| Peruvian investigators are looking into evidence that he might have been involved with gunrunning to Marxist guerrillas in Colombia. |
| Friendship with two of the crew, the brothers César and Dominique Cervoni, led him during 1877-78 to become involved in gunrunning along the Spanish coast for the Carlist cause. |
| Two recent and notorious cases, involving gunrunning operations in Africa and the spread of nuclear weapons technology, illustrate the challenges that illicit brokering poses. |
| Organized crime is involved in extortion, kidnaping, murder, fixing bids for public works, and gunrunning. |
| Additionally, Spanish customs and tax officials paid several visits to ports and airports as part of their programme of fight against gunrunning. |
| They are used for coastal protection and operate in concert with the Customs Authority to fight gunrunning, smuggling and other illegal activities. |
