aided the smuggling operation.

30.   The parents are being detained after admitting they rented their child for use in the smuggling operation, according to federal officials.