contraband#2
中国警察は，中国を拠点に世界中で暗躍する3大チャイニーズマフィアの構成員19,000人を逮捕したようです。中国当局は，今後も犯罪組織の取締を強化していく構えを見せております。
記事の中で気になった単語は"contraband"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）によると「密輸(品), 密売買(品)」などという意味がありました。ODには"Goods that have been imported or exported illegally"と定義されております。16世紀後半のスペイン語である"contrabanda"に由来するようです。"contra-"は"against"を表し，"bandada"は" proclamation, ban"に対応する単語です。（Ume）
Police make 19,000 triad arrests in Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong
"The message we want to send out to the public is that police have zero tolerance for organised crimes and any other illegal activities," Au Chin-chau, chief superintendent of Hong Kong police's Organised Crime and Triad Bureau told journalists.
Illegal loans were also found to be a new source of income for the gangs, he said.
Reports said 4,343 people, 1,177 of them from mainland China, were arrested by police in Hong Kong, where more than 7,500 properties were searched.
In Hong Kong, police seized $102m Hong Kong dollars ($13m; £8.5m) in cash, along with drugs, pirated DVDs, weapons and contraband cigarettes worth HK$67m.
