wraggster
November 17th, 2012, 17:11
Last year, Hong Kong residents were finding it hard to get their hands on the latest Apple iGadget even though supply was plentiful. An investigation revealed that most of the iPhones and iPads that made it into HK were being smuggled sans import duties into mainland China—where the devices were yet to be released—by housewives who were paid around USD 6 per smuggled gadget. Earlier this week, 25 of the suspected smugglers went on trial (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/11/16/Smugglers%2Btried%2Bfor%2B162000%2BApple%2Bgadgets/) in Shenzhen city."
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/11/17/0430251/housewives-on-trial-in-china-for-smuggling-in-iphones
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/11/17/0430251/housewives-on-trial-in-china-for-smuggling-in-iphones