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  "dataset": "Vault — foreign seizures",
  "schema_version": "1",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publisher": "The Cursus Publicus",
  "note": "Row `id` is a stable, immutable key — never renumbered or reused. See the data dictionary at https://archive.cursuspublic.us/data.html.",
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    {
      "id": "2026-07-07-02",
      "date": "2026-07-07",
      "edition": "VII",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Africa / Middle East",
      "countries": "Liberia",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Cocaine",
      "quantity": "237.6 kg (198 plates, ~$19M)",
      "weight_kg": 237.6,
      "weight_basis": "reported",
      "concealment": "Concealed in cargo falsely declared as Maggi seasoning cubes and traditional lappa textiles",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Liberian authorities indict five in $19 million cocaine bust concealed as seasoning cubes",
      "source_url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202607060331.html",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-07-01",
      "date": "2026-07-07",
      "edition": "VII",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "North America",
      "countries": "Canada",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Cocaine",
      "quantity": "260 kg (~C$20M)",
      "weight_kg": 260,
      "weight_basis": "reported",
      "concealment": "",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Canadian police and border agency dismantle C$20 million cocaine pipeline in \"Project Golden Frog\"",
      "source_url": "https://www.yrp.ca/news/project-golden-frog-results-seizure-20-million-cocaine-and-two-million-cash",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-06-03",
      "date": "2026-07-06",
      "edition": "VI",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Asia / Pacific",
      "countries": "Hong Kong",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Cocaine",
      "quantity": "172 bricks (~1kg each); HK$120M (~US$15.4M)",
      "weight_kg": 172,
      "weight_basis": "reported",
      "concealment": "Concealed inside heavy-metal shipping containers lined with X-ray-defeating material",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Hong Kong police seize HK$120M of cocaine hidden in tampered shipping containers",
      "source_url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3359491/hong-kong-police-seize-hk120m-cocaine-hidden-3-tonne-metal-containers",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-06-01",
      "date": "2026-07-06",
      "edition": "VI",
      "category": "Illicit Trade & Economic Security",
      "region": "Africa / Middle East",
      "countries": "Zimbabwe; China",
      "commodity": "Other",
      "subtype": "",
      "quantity": "34 tonnes exported (204 tonnes attempted); ~$100,000",
      "weight_kg": null,
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Cloned, expired mineral-export permit used to misdeclare lithium ore as approved petalite concentrate",
      "reliability": "Single-source",
      "headline": "Zimbabwe anti-corruption unit busts lithium-smuggling ring bound for China",
      "source_url": "https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-266170.html",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-05-01",
      "date": "2026-07-05",
      "edition": "V",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Asia / Pacific",
      "countries": "Thailand; Myanmar",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Methamphetamine",
      "quantity": "8M pills",
      "weight_kg": 720,
      "weight_basis": "estimated",
      "concealment": "Hidden beneath ~2 tons of cucumbers in a pickup truck",
      "reliability": "Single-source",
      "headline": "Thai police seize 8 million meth pills hidden under two tons of cucumbers",
      "source_url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/hot-news/crime/police-arrest-truck-driver-with-8-million-meth-pills/",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-04-03",
      "date": "2026-07-04",
      "edition": "IV",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Europe",
      "countries": "Italy",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Cocaine",
      "quantity": "~340 kg (€120M)",
      "weight_kg": 340,
      "weight_basis": "reported",
      "concealment": "Concealed among plantains in a shipping container (from Colombia)",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Italian finance police seize 340 kg of cocaine hidden in banana shipment from Colombia",
      "source_url": "https://www.ansa.it/liguria/notizie/2026/07/03/sequestrati-oltre-300-chili-di-cocaina-nel-porto-di-vado-ligure_64e0862a-9383-4e78-904e-1672553c1b53.html",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-04-01",
      "date": "2026-07-04",
      "edition": "IV",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "North America",
      "countries": "Canada",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Mixed narcotics",
      "quantity": "~6,765 kg + precursors",
      "weight_kg": "",
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Stashed in homes and shipping containers",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Burnaby RCMP seizes nearly seven tonnes of drugs and precursor chemicals in Richmond, B.C.",
      "source_url": "https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/622791/Burnaby-RCMP-seize-6-765-kilograms-of-finished-product-and-precursor-chemicals",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-03-03",
      "date": "2026-07-03",
      "edition": "III",
      "category": "National Security",
      "region": "Asia / Pacific",
      "countries": "Singapore",
      "commodity": "Proliferation / dual-use",
      "subtype": "Semiconductors",
      "quantity": "$42M mansion + ~$772k frozen",
      "weight_kg": "",
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Falsified server end-user declarations (transshipment)",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Singapore seizes $42M mansion in probe of Nvidia-chip export-control evasion to China",
      "source_url": "https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/society/crime/singapore-seizes-42m-home-in-nvidia-chip-smuggling-case",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-03-02",
      "date": "2026-07-03",
      "edition": "III",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Europe",
      "countries": "Ireland",
      "commodity": "Currency & monetary instruments",
      "subtype": "Cryptocurrency",
      "quantity": "500 BTC (~$30–90M)",
      "weight_kg": "",
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Split across dormant crypto wallets",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau cracks third 500-BTC wallet from a decade-old drug case, total reaches 1,500 BTC",
      "source_url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/407062/irish-authorities-recover-another-500-bitcoins-lost-clifton-collins-drug-stash",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-03-01",
      "date": "2026-07-03",
      "edition": "III",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Europe",
      "countries": "Greece",
      "commodity": "Weapons & materiel",
      "subtype": "Firearms",
      "quantity": "50 pistols · 49 magazines",
      "weight_kg": "",
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Vacuum-sealed in luggage",
      "reliability": "Corroborated",
      "headline": "Greek police seize untraceable \"ghost gun\" shipment, arrest two Turkish nationals at Evros border",
      "source_url": "https://greekreporter.com/2026/07/03/major-arms-seizure-evros-turkish-mafia-greece/",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-02-03",
      "date": "2026-07-02",
      "edition": "II",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Asia / Pacific",
      "countries": "Bangladesh",
      "commodity": "Currency & monetary instruments",
      "subtype": "Gold",
      "quantity": "160 gold bars",
      "weight_kg": "",
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Aboard a commercial (Biman) flight",
      "reliability": "Single-source",
      "headline": "160 gold bars seized at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport",
      "source_url": "https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/crime/dgfi-tip-leads-recovery-160-gold-bars-biman-flight-dhaka-airport-1477811",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-02-02",
      "date": "2026-07-02",
      "edition": "II",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Asia / Pacific",
      "countries": "Australia",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Cocaine",
      "quantity": "~$24M cocaine",
      "weight_kg": "",
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Hidden in a frozen-berry shipment (from Chile)",
      "reliability": "Single-source",
      "headline": "~$24M in cocaine concealed in a Chilean frozen-berry shipment seized at Port Botany, Sydney",
      "source_url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/more-24-million-worth-cocaine-224457985.html",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-02-01",
      "date": "2026-07-02",
      "edition": "II",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Africa / Middle East",
      "countries": "Liberia",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Cocaine",
      "quantity": "~$19M cocaine",
      "weight_kg": "",
      "weight_basis": "",
      "concealment": "Air cargo at international airport",
      "reliability": "Single-source",
      "headline": "~$19M in cocaine seized at Monrovia's Roberts International Airport",
      "source_url": "https://www.occrp.org/en/news/liberian-senate-grills-police-about-19m-airport-cocaine-bust",
      "schema_version": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-07-01-01",
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "edition": "I",
      "category": "Transnational Organized Crime",
      "region": "Asia / Pacific",
      "countries": "Hong Kong",
      "commodity": "Narcotics & precursors",
      "subtype": "Cocaine",
      "quantity": "~361 kg (HK$270M)",
      "weight_kg": 361,
      "weight_basis": "reported",
      "concealment": "Aboard a yacht",
      "reliability": "Single-source",
      "headline": "~361 kg of cocaine (HK$270M) seized in second Hong Kong yacht raid",
      "source_url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3358802/hong-kong-cocaine-haul-hits-361kg-days-after-police-raid-another-yacht",
      "schema_version": "1"
    }
  ]
}