1.   Harf said the government also plans to crack down on contraband trade, in an effort to help export companies.

2.   High interest rates and rising contraband trade have hurt retail sales this year, according to business groups.

3.   The fees were handed over to the Camorra, the Neapolitan version of the Mafia, which also oversaw the contraband trade.

4.   The weaker bolivar may accentuate a burgeoning contraband trade of illegal imports from Venezuela, analysts said.

5.   When they left a month later, they reported a severe lack of written procedures and a rampant contraband trade.

6.   Iraqi crude oil and byproducts are said to be smuggled into Iran in a thriving contraband trade.

7.   The measures, which authorities began enforcing Wednesday, are bound to discourage a lucrative contraband trade in gasoline to neighboring countries where prices are considerably higher.

8.   There is a huge contraband trade in cigarettes in the region, especially in Vietnam and Singapore, where high duty makes them exorbitantly expensive.

9.   A boom in contraband trade between Libya and Egypt in recent years has prompted smugglers to trade in their donkeys for vans to make the most of business.

10.   Turkey has harsh laws on drugs trafficking in an effort to cut down on this contraband trade.