The cultural boundary of the undivided Bengal roughly corresponds with the state of West Bengal and present Bangladesh, drained and shaped by the mighty Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river systems. With the partition of India, Bengal was divided in 1947. The western portion fell under the control of India, which created the state of West Bengal, while the eastern section formed East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh, an independent country. The Malda district, situated in the northern part of West Bengal, lies at the interfluves of the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers, bordering Bangladesh.This district is relatively socioeconomically backward and has a high incidence of poverty, especially in border villages. The rivers here appear to overflow and are sluggishly laden with the silt that is deposited to create Char land along the borderline. The Indo-Bangladesh international border is an imposed border without any physical or cultural boundary, which makes it difficult to identify a foreigner on either side, providing ample opportunity for illicit subsistence activities such as the FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) smuggling.The international boundary here flows across both land and rivers and is extremely porous, demarcated through the pillars of the land. Similar topography, language and culture on both sides of the international border play an important role in the emergence of Malda as a hub for FICN smuggling activities. This paper highlights the role of geographical factors in the growth of smuggling activities in and around Malda district, with an emphasis on FICN smuggling and its dissemination among the different police stations that cover the district's C.D. blocks.