Gangsters, Grandmothers and Gold: Japan’s New Crime Wave

Thanks to a quirk in tax laws, professional and amateur smugglers alike can make a tidy profit sneaking the shiny metal onto ships and airplanes. [Source]

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Smuggling

Topics: airplanes, ships, metal, shiny, sneaking, profit, alike, smugglers, amateur, professional, quirk, Thanks, Crime, Japan’s, Grandmothers, Gangsters

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/business/japan-gold-smuggling-crime-rates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss