Scandinavia
SMUGGLING INTO GERMANY. TRADE IN FULL SWING. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ACTIVITY.
Press Association—Copyright, Jian and N.Z. Cable Association. ( n f ) j ' London, .Ipeembm; iff. • The Manchester,,jijJijfirdian’s. Stockholm ‘correspoudentrirtates that despite the closest watching and the imposition of heavy penalties, smuggling into Germany is flourishing at all trie. Scandinavian ports. The smugglers are mainly Germans, but sometimes they are Scandinavians. The smugglers are displaying zeal and ingenuity to overcome the lengthening list of prohibited exports, now numbering several hundred items, including all foodstuffs, textiles, raw materials, and machinery. The number of Customs officials has been increased three-fold, it- is suspected that the German officials are paying the small traders' fines amounting to tens ol thousands.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 20 December 1916, Page 2
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