纽约警方破获香烟走私集团

时间：2013-05-17 08:24:49

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New York officials say they have busted1 a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling2 ring.

纽约官员称，他们破获一个价值数百万美元的香烟走私集团。
About 20,000 cartons were brought to New York per week by distributors
About 20,000 cartons were brought to New York per week by distributors
 
Officials allege3 that three of the 16 Palestinian immigrants charged had links to known terrorists.
 
The state's attorney general said investigators4 had recovered only "a fraction" of the proceeds from sales of more than a million untaxed cartons（纸板盒）.
 
The amount of money involved remains5 unclear, but records show the suspects deposited at least $55m (£36m).
 
The scheme cost the state an estimated $80m in tax revenue, said officials in a press conference on Thursday.
 
The alleged6 ringleaders, brothers Basel and Samir Ramadan, were arrested on Wednesday in Maryland. 
 
Investigators said they had found $1.5m in cash - some stashed7 in black plastic bin8 bags - in the home and car of Basel Ramadan.
 
'Astounding9 profits' 
 
According to police, the scheme involved buying large quantities of cigarette cartons from a wholesaler10 in Virginia, hiding them in a public storage building in Delaware and bringing them to New York City and upstate New York for sale at markets and grocery stores. 
 
New York City Police Commissioner11 Ray Kelly said that one of the suspects used to run a business in the 1990s partly funded by Omar Abdel-Rahman, a blind cleric serving a life sentence for a conspiracy12 to blow up New York City landmarks13.
 
Another was the "confidant", Mr Kelly said, of a Lebanese immigrant convicted of a deadly shooting attack in 1994 on a van full of Jewish students on Brooklyn Bridge. 
 
He said a third suspect used to live in the same apartment as the secretary of a key fundraiser for the Palestinian militant14 group, Hamas.
 
Officials have not linked the proceeds of the cigarette sales to any militant fundraising, but said they would keep pursuing the missing money.
 
"This dangerous criminal ring was able to generate astounding profits that we are still continuing to trace," said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a statement.

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1 busted busted     
adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
  • It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。
2 smuggling xx8wQ     
n.走私
参考例句：
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
3 allege PfEyT     
vt.宣称，申述，主张，断言
参考例句：
  • The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
  • Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。
4 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
6 alleged gzaz3i     
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
7 stashed 07562c5864f6b713d22604f8e1e43dae     
v.贮藏( stash的过去式和过去分词 )；隐藏；藏匿；藏起
参考例句：
  • She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她有一大笔钱存在几个不同的银行账户下。
  • She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她在不同的银行账户上秘密储存了一大笔钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 bin yR2yz     
n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句：
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
9 astounding QyKzns     
adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)
参考例句：
  • There was an astounding 20% increase in sales. 销售量惊人地增加了20%。
  • The Chairman's remarks were so astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath. 主席说的话令人吃惊，所以听众都屏息听他说。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 wholesaler 6e9z3h     
n.批发商
参考例句：
  • We're the largest furniture wholesaler in Illinois. 我们是伊利诺伊州最大的家具批发商。 来自辞典例句
  • These are used to create profiles for each wholesaler. 这是他日常的工作或通过与批发商的正式会谈。 来自互联网
11 commissioner gq3zX     
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
12 conspiracy NpczE     
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
参考例句：
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
13 landmarks 746a744ae0fc201cc2f97ab777d21b8c     
n.陆标( landmark的名词复数 )；目标；（标志重要阶段的）里程碑 ~ (in sth)；有历史意义的建筑物（或遗址）
参考例句：
  • The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句
14 militant 8DZxh     
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

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