smokkelhandel / sluikhandel (English: “smuggling”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Smuggling at Sabang’s free port.

Translation

smuggling

Description

Smuggling at Sabang’s free port. In 1930-1934, unheard-of sums were involved. Now less profitable, so less prevalent. Effective suppression requires fast motorboats and a seaplane.

Significance

The term smokkelhandel / sluikhandel is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

See Also

Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 24.