{"id":44263,"date":"2025-02-08T02:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T02:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=44263"},"modified":"2025-02-08T02:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T02:52:06","slug":"feds-arrest-8-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=44263","title":{"rendered":"Feds Arrest 8 Suspected >>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-279.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-279.png 518w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-279-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-269.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-269.png 518w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-269-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal authorities have arrested eight individuals in connection with a large-scale smuggling operation that allegedly utilized the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to import illegal and counterfeit goods from China. The scheme, involving dishonest truck drivers, warehouse owners, and logistics firms, is estimated to have smuggled at least $200 million worth of goods. The defendants face charges including conspiracy, smuggling, and breaking customs seals. The alleged mastermind remains at large and is believed to be in China. This operation highlights the ongoing challenges in securing major U.S. ports against sophisticated smuggling networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details, you can watch the following news coverage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"LA Ports smuggling bust announced by feds\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AqbhlRkAMPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=44233\">ALSO READ\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal authorities have arrested eight individuals in connection with a large-scale smuggling operation that allegedly utilized the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to import illegal&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44266,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44263\/revisions\/44266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}