41.   Police said they suspect the group was involved smuggling illegal immigrants to Italy from Pakistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Romania and India.

42.   Slechta said the van had no seats other than for the driver and front passenger, which he said was typical of a vehicle set up to smuggle immigrants.

43.   That changed Wednesday when Mexican authorities, perhaps responding to a theft complaint, surrounded the hotel and took away four Iraqis suspected of smuggling immigrants.

44.   Taiwan says it has to keep a close watch on the fleet of Chinese fishing junks because they may be smuggling illegal immigrants or serving military purposes.

45.   The government also said more would be forced to settle outside London and announced heavy fines for truckers caught smuggling illegal immigrants.

46.   The first attempt to smuggle illegal immigrants inside such a container was thwarted Sunday night when the police received a tip about the unlikely cargo, the report said.

47.   The indictment also named four unindicted co-conspirators, one of whom is accused of smuggling immigrants, trafficking in fraudulent documents and coordinating transportation for the workers.

48.   The maximum penalty for smuggling illegal immigrants in the Netherlands and in Belgium is one year and in Switzerland three years.

49.   The men face trial in Boston on charges of conspiracy and attempting to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

50.   THE tactics of tekongs or middlemen to smuggle illegal immigrants from Singapore into Johor using the Causeway and the Second Link can be fascinating, sometimes even whimsical.