Currency Smuggling Cross-border Impact
During routine inspection at departure pedestrian tube of border terminal, foreign currency (3700 Euros) has been recovered from an Afghan porter kid named Imran son of Ibrahim resident of Lalpura, Afghanistan. Pakistan has tightened SOPs and checking mechanism to curtail smuggling of foreign currencies at border terminals.
Dollars Smuggled From Pakistan Provide Lifeline for the Afghan Taliban, Illicit flows help Afghanistan but hurt Pakistan’s economy however according to recent survey traders and others bring in as much as $5 million a day