# Autonomous vehicles are a dream for drug smugglers — and the law must prepare

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/autonomous-vehicles-are-a-dream-for-drug-smugglers-and-the-law-must-prepare/
- Published: 2022-07-09T10:00:13-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: TNW / Bastian Pudill via Unsplash. Article by Jirka Bulrush. The Next Web – July 7, 2022. This article was originally published on Medium. Level 5 autonomous vehicles (AVs) will allow shipping companies to significantly decrease their costs and their liability as they will no longer need long-haul truck drivers. However, this also applies to smugglers. Trafficking of drugs, people, weapons, and black market goods will all receive a boon from AVs. […] Click here to view original web page at thenextweb.com