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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.
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 ...
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.
Venezuelan authorities have suppressed a military rebellion near the central city of Valencia, a ruling official said on Sunday.
Methods of smuggling include hiding the goods in a large vehicle, [1] luggage, [2] or clothes. [1] In a vehicle, the contraband is hidden in secret compartments. [1]Sometimes the goods are hidden in the bag or vehicle of an innocent person, who does not know about the contraband, for the purpose of retrieving the goods elsewhere.
British H.M. Revenue & Customs officers with seized smuggled tobacco, 2014. [1]Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.
This led to the classic articulation of the mere evidence rule, which stated that the Fourth Amendment allowed only search and seizure of instrumentalities, fruits of the crime, and contraband, and that mere evidence could not be searched or seized. [4] The mere evidence rule has been praised as a valuable protection of individual privacy.
Many articles of contraband are concealable in the body's cavities, via means such as insertion into the rectum.Illegal drugs are often found in condoms and temporarily stowed in the colon, and cylinders such as cigar tubes are used to hide money, intravenous syringes, and knives.