71.   The smuggling operations continue despite efforts by U.S. authorities to stop the cash flow.

72.   The smuggling operation showed how fueling a war in Colombia can be nearly as easy as stepping into a Miami gun shop.

73.   The Tarmins used family outings to the Dead Sea, which has Israeli and Jordanian banks, as a cover for the smuggling operation.

74.   The well-organized smuggling operations that ferry human cargo from all over the world typically use Latin America as their conduit into the United States, officials said.

75.   The two key figures in the smuggling operation, one of whom is Russian, were sentenced to two-year prison terms.

76.   The two Palestinian Authority officials detained in the smuggling operation were identified as Foad Shobaki, who Israel says authorized payments for the ship, and Adel Mughrabi.

77.   They are being held as witnesses in an investigation of the smuggling operation.

78.   They were being held as witnesses in an investigation of the smuggling operation.

79.   Those using firearms in alien smuggling operations would receive an additional five years on their sentence.

80.   They were being questioned by police, who are hunting for the mastermind of the smuggling operation.