81.   The value of the goods smuggled in and out of Iraq is not known, since it is difficult to monitor the porous borders.

82.   Those left in Afghanistan are avoiding pitched battles, melting into the population, hiding in the rugged mountains and moving back and forth across the porous border.

83.   Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, with their often porous borders, are increasingly used as conduits for drugs destined for Europe and the United States.

84.   Traffickers have taken advantage of porous post-Soviet borders, rampant corruption and rugged terrain.

85.   U.S. officials believe some al-Qaida and senior Taliban officials have fled across the porous border with Pakistan, where they are trying to reorganize.

86.   Ukrainian and Russian police are already cooperating against crime, but the porous borders between the former Soviet Union republics allow relatively free movement.

87.   U.S. officials fear al-Qaida elements might seek refuge in Yemen because of its porous borders and remote areas only nominally under central government control.

88.   Without better coordination between police and other agencies in various countries, crime syndicates exploring increasingly porous borders will operate with impunity, they said.

89.   Without better coordination between police and other agencies in various countries, criminals exploring increasingly porous borders will operate with impunity, they said.

90.   In Mozambique, crime rates involving firearms are skyrocketing, while guns and bullets are sold across the porous borders to neighbouring countries.