Smuggling in Japan: A Troubling Trend in the Age of Globalization The arrest of two 25 year old women at Tokyo's Haneda airport has brought attention to international narcotics smuggling.
The pair claimed they could "go to Japan for free," but their excuse belies a larger problem: the ease with which illicit goods can be transported across borders in an era of rapid globalization.
The women, traveling from New York, had concealed 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of dried cannabis worth around $970,000 within their suitcases.