11.   The high tax had resulted in rampant smuggling and illegal timber cutting in past years.

12.   The report in the Chinese newspaper also quoted experts as saying that if rampant smuggling continues, many domestic companies will go bankrupt.

13.   The region around Peshawar, like neighboring Afghanistan, is a rugged tribal area famous for arms manufacturing and rampant smuggling.

14.   Vietnam, concerned about depleting its domestic rice supplies, has curbed official grain exports in an effort to offset rampant smuggling to China, traders said Wednesday.

15.   Vietnam, concerned about depleting its domestic rice supplies, has curbed official grain exports in an effort to offset rampant smuggling to China.

16.   In addition, attention has been focused on cracking down on rampant smuggling of foreign cigarettes, fuelled by high import tariffs.

17.   India announced Saturday it would bar movement along its border with Bhutan to protect its insurgency-wracked northeastern state of Assam from guerrilla strikes and rampant smuggling.

18.   China announced Monday a major crackdown on drugs-related crimes in a bid to curb rampant smuggling and the increase of drug use, Xinhua reported.

19.   The Bureau of Customs has urged the Philippine government to curb rampant smuggling by enforcing rules in its duty-free shops, the Finance Department said Tuesday.