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Contraband (from Medieval French contrebande "smuggling") [1] is any item that, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold. It comprises goods that by their nature are considered too dangerous or offensive in the eyes of the legislator—termed contraband in se —and forbidden.
The existence of the Multi-Consignment Contraband (MCC) smuggling method (smuggling two or more different types of contraband such as drugs and illegal immigrants or drugs and guns at the same time) was verified following the completion of a study that found 16 documented cases of smugglers transporting more than one type of contraband in the ...
Contraband was a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people who escaped slavery or those who affiliated with Union forces. In August 1861, the Union Army and the US Congress determined that the US would no longer return people who escaped slavery who went to Union lines, but ...
A state corrections officer from Irvington and another man from Sleepy Hollow have been accused in a scheme to smuggle contraband at Sing Sing prison.
Contraband. Contraband was material banned from being taken down the mine, generally for safety reasons, such as matches and cigarettes. Miners were regularly checked for contraband. Corf or corve. A woven wood basket for carrying or transporting (called hurrying) coal to the surface. [14]
Illegally trafficked small arms and light weapons captured by the United States Fifth Fleet, May 2021. Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms, explosives, and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations.
Contraband (American Civil War), a status for fugitive slaves behind Union lines in Confederate territory during the American Civil War Contraband (coal mine), items which for safety reasons are not allowed to be taken underground in a coal mine
For this reason. decisions in prize cases bear the name of the vessel, such as The Rapid (a U.S. Supreme Court case holding goods bought before hostilities commenced nonetheless become contraband after war is declared) [28] or The Elsebe (Lord Stowell holding that prize courts enforce rights under the Law of Nations rather than merely the law ...