Editing Smuggling (section)

===Goods===
[[File:First Opium War Smuggling.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The International Anti-Opium Association, Peking "The War Against Opium"]]
[[File:2018 Signalisation frontière cannabis 04.jpg|thumb|upright|Road sign at the Canada-US border prohibiting cannabis, Abercorn, Québec (2018)]]

Much smuggling occurs when enterprising merchants attempt to supply demand for a good or service that is illegal or heavily taxed. As a result, illegal [[drug trafficking]], and the smuggling of [[weapon]]s ([[Arms trafficking|illegal arms trade]]), as well as the historical staples of smuggling, [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] ([[rum-running]]) and [[tobacco]],<ref name=ICLJTU>{{cite news|title=Tobacco Underground|url=http://www.icij.org/project/tobacco-underground|access-date=November 26, 2012|newspaper=The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126011501/http://www.icij.org/project/tobacco-underground|archive-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> are widespread. As the smuggler faces significant risk of civil and criminal penalties if caught with contraband, smugglers are able to impose a significant price premium on smuggled goods. The profits involved in smuggling goods appear to be extensive. The [[iron law of prohibition]] dictates that greater enforcement results in more potent [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] and drugs being smuggled.

Profits also derive from avoiding taxes or levies on imported goods. For example, a smuggler might purchase a large quantity of [[cigarette]]s in a place with low taxes and smuggle them into a place with higher taxes, where they can be sold at a far higher margin than would otherwise be possible. It has been reported that smuggling one truckload of cigarettes within the [[United States]] can lead to a profit of US$2 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23384-2004Jun7.html |title=Cigarette Smuggling Linked to Terrorism |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2004-06-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808012833/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23384-2004Jun7.html |archive-date=2007-08-08 }}</ref>