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At the UN, he had called for a criminal inquiry into US strikes on boats Washington has claimed, without showing proof, were trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

What was Morybinet Berete's view of the beautiful, secretive creatures whose scales he and his gang were trafficking?

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023

These smugglers were trafficking something all together less high profile – so-called “living rock cactus” that grows uniquely on the arid plains of Big Bend national park in Texas.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2020

He also said short-sellers were trafficking in misinformation.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 27, 2011

By providing links to it, Mr. Corley and 2600 were "trafficking" in a technology that allows others to circumvent a technological protection measure.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James