Customs Clampdown on Car Marts enters second week

Libya's crackdown on people trafficking into Europe has forced smugglers into a new course through Tunisian waters, with many migrants being unemployed Tunisians.

Israel's razing of a smuggling tunnel across the border from Gaza killed seven Palestinian gunmen, according to militant groups, coming as rivals Hamas and the Palestinian Authority work toward a new bid at a unity government.

NNPC partners Customs to curb smuggling of petroleum products.

'Ivory Queen' sentenced to 15 years in prison as leader of one of Africa's biggest smuggling rings.

CBN to backlist firms, individuals involved in smuggling items.

The Nigeria Customs Service says the failure of Nigeria's neighbouring countries to comply with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocol on Transit of goods increased the trans-border economic and security challenges Nigeria contends with leading to its decision to partially and temporarily close its land borders. To discuss this, CNBC Africa's Christy Cole caught up with Deputy Comptroller and Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service, Joseph Attah.

Spanish authorities had deemed the painting a national treasure and insisted it stay in Spain. The 83-year-old art collector, who owned the painting, was convicted of smuggling and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

A US court has sentenced a Bosnian man to over seven years in prison for sending gun parts overseas, including to clients involved with a Swedish neo-Nazi group. The man labeled the items as bicycle parts.

Moves to address smuggling in Nigeria are back on the front burner as experts say various sectors of the economy suffer the adverse effects of the act - particularly the agricultural sector - and are calling for more legal backing. Kofo Olugbesan, Managing Director and CEO of Good Intentions Services joins CNBC Africa to discuss this ways through which the Nigerian law address smuggling effectively.

Zimbabwe's main opposition party dismisses government claims that it is trying to smuggle weapons into the country. Also, rent control means thousands of people in Cairo pay only a few euros a year for large apartments. But with landlords making a pittance, many of the buildings have fallen into disrepair – our correspondents report. And in Cameroon, the long-promised Yaoundé-Douala highway remains stalled in its first phase, dogged by corruption allegations – our team takes a closer look.

Customs strike force team zone a takes anti-smuggling battle to warehouses

The Honduran president has been accused of taking bribes from a major drug trafficker. This is not the first time he has been accused of working with traffickers.