Criminals pay travelers to take suitcases full of leaves abroad, but European countries have increasingly been punishing those they catch

Naama Issachar pleads that although 10 grams of marijuana were in her bag, she is not a smuggler as she did not intend to enter the country, was only catching connecting flight

Customs Authority's canine star Katcha beats 16 other pooches to take home the title of top money sniffer

Hoard including snapping turtles and poison dart frogs smuggled into Israel for sale on black market; suspect detained for questioning as part of international operation

David Cohen from Rishon Lezion suspected of heading network that illegally brought workers into the country through Ben Gurion Airport

Investigators say detainees were in contact with a different network busted earlier this week

Israel Nature and Parks Authority joins Interpol, Europol and more than 20 nations in major international clampdown on illegal smuggling and keeping of reptiles

Officers say network included contractors employed at Ben Gurion Airport who helped illegals bypass border control