SMUGGLING PREVALENT
BELGIUM TO GERMANY. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) London, December 14. The Berlin correspondent of The Times states that owing to the prospect of profitable smuggling offered through successive increases in duties, contraband running into Germany across the Belgian frontier is so prevalent as to be reminiscent of the eighteenth century in England. Individual trades are actually threatened with extinction through illegal competition. Tobacco, grain, coffee and foodstuffs are the chief contraband items. The authorities are increasing rewards in an effort to cope with the smugglers, who use fast motor cars and are prepared to fight gun duels with customs officers.
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Southland Times, Issue 21577, 15 December 1931, Page 7
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105SMUGGLING PREVALENT Southland Times, Issue 21577, 15 December 1931, Page 7
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