81.   Smuggling rings sometimes involve officials.

82.   The Afghan said Thail was the head of a smuggling ring.

83.   The arrests have helped the INS close in on a smuggling ring that brings Chinese immigrants into the United States via the Virgin Islands.

84.   The arrest of three illegal immigrants from China on Friday has yielded more information on a smuggling ring operating in this U.S. Caribbean territory, officials said.

85.   The arrested men led police to more suspects involved in the smuggling ring.

86.   The Croatian weekly also implicated Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic of Serbia in the smuggling ring, alleging he was close to the reputed boss.

87.   The family first flew to Switzerland on tourist visas, then traveled to France where they reportedly contacted a human smuggling ring that offered them a trip to Britain.

88.   The ill-fated stowaways each paid thousands of dollars to a smuggling ring that promised to take them to South Korea.

89.   The government says the smuggling ring was run by the Hammouds and others as part of their Charlotte-based Hezbollah support cell.

90.   The mother has denied she sold or rented the boy to a smuggling ring, saying she thought he was sightseeing with a friend.