No, you really don't. You understand game mechanics.
A shipment that large would make an unmistakeable and easily traceable impact on whatever region it was delivered to. A barge of slaves... 40,000 people. They don't disappear without someone noticing. That's to say nothing of the farther-reaching effects of a shipment of drugs of that size.
But Freelancer is a simple game, and its simplicity is your defense, not your grasp of subtlety.