Bond is sent by M to investigate a drug-smuggling operation based in Italy that is sending narcotics to England.

It is determined that drug-smuggling operations are a clear and present danger to U.S. national security.

Six defendants, including two former high-level law-enforcement officials, were accused of killing the agent to protect a drug-smuggling operation.

He also operated a multimillion-dollar drug-smuggling operation, law enforcement officials say, moving a ton of cocaine and almost as much marijuana in the last two years.

In fact, most were nothing more than fronts for massive drug-smuggling operations.

The case recalled a big drug-smuggling operation in the late 1970's and early 1980's referred to as the Pizza Connection.

"I thought Ernie and his friends were using the Maria III in some sort of drug-smuggling operation."

Mr. Samra said the Memon family intended to incite chaos because they believed it would help their drug-smuggling operations.

Behind his father's back, Bobby goes undercover inside Vadim's drug-smuggling operation and has a narrow escape.

Gradually the full scope of the drug-smuggling operation dawned on him.