Others pay professional smugglers upward of several thousand dollars to bring the animals in by boat or truck.

He was also a professional smuggler.

City officials do not understand yet who has benefited from the fraud, whether it is landlords, other tenants or professional smugglers.

The three were professional smugglers; a fourth crewmember was Va'iza's son.

He described hiring professional smugglers, who in turn used women to pose as the children's mothers during border crossings.

Why would professional smugglers get involved with mur-der for a counterfeit artifact?

In court his claims not to be an 'organiser or professional smuggler' were rejected by the judge.

"We were told Bilton was an innocent clean-cut kid and he turned out to be a cold, calculating professional smuggler."

It wasn't the sort of belt worn by tourists and backpackers, but the heavyduty type used by professional smugglers.

The use of a "virgin smuggler" also allows the professional smuggler not to be identified.