Smuggling
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"All I ask for is a tall ship...and a load of contraband to fill it with."
- - Quark (DS9: "Little Green Men")
Smuggling was a illegal transport, in particular across a border where taxes were avoided, the goods themselves being illegal for unlicensed possession, and people were transported to a place where they were not allowed to be. (DS9: "Honor Among Thieves")
[edit] Smuggling activities aboard DS9
By the 24th century, the Orion Syndicate included among its principal activities smuggling, piracy, slave trading, and assassination. (DS9: "Honor Among Thieves")
In 2369 Quark became involved with Rao Vantika who had taken over Bashir's body in a smuggling operation. (DS9: "The Passenger")
In 2370 Xepolites were involving in smuggling of weapons to Cardassian colonists in the Demilitarized Zone. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part II")
In 2372 Regana Tosh was a member of the Markalian species who worked for the Markalian smuggling operation. He was arrested by Odo. (DS9: "Hippocratic Oath")
In 2372 Odo arrested Quark for attempted kemocite smuggling. (DS9: "Little Green Men")
In 2372, a Boslic freighter was involved in a contraband smuggling operation uncovered by Klingon-turned-Bajoran officer Kurn. (DS9: "Sons of Mogh")
In 2372 Kasidy Yates accepted sole responsibility for her ship's smuggling activities, and after allowing her crew to rejoin the Maquis she returned to Deep Space 9 to face punishment. She was sent to prison for her actions. (DS9: "For the Cause")
In 2374, Zevian authorities requested information on a smuggling ring from the security office at Deep Space 9. (DS9: "His Way")
