Smuggling

Introduction 

Smuggling is one of the biggest evils of modern times. It means to carry things illegally into or out of a country, or through customs, without paying the duty. Sometimes in one country a thing is cheaper than it is in another country. Usually there are restrictions on the transfer of such things but, the smugglers take the risk and continue their business. They carry cheap things to a country where they are sold at high prices. The favorite articles of the smuggler are gold, silver, opium, chars, radios, transistors, watches, fountain pens, tape recorders and costly clothes of superior quality. In spite of various attempts to remove smuggling, the business goes on. 

Cause of smuggling 

Causes of prevalence of smuggling are four. First, the desire to become rich overnight works at the root of smuggling. This is an age of competition and man is judged by his wealth. So, everybody wishes to be richer than the other. Legal business yields money, but slowly. Smuggling is risky but, it brings in money in no time. Price of gold, silver and opium especially vary at different places. Smuggling promises large amount of profits. Thirdly, the smugglers are a well organized group. They have inexhaustible funds of money, cars, jeeps, steamers and ammunition at their disposal. Lastly, the  corrupt officers accept bribes and let the smugglers escape. 

 Harms of smuggling

The harms of smuggling are countless. This causes a great loss to the national resources, national wealth and the national economy. The wealth of one country flows to others. Smuggling of gold decreases the gold reserves in a country. The smugglers offer large bribes to the custom officers and police officers. Some are tempted and help the smugglers by ignoring them. The price of things smuggled to the other countries, rise up. A smuggler is the worst sort of man because it does harm the country. In case of any complication or danger, they resign and start living independently. As a result, smugglers thrive. Land and sea custom departments are poor in resources. There is a lack of proper arrangements to check this evil. Smuggling is one of the biggest evils of modern times. Honest labelling giving character, origin, amount and constituent part of the food should be introduced. 

 Remedies 

To stop smuggling, the smugglers should be given exemplary punishments. The staff custom and the police on the boarders should be very active, dutiful, loyal and honest. An elaborate system of control is needed to check smuggling. An organized committee should be set up and provided with sufficient resources. The people living near boarder should cooperate with government. We should avoid buying of smuggled things at low cost. We should at once inform the government if we learn that such and such person is taking part in smuggling. To make our progress rapid, we should uproot smuggling from the country. Smugglers are the greatest and the most dangerous enemies of a country. The adulteration should be openly tried and awarded exemplary punishments. People's sense of responsibility should be appealed to on a moral basis. It is only then that we can eradicate this evil from society.