Full Throttle

Cases involving the smuggling of luxury cars have not reached Indonesia's courts. How deep is the problem?

May 20, 2003

WELL-DRESSED guests relax at a hotel café in the Block M district of South Jakarta. More guests arrive after afternoon prayers—among them, two prospective car buyers holding data folders. But, these are no ordinary car buyers. They are on the prowl for illegally smuggled luxury cars. Their folders hold bank account statements, to prove that they have enough money to pay for the illicit goods. A dealer approaches the prospective bu

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