Implies &quot;illegal&quot; of what? The argument was that you can&#x27;t smuggle cash because cash is a legal commodity. That&#x27;s nonsense; you can smuggle anything. The prototype for smuggling is smuggling legal goods so you don&#x27;t have to pay import taxes. Drugs have to be smuggled because they are illegal, but the goods being illegal has nothing to do with what makes smuggling smuggling.