Smuggling

What is smuggling from a legal perspective? What is smuggled and why is it smuggled? Who benefits from smuggling and who is hurt by smuggling and how? Besides smuggling, what other land and maritime border violations threaten the facilitation of legitimate trade? What is the globalization of organized crime, and the increase in their associated networks capabilities increased the economic, political, cultural and diplomatic threat to the United States?

The post needs to be at least 400 words in APA format. Please use the link below for resources/sources and refer to Week 4. 

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