International Arrest Warrants Issued For Garlic Smuggling Ring

The headline drew me in, but this was a much bigger, more expansive operation than I could have imagined. Sweden issued international arrest warrants for a pair of smugglers who circumvented the customs process to the tune of $13.1 million in taxes over a two-year period. That’s right. The smugglers moved large shipments of Chinese garlic. The prosecutor estimated that some 1.2 tons of garlic moved during this process.

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