1.   Any weapons trafficking could trigger clashes between peacekeepers and armed smugglers bringing in supplies over the goat tracks and trails that wind their way through the peaks.

2.   They say the illegal immigrant trade has turned deadlier as profits rise and armed smugglers fight for their cargo when anyone gets in their way.

3.   A coast guard officer was killed during a shootout Saturday with heavily armed Albanian smugglers near the island of Corfu.

4.   A coast guard officer was killed in a Saturday shootout with heavily armed Albanian smugglers near the island of Corfu.

5.   At night, another group of six armed smugglers attacked the guards, who lost one serviceman before repelling the assault, Romantovsky said.

6.   At night, another group of six armed smugglers attacked the guards, who lost one serviceman before repelling the assault, the spokesman said.

7.   Last month, a Greek coast guard officer was killed during a shootout with heavily armed Albanian smugglers in waters just off the coast of Corfu.

8.   On Thursday, five armed smugglers opened fire on a Russian patrol helicopter from their boat, officials said.

9.   Tajik police and Russian border guards who help patrol the frontier often clash with armed smugglers though casualties are fairly rare.

10.   Russian border guards on Sunday killed an armed smuggler who tried to cross the border from Afghanistan into Tajikistan, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.