Is it possible that Trump really doesn’t know that tariffs will be a golden opportunity for smugglers? It may be that it doesn’t worry him because he is aware US companies need goods at pre-tariff prices in order to remain competitive. Da Financial Times
Mafia leaders know that every economic decision that results in higher prices opens up a thriving smuggling market. The so-called “reciprocal tariffs” ordered by US President Donald Trump in April will see many more turn to smuggling. Mexican cartels, Italian criminal organisations, the Russian mafia and other groups already capable of trafficking illegal items into the US will now just as easily be able to smuggle legal ones. An immense new market — potentially comparable to Prohibition-era bootlegging — is appearing and organised crime stands ready to capitalise.
