Gold smuggling soars in Japan as price rises

Gold smuggling cases are surging in Japan on the back of the rising price of the precious metal and the recovery of overseas tourists following the COVID-19 pandemic.Customs authorities are ramping up measures to tighten border controls as smuggling methods become more sophisticated, such as hiding powdered gold in clothing, they said.Last September, two Chinese nationals arriving from Hong Kong were found hiding a total of some 2.6 kilograms of powdered gold in wigs at Tokyo's Haneda airport.Schemes for gold smuggling to Japan have been widely touted on social media in China and Hong Kong,…READ FULL ARTICLE