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Preferred term

Body Packing  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Concealing of drugs within the gastrointestinal tract or other body orifice for purposes of DRUG SMUGGLING or to avoid detection by law enforcement. Contraband other than drugs is also sometimes smuggled this way. Persons who conceal drugs or other contraband within their body cavities.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Body Pushing
  • Body Stuffing

In other languages

  • French

  • Dissimulation in corpore
  • Dissimulation intracorporelle
  • Transport intracorporel

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Q5GSQNXM-X

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