Smuggling and human smuggling are offenses of moving goods or people across a border in secret. In the United States, 18 U.S. Code section 545 reaches whoever knowingly and willfully, intending to defraud the United States, smuggles or clandestinely introduces merchandise that should have been invoiced, or fraudulently imports merchandise contrary to law. For people, 8 U.S. Code section 1324 punishes anyone who knowingly brings an alien to the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry, or transports, conceals, harbors or shields from detection an alien who is in the country in violation of law.
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Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 18 U.S. Code 545, Smuggling goods into the United States
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smuggles, or clandestinely introduces or attempts to smuggle or clandestinely introduce into the United States any merchandise which should have been invoiced
8 U.S. Code section 1324 (Cornell LII)
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brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry
Smuggling (Wikipedia)
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Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.
USLegal, Inc.: Human Smuggling Law and Legal Definition
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Human smuggling is defined as the importation of people into the U.S. by deliberate violation of immigration laws.
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