Exports of luxury goods to North Korea are banned under U.N. sanctions but such items reportedly make their way into the ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs has spent almost €1.4 million in the past two years on diplomatic bags – special pouches typically used to transport documents and other items between embassies.

And between 2002 and 2022, diplomatic missions and international organizations ran up a whopping total of £145,411,143 (almost $190 million) in unpaid tolls for driving in London’s congestion ...

Saudi Arabia is home to an alcohol black market and illegal imports take place through embassy smuggling whereby diplomatic pouches can cross borders without facing legal procedures. While other ...

“We are concerned that terrorists could, and we have every reason to believe, have shipped under the protection of diplomatic immunity pouches carrying such items as small armed weapons and ...

A delegate from Barbados made that argument (and won) in 1975. Smuggle 40 kilos of cocaine from Mexico to New York in a diplomatic pouch? Ecuador diplomats tried it (and got away with it) in 2012.

Rejecting the Cuban government’s explanation that the pouch arrived open, another U.S. official said a box inside the pouch was opened as well. Originally Published: March 22, 1997 at 1:00 AM CDT ...

Seven diplomatic bags — pouches with special status under international law used to transport important items or documents — were lost by the Department of Foreign Affairs in the space of less ...

Diplomatic pouches look different from other cargo, as they are clearly labeled in English. There is no size restriction, and they vary in size from an envelope to a large suitcase. In Korea, the ...

Some forms of diplomatic immunity are extremely important. For example, we need to make sure foreign diplomats — especially our own people overseas — don’t get locked up for political reasons.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated embassies’ services related to voting. Embassies are accepting ballots via diplomatic pouch. MEDELLÍN, Colombia – Panicked calls from ...