They engage in a variety of crimes including extortion, money laundering, smuggling, trafficking and prostitution. These borderlands persist today and are havens for crimes like human trafficking and arms smuggling. They are both vulnerable targets for attack and venues for smuggling and human trafficking. Other illicit activities include smuggling and slavery. His rackets included illegal gambling, cigarette smuggling, and bootlegging. An investigation of charges of smuggling and money-laundering started. Mafiosi provide protection and invest capital in smuggling gangs. They operated with connections to organized crime and liquor smuggling. He specialized in the smuggling of cocaine from Colombia on a large scale. Frank gets payback by implicating his grandson Chuckie for Carl's heroin smuggling attempt. Hayward insisted that he was innocent of drug smuggling offences. The crackdown against cattle smuggling in India has also affected Bangladesh. It deals with two American friends imprisoned in Thailand for alleged drug smuggling. He was at one point accused of cannabis smuggling but ultimately cleared. Specifically, China has announced regulations on exports and a crackdown on smuggling.