| 单词 | black market |
| 例句 | “I’m an Aryan poster girl, remember, Ollie? I don’t help the resistance. I find black market cheese.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Companies arranged kickbacks for buying certain products, and a black market in stolen equipment thrived. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie’s granddad owns a bike shop and he got some black market petrol for her specially when I visited. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It's not finite and contained, like dealing in black market goods or finding Mirjam. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I mean, even Twelve had a black market, right?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Discuss little more than trades in the Hob, which is the black market where I make most of my money. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He had been trying to organize a Kitchen Workers’ Union and had recently charged the camp’s chief steward, a Caucasian, with stealing sugar and meat from the warehouses to sell on the black market. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We also purchase ration books on the black market. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The resistance, the black market—she thinks we’re all one network, sharing information, plotting against the Germans. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z To help some of them conceal their big feet—and their coming growth spurts—Woolf started up a black market in his shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cigarettes must have come from the black market, I thought, and this gave me hope. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But lately without the black market not so many commerçants cross the border and it will be difficult. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was our own wheat. We took some to sell on black market. I cannot steal my own wheat!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Most people would say I trade in the black market, the illicit underground exchange of goods. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z That night, Olanna told Odenigbo, “We need to get some petrol on the black market; we don’t have enough in case anything happens.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You can get good money for it on the black market. Feed your kids for a couple of weeks.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Has she called the Green Police and promised to deliver them a black market worker? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There’s always a black market, there’s always something that can be exchanged. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He talked about his life at home, the black market and how he felt like a worthless bum. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My brothers became very creative in the black market. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “That new fellow on our island—Gupta—he offered a reward for the cub. I’m sure he intended to sell the creature on the black market.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The women were harder to figure out, but I could have opened a black market corner shop with the chocolate and cigarettes they slipped me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I thought then that maybe she bleached it, that hair dye was something else she could get through the black market, but I know now that it really is blond. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis might imprison a black market worker. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “The two girls sell it all on the black market and use the money to buy flashy costume jewelry and cheap perfume.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They would sell this wheat on the black market—yes, that was a good idea. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Now I transport black market goods, but only because it feeds me and my family. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes they are stolen and turn up on a meal-card black market. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Giving away black market goods is any smuggler’s greatest sacrifice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She had to get back to the reserve before she was killed and skinned, with each of her body parts sold on the black market to line that rich man’s pockets with even more rupees. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z But she knew where he was: out selling items to black market merchants. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Most businesses are closed by this time on reaping day, but the black market's still fairly busy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When they reached the blanket, Jiichan stared at Hanako for a moment—her hair—but then hissed with wide eyes, “Every day we will take some wheat to sell on black market.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Some of the soldiers are taking items from the commissary to sell on the black market. They had me sell some cigarettes today.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Even now that there is no real money anymore, there’s still a black market. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually the schools reopened, farm shops sold food, distribution networks sprang up and the black market offered everything from imported drugs to new shoes if you could afford to pay. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Poaching, trading on the black market, mocking the Capitol in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I'm an accidental member of the resistance, and if I am caught, instead of slapping my wrist for black market beer, the Germans could kill me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In the real world, some doctors peddled drugs on the black markets, desperate patients sold their antibiotics to buy food, and stupid pharmacists mixed up prescriptions. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Hanako wasn’t exactly sure why some of these sales had to be made late, but she didn’t ask, because the words “black market” scared her a little. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She knew people sold wheat and rice on the black market, because she had seen it on the tables. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe Miep will be able to scrounge up something on the black market. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She wants to buy needles and thread, fabric and sandals from the camp’s black market. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Now the black market is so much healthier than the legitimate economy I’ve seen people use zaires for repairing cracks in their walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But usually when I'm finding black market objects for people, I begin with a physical description. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When they did steal, none of the loot ever showed up on the black market. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “We will trade butter and sugar on black market for rice!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Because regulation of a legal market is bound to fail when a healthy black market exists for the same product. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z On the way home, we swing by the Hob, the black market that operates in an abandoned warehouse that once held coal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Tomorrow Jiichan was planning to sell the wheat in the locker on the black market while she was at school. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When Queenie turned up unexpectedly during a break in the Manchester Blitz, and they spent three wet and stormy days burning black market petrol up and down the Pennines on Maddie’s Silent Superb. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z What Cubans couldn’t buy in Cuba—unless it was on the black market, and that was usually expensive—had to be brought in from abroad. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z His team’s job is to break up the black markets that have sent prices soaring. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Mentally, I scroll through my list of black market clients, thinking of the artistic ones who might have basement darkrooms. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He could sell it for twenty times its value on the black market, and that's how I know he cares. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He couldn’t let a wave devour her, any more than he could let her be sold on the black market. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “He has no imagination. I can unload plenty of it in the black market if he’ll make a deal.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He was probably a turncoat—a programmer who intentionally coded back doors and security holes into a system he designed, so that he could later sell them on the black market. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Everyone’s trading on the black market; every errand boy has something to offer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes food was available on the black market, but one had to have something to exchange. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Since the banning of books, people had resorted to illegally trading them on the black market. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Good lamb chops ?” “The best,” said Milo, “that the black market has to offer.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When we were most desperate, Father once again asked his friend Wojek, who lived outside the ghetto, to sell one on the black market. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It's one of the harder things for me to track down on the black market. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, is against law. Government tell you what to do with your crop. But I will not listen! We will make more money this way! Sell on black market instead of to government.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I bought myself a nice pair of boots with that money, and even shopped for an electro-bomb on the black market—a weapon that disables guns in its vicinity. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He must have come by this in the same way he came by the magazines, not honestly: it reeks of black market. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Any mugger with even a little initiative is bound to be armed, for in a country like the United States, with a thriving black market in guns, anyone can get hold of one. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She thought he was probably dealing with black market vendors every day. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Milo knows the black market. There’s no demand for cotton.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’d like to cut up his body parts and sell them on the black market. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Papa had taken some of his cash and bought a bag of rice at the black market in Hiroshima. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Years ago it was a warehouse to store coal, but when it fell into disuse, it became a meeting place for illegal trades and then blossomed into a full-time black market. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “So you must be careful. Black market not good place for innocent children. I heard black market are run by gangster. Some children not so innocent; they may go.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The black market is doing a booming business. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Because the candles were nearly impossible to find even on the black market, she blew them out immediately after the prayers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “We got white rice! First we got the butter and sugar, and then Jiichan sold it at the black market!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Is that all right to do? I thought the black market was against the law.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That is, the black market and life in general seemed orderly and organized, and yet the markets were illegal...but totally in the open. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He also made arrangements with his gentile friend Wojek to sell a few of his fine suits on the black market. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He has a cigarette stuck in the corner of his mouth, which shows that he too has something he can trade on the black market. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “To sell her on the black market! You can’t do this, Baba!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Other film lovers have turned to the black market to see the latest Hollywood hits, making for a thriving trade for the dozens of vendors of pirated DVDs in Jakarta's Chinatown. Indonesians bemoan Hollywood blockbuster blackout 2011-06-28T11:15:12Z Thomas Barrow decides to make money by selling food on the black market. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Such institutions, he said, are under increasing pressure to clear their collections of antiquities obtained from dubious dealers or that lack proof that they were neither looted nor funneled through the black market. Museums Begin Returning Artifacts to India in Response to Investigation 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z He also said he traded black market goods with many guards and his commandant. ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and the History in Historical Fiction 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z There will be smart drugs to enhance learning and memory and a flourishing black market among ambitious students to obtain them. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z Thomas Barrow decides to make money by selling food on the black market. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The story follows two male skateboarders in a tumultuous romance, as they become involved with criminals trafficking human blood on the black market. Diego Calva and the Detour That Took Him to ‘Babylon’ 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z After the recent spate of news stories that put the online black market in the spotlight, studios immediately wrangled for the rights to the story. Silk Road: The Movie? 2013-10-17T15:23:22Z In spite of official filtering of the internet, most acts are able to distribute their work through informal channels and on the black market. Beating the ban 2010-03-25T08:04:00Z The black market will only collapse when legal horns are cheaper and easier to obtain than ill-gotten ones and penalties for operating outside the “central selling organization” are severe. Save the rhino! 2013-03-09T20:00:00Z Former statesmen and intelligence analysts appear, warning of an al Qaeda bomb that might one day be built from unregulated fissile materials on black markets. From bomb silo to big screen, an anti-nuclear quest 2011-06-17T06:56:07Z As a child, Abramovich was an orphan and raised by his uncle, and by the age of 21, entered the black market through money he had received from his wife’s parents. What Warren Buffett, Richard Branson and Other Successful People Were Doing at Age 25 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Vikan said he supported something considerably more drastic: “ransoming back” items that show up on the black market to save them from neglect and ensure that they do not disappear. Islamic State Destruction Renews Debate Over Repatriation of Antiquities 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The initial speculation about the motives of a would-be brain thief—was it a student Halloween prank?—eventually turned to the black market. The Black-Market Value of 100 Brains: Less Than One Good Kidney 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Even now, government officials tasked with implementing it worry whether the new smart card system is air-tight enough to squeeze out middlemen working the black market. Egypt's Sisi scores early success with smart cards for bread subsidies 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “There’s an increasing awareness in the public and the art world that there’s a real cost-paying consequence to this kind of theft and black market sales,” he said. Dinosaur Skeleton to Be Returned to Mongolians 2013-05-06T03:00:01Z With its new plan, Blizzard is essentially trying to shut down the black markets and co-opt their business. Critic?s Notebook: In This Video Game, You Can Make Real Cash Through Virtual Trading 2011-08-01T21:35:37Z “It’s one thing to say, ‘Why would I buy black market milk from a guy I don’t know, when I could get good healthy milk from the supermarket?’” Is Weed Church Church? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Along with offers of black market Viagra and come-ons from Nigerian princes with huge bank accounts, pleas from stranded travelers complete the trifecta of online thievery. Social Q?s: The Downside of a Free Lunch 2011-08-18T22:02:58Z And though Chigwandali was one of the lucky ones to get away, others — including children seen as easy targets — have died after being captured and sold to witch doctors and on the black market. With albinism, musician Lazarus finds light in the darkness 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z In Kenya, at least, the rate of elephant kills matched up almost perfectly with black market ivory prices, suggesting that as ivory gets more expensive, more elephants will be killed for their ivory. Poaching could drive elephants to extinction in decades 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Toomes, bitter that Stark is getting even richer by cleaning up his own mess, decides to collect alien weapons to sell on the black market and does so for years until confronted by Spider-Man. 20 Easter Eggs You Probably Didn't Notice in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z But this was an instant satori, the result of a single tablet or sugar cube, sourced on the black market and often taken in unstructured circumstances. Jon Savage on song: The Dovers open their Third Eye 2010-10-04T12:55:00Z They appear to be sold by brokers, by auction, and on the black market. "The Truffle Hunters" filmmakers on the fungi's mystique: "Everything about this world is a secret" 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z One of the points he’s found that most resonates with fellow conservatives is that the black markets cause our communities to be more unsafe. “Stop putting people in jail for a plant”: Republican millennials take on cannabis laws 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z And “The Traffickers” investigates the seamy side of the black market. What’s on TV Sunday: Donald J. Trump on ‘60 Minutes’ 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Unlike hearts, kidneys, eyeballs, and livers, there is no black market in brains for the rather straightforward reason that there’s no way to perform a transplant. The Black-Market Value of 100 Brains: Less Than One Good Kidney 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z But if there’s no supermarket around, he said, the “black market looks pretty good.” Is Weed Church Church? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z The consensus on Vancouver’s cannabis-focused Reddit feeds is that the legal market is struggling to attract buyers because its product is more expensive but lower in quality than the black market alternative. 'The legal stuff is garbage': why Canada's cannabis black market keeps thriving 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z As the bodies are being counted, the new U.S. administration determines that these horrific attacks are somehow connected to Dr. Shah, who sells weapons of mass destruction on the black market. Review | Hillary Clinton’s thriller with Louise Penny is a thinly veiled jab at a Very Stable Genius 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z They’ve been married for nearly 50 years, and she remembers when pelts helped put food on the table and meals included raccoon meat that they also sold on the black market. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Even the sitcom-standard high jinks — dealing with the black market for medicine, inventing a fictional officer in order to donate his pay to an orphanage — were forms of protest. ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In the episode with the Sea Captain, he takes the crew to an underground black market, where Pip spends a while reading "Fifty Shades of Grey." After a dystopian "mandemic," the wacky "Creamerie" pokes at the remaining "inequities among women" 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Provinces with more stores per capital will dampen their black markets best. Legal cannabis vs. black market: Can it compete? 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z But with increased processing and testing costs, and a decrease on the number of plants a medical grower can produce, patients are likely to seek cannabis products in a more shadowy place – the black market. How legal cannabis actually made things worse for sick people in Oregon 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z With injections of adulterated streptomycin purchased on the black market, she recovered. Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano and Dissident, Dies at 86 2012-12-11T21:14:19Z His Jewish father survived the war by profiting from the black market, perhaps through German contacts maintained by his Belgian wife. Patrick Modiano's Nobel in Literature: The Swedes Got It Right 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Most mobsters, both in real life and on-screen, are generally capitalists of the black market ilk: business owners who exploit their own workers, and have little compunction for their worker's own rights or freedoms. Why the left loves Martin Scorsese movies – especially right now 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z But in the heyday of Beatlemania, real vinyl discs were only available on the black market and, even then, they changed hands for very large sums of money. Beatles for sale: The vinyl underground in the USSR 2012-10-05T07:06:49Z Human Organs It used to be considered an urban legend, but yes, there is a robust black market for human organs which often involves violence. 6 things money shouldn’t be able to buy 2012-12-11T15:49:00Z But the black market fills the gap, with handymen who will tweak your radio to get Chinese stations, and with illegal thumb drives full of South Korean soap operas. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z They're worth a lot more money on the black market than they are if you melt them down. Banda black market suspected as Calif tubas vanish 2012-03-08T20:24:08Z Once at the casino, they receive free vouchers for food and gaming, which they then sell for forty dollars or so on the black market. The Search for a Missing Brother on the Casino-Bus Circuit in Queens 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z They likely want to avoid the fate of the 2004 parody film "Soul Plane," which prompted an FBI investigation after pirated copies flooded the black market weeks before its release. Leaked "Vampires Suck" hits 100,000 downloads 2010-08-18T01:54:00Z The beans inside, and variants of them, are said to sell for as much as $350 a pound in Europe and the United States — and, because of their scarcity, even more on the black market. Perspective | Does this rare coffee taste like poop to you? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z “As a reader, being given entry by Williams into this underworld, privy to the secret knowledge of a black market, is a thrill.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Meat, once a staple for many, has become a luxury for all but a few and prices are soaring on a thriving black market. Far from war's front lines, life in Syria is still tough 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Some of those movies were set in the immediate postwar period, such as “Sentence: Eighteen Years,” about yakuza gangs operating in the black market. Noboru Ando, 89, Mobster and Film Star in Japan, Dies 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z He also paints a dark future of world without software-based compression algorithms: “There will be nothing short of a catastrophe — data shortages, data rationing, data black markets,” or, more succinctly, “Datageddon!” 'Silicon Valley' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Datageddon 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z As Venezuela gorged on imports and prices ballooned, Chávez and his handpicked successor, the witless ideologue Nicolás Maduro, kept forcing price controls that further discouraged domestic industry, spawning huge shortages and extortionate black markets. The Disaster That Is Venezuela 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The rise of global terrorism, the expanding nuclear club, the increased availability of fissile material on the black market: all point to a higher likelihood of nuclear attack than ever before. Film: Two New Films About the Nuclear Threat 2010-07-18T01:33:00Z He last was in theaters in 2002's "The Sum of All Fears," about black market nuclear weapons and a white supremacy conspiracy with Ben Affleck as the spy. Clancy's Cold War hero Jack Ryan gets film reboot with familiar foe 2014-01-17T23:48:35Z Oregon faces another consequence of pot businesses closing up shop: leftover weed could end up on the black market. How do you move mountains of unwanted weed? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z According to the World Health Organization, he writes, “about 10 percent of world organ transplants are obtained on the black market.” Books of The Times: Need a Kidney? A Skull? Just Bring Cash 2011-06-16T21:02:31Z Chavez's hand-picked successor, President Nicolas Maduro, blames the shortages on rapacious smugglers who scoop up price-controlled goods, including shampoo, to resell them on the local black market or even in neighboring Colombia. Beauty-obsessed Venezuelans hunt for scarce makeup, implants 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Locals joke, for example, that the only reason to work for the state, given the average monthly wage of $30, is to steal produce to sell on the black market. Cuban graffiti artists bring social critique to Havana's walls 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Both were stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan during its civil war and ended up on the black market. Looted art back in Afghan museum 2012-07-19T12:10:56Z Cities, law enforcement and the hundreds of licensed and regulated weed dispensaries tend to view this as part of the black market. Is Weed Church Church? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Many experts believe the smuggling of illicit fragments became a black market routine. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Karl, “a pragmatist by nature,” finds himself drawn to the black market. Books of The Times: One Jewish Family in 2 Worlds, Outsiders in Both 2011-04-10T19:00:16Z Others were sucked into a nether world of buying the same pills on the black market or switching to heroin to meet the craving for ever higher doses. These mothers saw the opioid epidemic before anyone else. No one listened 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z After complications from hormones bought on the black market, Samantha had to halt her transition, left to hope she could resume someday. Review: ‘Mala Mala’ Shares Experiences of Being Transgender in Puerto Rico 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The animals now number a scant half-million, and conservationists say as many as 35,000 are dying annually to feed the global black market in tusks. New limits on ivory sales set off wide concerns 2014-03-21T04:59:29Z Nowhere is the competition for tables more cutthroat than in New York City, where a black market in restaurant reservations already exists online. Getting a Good Table by Flicking an App, Not Greasing a Palm 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z His real life – professional diver turned model turned music video dancer turned black market salesman turned actor – has been far more varied than his film career. Jason Statham: our last action hero (50 million Facebook fans can't be wrong) 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z “The classic period of the black market,” the voiceover calls it, an ugly scuttle of murky characters and fraught borders, an impoverished place carved up by predatory powers. Why The Third Man is an essential primer for no-deal Brexit 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Evil lab assistant sells embryos on baby black market; evil doctor fertilises eggs with own sperm to create own private colony of children; evil research director conducts clandestine experiments to grow babies full-term ex-uterus ... IVF: 'I had the dread feeling that I was part of some greater experiment' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z And a series of guided tours titled “The Joy of Subversion” will visit sites once occupied by East Berlin’s black markets, where Western goods were secretly traded. Heads Up: Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall 2011-05-27T18:55:11Z The unit is credited with having returned to Italy thousands of art pieces, effectively thwarting “the black market in archaeological artifacts,” explains a panel on display. In Rome, a New Museum for Recovered Treasures Before They Return Home 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z It’s set in Bavaria in 1948, ingeniously using Twain’s plot to deal with the black market. Hospital, Children’s Film Festival Seattle join for 11-day program 2013-01-17T20:23:48Z It shows that, wherever impunity and lucrative black markets overlap, violence is useful and easy. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “Around here. a 25 milligram pill costs 25 bucks on the black market,” Greenagel says. Teen heroin use on the rise 2012-08-31T15:24:00Z Her four nervous grandparents wondered why this extra piece of luggage couldn’t stay at home with them; they were certain that Yael would end up for sale on the international black market. Journeys: Traveling in Southeast Asia With a Rock-Star Baby 2010-12-17T20:45:37Z And it was just shocking the size and scale of this black market operation. From skydiving planes to DEA moles, "The Syndicate" explores the fall of a marijuana-smuggling ring 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z But initial investigations hint at a much bigger operation involving several employees at Rome’s main hub bent on stealing artworks to sell on the black market. Police Say Rome Airport Workers Ran Art-Theft Ring 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z He fuelled a black market that robs specimens from science and the public alike. On the trail of the dinosaur rustlers 2013-01-19T20:00:04Z Steven Spielberg and Bruce Springsteen were among those watching and tickets for the new adaptation are reportedly changing hands for thousands of dollars on the black market. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z "It is the fastest growing black market industry in the world. It is easier sometimes to traffic humans than to traffic drugs," said Anderson. Actress Gillian Anderson says horror of child trafficking cast her in real-life role 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z While fentanyl made by pharmaceutical companies is sometimes diverted to the black market, since 2013 the distribution of illicitly manufactured fentanyl has risen to unprecedented levels. Deadly new trend: Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids sold as counterfeits 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “In the last few years we noticed new pieces of scrolls and parchments arrive on the black market,” said Oren Gutfeld, an archaeologist at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A new generation takes up the hunt for Dead Sea Scrolls 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z As a teenager in downtown Seattle, he’d covered the Occupy movement, Juggalos, the online black market known as Silk Road and Seattle’s rap scene for his student newspaper. He Had an R.V., a Camera and a Plan to Document America. Was That Enough? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Park is a young woman whose father was a cigarette smuggler and black market trader. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Jähner inevitably explores the postwar economic situation, too, showing how strictly controlled ration cards yielded a flourishing black market. Rubble and Repression: An Intimate Look at Germany in the Decade After Hitler 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z “Advertisers want young eyeballs,” he said, “and not just the ones Rupert Murdoch buys on the black market.” Stephen Colbert Introduces Himself As CBS's New Late Show Host 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Tess starts to look for ways to find the pills on the black market. The reality of life in a "Dopesick" country: "It is just a state of misery" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Finally, New York was emerging as a thriving black market for the spoils of piracy. Design: Skull and Crossbones as Branding Tool 2011-05-01T16:56:02Z Red Guards quietly pocketed the sensitive works they confiscated; a “thriving black market” in such material sprang up. In the heat of the sun 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Her overdose was on fentanyl, which she thought was heroin; she had turned to the black market after her doctors caught her two-timing her prescriptions. Nan Goldin Survived an Overdose to Fight the Opioid Epidemic 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z There’s also Luis, an amiable slum resident who Mr. Alpert misses on one visit because he’s doing prison time for working the black market — an activity he cheerfully returns to on his release. Review: ‘Cuba and the Cameraman’ Lavishes Love on a Country … and Castro 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z "Exported and sold illicitly on the black market in antiquities," he writes, "thanks to a great act of generosity, they will now return to Kabul." The Begram ivories: Rescuing Afghanistan's lost history 2011-02-27T00:05:25Z News Desk Easy Targets Tracking stolen firearms through the black market, from gun-store thefts to crime scenes. The Best New Yorker Visual and Interactive Stories of 2019 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “The restrictions increase the appeal of ivory on the black market, causing security concerns,” she said. Restrictions on instruments strikes sour note 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z When the country began opening its borders in the 1950s, looters ransacked the Kathmandu Valley’s temples to feed the black market’s growing interest in the region, which surged again in the 1980s. Dallas Museum of Art to Return Sacred Statue to Nepal 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z They described Prokopi as "a one-man black market in prehistoric fossils". It's goodbye Lenin, hello dinosaur as fossils head to Mongolia museum 2013-01-27T18:48:07Z She uses her job as a means of getting drugs — she's a junkie — and as a way of securing "goods" for her side hustle selling organs on the black market. In comedy-thriller "12 Hour Shift," blood and chaos reigns as a murderer terrorizes a hospital 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Other opponents said a ban would demonise the working classes and lead to a black market in the trade of cigarettes that would be potentially more dangerous than their legal equivalent. Doctors vote for ban on UK cigarette sales to those born after 2000 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Channel 4 Ivory fetches huge prices on the Chinese black market, but the price on African tourism, the local economy, and on the survival of a species in Tanzania may be even higher. Unreported World | Liza and Huey's Pet Nation | Over the Raindow | Dancing with the Stars and more | Watch this 2010-03-26T06:45:00Z At one point, more than a dozen of his paintings hit the black market when someone stole 13 reference paintings from Ross's van during the show's second season. 35 happy little facts about Bob Ross 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z It has been, however, likened to selling other organs on the black market, or to genetic testing on populations that are poor and undereducated. Selling my eggs to make rent 2013-02-03T18:00:00Z "Steroids" heads into the illicit industry of steroid abuse in the world of body building, specifically focusing on an influencer who has styled himself as a guru of black market enhancement drugs. Nat Geo's "Trafficked" delves into the criminal underworld, while putting its reporter at risk 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z There is also an active black market, with items like USB sticks containing foreign media; makeup; and “prohibited clothing.” Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The black market for reviews is, despite Amazon’s pledges to fight it, vast and largely out of the company’s control. The Secret Life of Amazon’s Vine Reviewers 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Nelufar Hedayat reveals the dark underbelly of the black market as she follows the supply chain for everything from human organs to counterfeit guns. What’s on TV Sunday: Donald J. Trump on ‘60 Minutes’ 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The official exchange rate was so ridiculously high that even fancy hotels were forced to work with the black market if they wanted to stay in business. Gustavo Dudamel, Gabriela Montero sound 2 different notes on Venezuela 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z This week's task is to hang, disembowel each other and sell the entrails to the highest bidder on the black market. The Apprentice; Bankers – TV review 2013-05-23T06:00:10Z They appeared in great numbers on the black market in the 1990s. African Art Is Under Threat in Djenne-Djenno 2012-08-02T12:00:00Z But in its indictment, the Justice Department never said that Bernardini had attempted to sell the manuscripts on the black market or publish pirated versions. The End of a Book World Mystery: A Suspect in Manuscript Thefts to Plead Guilty 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z "Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market," she laughs. Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z Unesco warned in 2020 that the development of online sales platforms and social networks had facilitated the illicit sale of antiquities and that existing regulations had failed to stem the black market. Congress Poised to Apply Banking Regulations to Antiquities Market 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z The book, published in 1993, is about a former British soldier who ends up going undercover as part of a sting against a black market weapons dealer. BBC to adapt Le Carre's Night Manager 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z But the banned book continued to thrive in a vibrant black market. Formerly banned sex manual to go under the hammer in Edinburgh 2013-01-03T18:02:57Z A young novelist investigates a rare-book dealer who dabbles in the black market. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z There's the biochemist in Mexico cooking black market fentanyl who insists that none of the product he makes has ever killed anyone. Nat Geo's "Trafficked" delves into the criminal underworld, while putting its reporter at risk 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z A physique that was anything more than gaunt proclaimed its owner a user of the black market, and the loss of fingernails and toenails to malnutrition was dubbed “la maladie à la mode.” Review | A look back at the elegant highs and the wartime lows of the French Riviera 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z "It's easy to move around, easy to enter the black market," said Anthony Roman, a New York-based security expert. Stolen art can be burden without connections 2012-10-18T15:42:08Z A philanthropic donor in London recently discovered the items on the black market, and purchased them explicitly to return them to the museum in Kabul. Lost and Found: Afghan Treasures Reunite at the British Museum 2011-03-27T06:35:00Z Roe has overturned and now we're looking at the return of black market abortion. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z With all this talk of IEDs, insurgencies, collaborators, black markets, and occupying forces I’m reminded of something else. Colony: sci-fi show realistically depicts America under occupation – by aliens 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z This was the era of the corruptly alluring spiv, the postwar black market and the reaction against socialist austerity fostered by a combination of the rightwing press and the subversive Ealing Comedy. Ill Manors – review 2012-06-09T23:08:05Z The artist and first-time film director is unconcerned with the effect on ticket sales, instead praising the ingenuity of black market sellers who have made illegal copies of her film, Women Without Men. Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z In this case, Rebecca finds herself at the helm of a food drive that steers her into the black market of canned foods. ‘The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska’ review: Hometown zaniness 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z “Experience tells us that this is exactly what the black market in looted antiquities always looks like,” prosecutors said in their filing. Judge Orders Return of Ancient Limestone Relief to Iran 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z He devotes most of his energy, however, to getting to the bottom of who is responsible for ripping out the heart of the Crown and selling it on the black market. ?People Who Eat Darkness?: The disappearing blonde 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z Nelufar Hedayat reveals the underbelly of the black market as she follows the supply chain for human organs, counterfeit guns and more. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘The Hollow Crown’ 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Even top restaurants depend on supplies from the black market in order to provide enough food for nightly guests. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Persistent, and desperate, Cassie blackmails her for the spot saying she knows that Carol sells "buddy passes" and that everyone calls her "black market Carol" because of it. "The Flight Attendant:" Don't mace Brenda 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Multiple times, he was nearly arrested and saved only by the fake ID card Sonia got for him on the black market, which said he was a Catholic named Henri Classe. I could never understand my grandmother's sadness – until I learned her tragic story 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Several Canadian provinces cut their cannabis-revenue forecasts because of a slow start caused by supply shortages and higher prices compared with the black market. Weed ban means no Rocky Mountain high for Canada's Calgary Stampede 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z You can probably buy kidneys on the black market for that. Cine-files: The Prince Charles Cinema, London 2013-01-15T16:30:00Z One is a failure of regulation in the pharmaceutical industry; the other is retail innovation in the black market. Poppy love 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z These were all commodities that could not be found in even the shadiest black market in Spain. Brexit broke my heart: I’m British, Spanish and now completely lost 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Cuba’s rules and regulations are constantly in flux, followed with extreme corruption and a prosperous black market that locals must depend on to live their daily lives. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Greed powers the black market, and unscrupulous traders smuggle dirty gold to American companies, while using it to launder money. Exposing Shady Gold Traders, Illegal Gun Traffickers and Government Lies 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z And when available, imports that are sold at a steep markup by the state or on the black market may be too expensive for those on an average state wage of $30 per month. In Cuba, condom use stretches far beyond sex 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The characters become involved in espionage, the black market and other colorful experiences. In ‘Warlight,’ Echoes of Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’ 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z “The wealth illicitly accumulated allowed him to buy on the black market two Van Gogh paintings of unquantifiable value,” police said. Italian alleged mobster linked to Van Goghs is held in Dubai 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z For Amazon, Vine is a legitimate, or at least sanctioned, alternative to one of the churning black markets that have manifested around the company. The Secret Life of Amazon’s Vine Reviewers 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Pirate DVDs of the film, however, are available on the black market across Iran for as little as 50 pence. Iran to sue Hollywood for 'distorting image' of Islamic republic 2013-03-12T17:11:51Z In fact, the manuscripts do not appear to wind up on the black market at all, or anywhere on the dark web, and no ransoms have been demanded. The Mystery of the Disappearing Manuscripts 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z In war-torn Japan, Ando watched people line up to purchase cheap bowls of noodles from stands in black markets. How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success stories of all time 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z He drew inspiration from artifacts of capitalist entertainment found on the black market, like rock records. Istvan Banyai, Illustrator Who Mined the Surreal, Dies at 73 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Erythropoietin, or EPO, had been acquired on the black market by riders well before it became approved for kidney patients and for AIDS-related anemia. Books of The Times: ‘Cycle of Lies’ Details the Fall of Lance Armstrong 2014-03-11T19:43:21Z Even better, Kim paid Chinese smugglers to import hundreds of DVDs of the series into North Korea for sale on the black market. Planning for the future: how design students got serious 2010-07-13T13:18:00Z Someone, they believe, is breaking into high schools from the east side of Los Angeles to the shores of Manhattan Beach and stealing expensive tubas to supply a fast-growing black market for banda music. Banda black market suspected as Calif tubas vanish 2012-03-08T20:24:08Z From the first scene, when her father wrangles a carp on the black market, we understand what a colorless, strange place she inhabits. Comics: 'Marzi: A Memoir' 2011-11-17T18:04:04Z But short story collections and works by little-known debut writers have been attacked as well, even though they would have no obvious value on the black market. The Mystery of the Disappearing Manuscripts 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “A product that drove people to the black market is now creating a new global market,” intones a cinematic Med Men ad released earlier this year, directed by Spike Jonze. Pairs Well With Weed 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But as filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw show, this insular world is rife with competition, a vibrant black market, and class issues. "The Truffle Hunters" filmmakers on the fungi's mystique: "Everything about this world is a secret" 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Kidnapping and violence are fuelled by a lucrative black market; Lazarus tells a story about a near-miss of his own with a would-be trafficker. How a Busker Became an International Advocate for People with Albinism 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Moreover, some physicians have been responsible not only for overprescribing, but also, in certain high-profile cases, flooding the black market with pills. The Unlikely Comeback of the ‘Pill-Popping Dermatologist’ 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z “You can see also it’s a black market. It’s very dangerous.” Melania Trump discusses the opioid epidemic, media coverage and those red Christmas trees 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Someone has been visiting a specialist library and slicing out pages to sell on the black market. Crime fiction: welcome returns by Brunetti and Anna Pigeon 2014-04-09T19:30:37Z Awareness of the problem expanded further 20 years ago when antiquities looting during the Iraq war made clear the scope of that black market. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z But they may also sell them on the black market for a fraction of their true value, or ask insurers for money in exchange for returning them. Dutch police investigating art heist probe tips 2012-10-17T18:31:04Z He made a grubstake of, by all accounts, selling black market blue jeans and computers. Alex Gibney on "Citizen K": Real-life thriller of an oligarch who turned against Vladimir Putin 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Anyone who expected the art to appear rapidly on the black market or to be used for some kind of ransom was disappointed. Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The shop will be themed as the fortress-like museum’s shipping and receiving garage that doubles as a “shady black market,” according to Nerdist. What to expect from Disney’s new ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ ride 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The items were seized by customs officials and the Art and Antiques Unit of the Metropolitan Police as they passed through Britain, presumably for sale on the black market. Looted art back in Afghan museum 2012-07-19T12:10:56Z Purdue and other drug makers paint those who became dependent on opioids, and then sought pills on the black market or were drawn into dealing to pay for drugs, as criminals unworthy of compensation. 'They're drug dealers in Armani suits': executives draw focus amid US epidemic 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Over the past 30 years, around 70% of the artifacts housed in Kabul's National Museum have been destroyed or looted and smuggled out of the country and onto the black market. Lost and Found: Afghan Treasures Reunite at the British Museum 2011-03-27T06:35:00Z In the Department of Energy, which oversees international nuclear risk, understaffing means there might not be enough inspectors to track down black market uranium. Michael Lewis’s Next Book Promises to Be a Page-Turner — About Government Bureaucracy 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z However, she said it will be "virtually impossible" to sell such prominent paintings on the open market, and typically, stolen art fetches lower prices on the black market. Paintings worth millions stolen from Paris museum 2010-05-21T02:55:00Z After that, her liver failed, which doctors attributed to, at least in part, her use of black market hormones. The Extravagant Life of Hector Xtravaganza 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Independent experts say that the money paid for the objects probably fueled a black market for antiquities that is exploited by terrorist groups, among others. Perspective | The new Bible museum tells a clear, powerful story. And it could change the museum business. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z He is part of a gang of young boys sneaking beers in cabaret bars and stealing mangoes from local gardens to sell on the black market. A French-Rwandan Rap Star Turned Novelist From Burundi 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z But there’s not much finger-pointing at the museums and collectors that — inadvertently or not — fueled that black market. In Rome, a New Museum for Recovered Treasures Before They Return Home 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The looting of cultural heritage sites in countries like Syria and Iraq has resulted in a growing black market for Middle Eastern antiquities. Congress Poised to Apply Banking Regulations to Antiquities Market 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Ek defended Spotify as a reliable generator of royalties and — his longtime pitch to the industry — a way to lure customers from the black market of illegal downloads. ArtsBeat: At Lawyers' Luncheon, a Chilly Reception for Spotify's Chief 2012-02-11T02:58:23Z To prevent poachers from killing the animals and selling their horns on the black market. Whether you’re vegan or meat eater, this big-game hunting doc will make you squirm 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The title character in “Mlima’s Tale,” which will run March 27 through May 20, is an elephant caught in the world’s black market for ivory. A New Play by Lynn Nottage, and More, Coming Soon to the Public Theater 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z This mostly exists as an underground/black market economy, albeit one that has support of some oncologists. Ricki Lake on “Weed the People”: “It’s not about getting high, it’s about children dyin... 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Eisenberg denounced the unlicensed excavators who plundered ancient artifacts, smuggled them to other countries and sold them on the black market or camouflaged their provenance. Jerome M. Eisenberg, Expert on Antiquities Both Real and Fake, Dies at 92 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Locals joke, for example, that the only reason to work for the state, given the average monthly wage of $30, is to steal produce to sell on the black market. Cuban graffiti artists bring social critique to Havana's walls 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z So there was a big black market in bags of crusts. Remembering artist Kurt Schwitters 2013-01-29T08:12:45Z But during the Turkish invasion of 1974, thousands of religious artefacts – including this one – disappeared from the north of the island, allegedly sold on the black market. Boy George returns lost icon to Cyprus church 2011-01-20T12:32:42Z The FDA advisory committee hopes this will also prevent the drug from entering the black market. New ketamine-related drug could be ‘watershed’ in treating depression 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Alcohol was considered the gateway, but the black market is the real gateway drug. “Stop putting people in jail for a plant”: Republican millennials take on cannabis laws 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z In 2016, Congress rewrote federal law in a way that severely constrained the D.E.A.’s ability to keep prescription painkillers out of the black market after a two-year, $106 million lobbying push from the drug industry. ‘Dopesick’ Uses Drama, and Michael Keaton, to Give the Opioid Crisis a Human Face 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z As a reader, being given entry by Williams into this underworld, privy to the secret knowledge of a black market, is a thrill. The Bizarre Tale of the ‘Dinosaur Artist’ Who Trafficked in Stolen Fossils 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z "In the past they have accused us bakers of stealing and working in the black market for flour," Eid said. Egypt's Sisi scores early success with smart cards for bread subsidies 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The Public isn’t letting much slip about it, but the story begins in a Kenyan game park and travels through the greedy, global black market for ivory. 22 Musicals, Plays, Concerts, Dances and Festivals You Can’t Miss This Spring 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z A Public Health Issue In the black market fish world, the poachers usually sell their illegal harvest to a buyer, someone like Sammy, who acts as a middleman. Inside New York City's Fishy Black Market 2010-06-25T19:35:00Z She began taking the powerful painkiller in 2014 to alleviate wrist pain and quickly became addicted, increasing her intake of pills, seeking out black market sources and finally moving to other drugs. Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z He recently completed work on his first novel, “New York Jack,” about a black market organ broker. He can be reached at stustrum@yahoo.com. The tragedy of American organ donations: So many more people could be saved 2014-03-23T14:00:00Z The poverty left behind by the war still looms, as does resentment toward the few families who got wealthy off the fascist-era black market and now rule like tiny royal houses. Review: ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Is an Intimate Epic 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z It was the temple giving way as looters chopped out columns to sell on the black market — followed by screams of people trapped in the stone debris. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z And bakers are widely accused of siphoning off flour to sell on the black market, profiting while running up the government's bills. Egypt's Sisi scores early success with smart cards for bread subsidies 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Selling food on the black market doesn't stop at back-alley cheese — one of the most decadent targets for culinary-minded criminals is truffles. 17 of the Most Unusual Heists in History 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z BBC Three investigates the black market in cut price 'skinny jabs' and asks: are they what they claim to be? The online black market cashing in on weight loss jab hype 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Once there is a shortage of foreign exchange, people have to turn to alternative sources, such as the black market. Weak currencies force up cost of living in Sub-Saharan Africa 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Proponents say the measure will return tax revenue for pot purchases now going to neighboring states where it’s legal, and help thwart the black market. Voters are deciding whether to make Ohio the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z On fentanyl, Newsom said the two men discussed so-called “precursor chemicals” that make their way through the black market from China to Mexico and then into the U.S. as deadly pills. Newsom meets with President Xi Jinping in Beijing amid troubled U.S.-China ties 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Three years ago, federal prosecutors said, Christy Corvalan, a Bronx pharmacy owner, sent a photo of black market HIV medication to the man who had sold it to her. 10 charged in $20 million scheme to sell black market HIV drugs 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z As pharmacies across the UK struggled to get hold of the medication, an illicit black market selling semaglutide "diet kits" began to flourish online. The online black market cashing in on weight loss jab hype 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z That had meant such importers turned to the black market, forcing up prices. Weak currencies force up cost of living in Sub-Saharan Africa 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z He adds that it’s unusual for so much material to be removed from government lands, and that many people likely aren’t aware of the scale of the black market on U.S. dinosaur specimens. U.S. charges poaching ring allegedly involved in massive Utah dinosaur bone heist 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Nearly a year after federal investigators unveiled a sweeping investigation into the black market sales of stolen catalytic converters, three relatives in Sacramento have pleaded guilty to their role in the scheme. A Sacramento mother and two sons plead guilty in $600-million catalytic converter conspiracy 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z There have been no suggestions that AOG parts reached the black market. Analysis: Hunt for suspect jet engine parts spurs call for regulation 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Christopher Snowdon, head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs think tank, told the BBC the policy if implemented would lead to "massive black markets". Rishi Sunak defends plan to ban smoking for younger generation 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The pound is traded at about 39 to the dollar on the black market. Egypt says IMF agrees to merge first two reviews of reform program 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Hicatees are often sold on the black market for their meat, considered a delicacy in Central America. They move in herds? A surprising discovery upends what we know about turtles. 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Sayrafa had helped control the spiraling black market that has controlled the Lebanese economy, but it has been depleting the country’s foreign currency reserves. IMF warns Lebanon that the country is still facing enormous challenges years after a meltdown began 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Hansen and others caution against obtaining psilocybin cheaper on the black market or tripping alone. Thousands sign up to experience magic mushrooms as Oregon’s novel psilocybin experiment takes off 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z But some critics of the policy say it could lead to the creation of a "black market". Rishi Sunak defends plan to ban smoking for younger generation 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z "We were not getting customers. Ninety percent were going to black market dealers, cutting our supply of foreign exchange," Bostan explained. Pakistan's military helps stifle currency black market to stabilise rupee 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z An exultant Milei signed his autograph on 500-peso bills, which are worth less than $1 in the black market, a reflection of how the local currency has depreciated over the past year. Argentine inflation keeps soaring, putting the government on the defensive as elections near 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z “Ending the black market for illegal labor will open up jobs for Americans. Raising the minimum wage will allow Americans filling those jobs to better support their families. Our bill does both.” GOP senators propose $11 minimum wage coupled with immigration restriction 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z A Kenyan hospital employee who was caught by the BBC selling a baby on the black market has been convicted of child trafficking. Kenyan baby stealer convicted after BBC expose 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, The Associated Press reported that in places like Oregon, “it’s an open secret some licensed growers have funneled product to the out-of-state black market just to stay afloat.” Cannabis industry no longer riding high: Job losses, supply imbalances, dwindling profits hit sector 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z High inflation and chronic external deficits lie at the heart of the currency's problem, and closing off people's access to black market dollars risks storing up pent-up demand. Pakistan's military helps stifle currency black market to stabilise rupee 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z But a thriving black market frequently gets them to China, where they are a delicacy. Traffickers plead guilty to smuggling over $10,000 in endangered sea cucumbers 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Now the the executive director of the Transinclusive Group in Wilton Manors, Florida, Williams remembers being hospitalized for a collapsed lung after receiving black market silicone injections for her breasts. Transgender adults are worried about finding welcoming spaces to live in their later years 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Its currency, the lira, which had been pegged at 1,500 to the dollar for a quarter century, now goes for around 90,000 on the black market. Four years into crisis, Lebanon’s leaders hope tourism boom will help bypass reforms in IMF bailout 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z “The black market is beating the legal market everywhere.” Cannabis industry no longer riding high: Job losses, supply imbalances, dwindling profits hit sector 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Tens of millions of dollars have poured back into Pakistan's interbank and openmarkets, dealers say, since raids on black market operators began on Sept. 6. Pakistan's military helps stifle currency black market to stabilise rupee 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z An art recovery expert tells the BBC that, despite security, museum thefts are common, and the onward journey of these stolen items can range from selling them in the black market to melting antiquities down. British Museum: How easy is it to steal from a museum? 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z U.S. dollars kept trading in the black market, and the government lifted the ban. Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar’s dominance. But what’s the alternative? 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z "With it being illegal, this encourages the black market, and those people haven't got the the welfare of young people in mind," she added. Ellie Rowe ketamine death: 10 years on and not much change - mum 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Officials hope their plan will help push back the black market, protect consumers against contaminated products and reduce drug-related crime. Germany’s Cabinet is set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis possession and sale 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Argentina's currency controls, which tightly limit access to dollars, have stoked a flourishing black market for foreign currency where greenbacks command over twice the official price, distorting import and export markets. Argentine farmers back conservatives in election, hoping for freer markets 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Until his murder in prison two weeks ago, Michael Torres ran one of the most intricate and lucrative black market businesses in L.A. Enforcer for slain Mexican Mafia member stabbed to death in L.A. County jail 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Critics said the ban could lead to what is essentially a black market for the drugs. Putin’s Crackdown Leaves Transgender Russians Bracing for Worse 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Iraq's central bank says the dinar's depreciation is tied to merchants, including some undertaking illegitimate financial transactions, sourcing currency from the black market rather than the official platform. Sanctioned Iraqi banks say they are ready to face audit, warn of dinar slide 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Gustavo who rents out an apartment for $1,500 a month for temporary stays via a local real estate broker said he accepted pesos, but at the black market rate. Insight: Some Airbnb hosts try to beat Argentina's inflation with dollar rates and tax avoidance 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z There is also a proposal to tackle the black market that surrounds these purchases and do more research about their impact and use. Loot boxes: Games companies agree to restrict access in UK 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Until his murder in prison two weeks ago, Michael Torres ran one of the most intricate and lucrative black market businesses in L.A. Enforcer for slain Mexican Mafia member stabbed to death in L.A. County jail 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Another negative consequence of that could be the emergence of an unregulated black market of gender-affirming care, he said in a phone interview from Lithuania. Russian lawmakers move to further restrict transgender rights in new legislation 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z People sell petrol in plastic bottles in the black market; women hawk vegetables under garden umbrellas; shops selling bedsheets, shoes, stationary and toys do business and there are small queues outside cash machines. Manipur: Murders and mayhem tearing apart an Indian state 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Doctors who perform such procedures say the ban could stimulate a black market for substitute hormones, further endangering patient health. Trans advocates in Russia brace for proposed gender surgery ban 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z And then there is the biggest concern: The potential emergence of a ticketing black market, as has happened at the Colosseum, another enormously popular tourist site. In Line? Online? Either Way, a Ticket to Frustration for Pantheon Tourists 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z But there may be a much larger number of instances where a gun is stolen from a less-than-vigilant owner, passed through the black market for firearms and used in multiple crimes. The epidemic of stolen guns | Horsey cartoon 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The site's precise location must be kept secret to prevent people looking for treasure to sell on the black market. Dorchester father and son detectorists find 14 axe heads 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Generally, stolen converters that are sold on the black market end up in the hands of recyclers who extract the valuable metals inside. Towing Company Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Catalytic Converter Scheme 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z They then resell the goods on the black market, generally at online auction sites, flea markets, to other retailers or even to third-party merchants on major e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon.com and Walmart.com. Explainer: 'Organized' retail crime: a 'multi-billion dollar problem' 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z "If I want dollars, I have to buy on the black market, which is expensive," said Arouluwa Ojo, a student in Nigeria's capital Lagos taking online lessons with a British university. Analysis: Dollar drought haunts frontier economies 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The peso, leashed by currency controls, is depreciating steadily with a flourishing black market for dollars at a much higher price. Argentina's election line-up twist a boost for markets, adds spice to IMF talks 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z In Thursday’s morning trading in Myanmar’s currency black market. the kyat slipped to around 3,050 to the dollar from the previous day’s rate of 2,970. Foes of Myanmar’s military regime applaud new US sanctions, but want action to block gas revenues 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The email threatened students and staff by telling them their personal data would be sold on the black market if the university did not resolve the situation. University of Manchester: Students and staff sent data leak threat 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, police identified groups of shoplifters stealing goods not for personal consumption, but with the aim of reselling them in large quantities on the black market. Explainer: 'Organized' retail crime: a 'multi-billion dollar problem' 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Rhino horn is used in traditional Chinese medicine, is a sign of wealth in Southeast Asia, and can fetch up to $65,000 per kilogram on the black market. Cutting off rhino horns to prevent poaching makes them homebodies 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z "There's a shortage currently in Mexico, and there could be potential for a black market that could have contaminated medicine," said Mr Smith. US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z The vaquita, native to Mexico's Gulf of California, is imperiled by black market fishing for an endangered fish called the totoaba, whose bladder is highly valued in Asia for use in traditional medicine. US says Mexico failed to stop illegal wildlife trade threatening vaquita 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z He also suggested that Western military equipment had been captured by Russia in the battle for Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and that such equipment could be bought on the black market. Leader of cross-border raid warns Russia to expect more incursions 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z But in general, they say unlawful reptile sales endanger rare species, spike demand on the black market and endanger cargo handlers who don’t realize they are handling venomous snakes. Rattlesnake vendor ensnared in wildlife trafficking sting at exotic reptile show 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z “Zimbabwe dollar inflation on the black market is on a rampage, so retailers have to constantly change their prices,” economist Prosper Chitambara said. Street traders offer a better bargain than stores as Zimbabwe’s currency crumbles 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z It can be bought on the black market, but activists warn of misinformation about use. Burner phones, aliases, code words: How secret networks help women circumvent Honduras’ abortion ban 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Prices of illegal weapons on the 1990s black market in Serbia were as low as $10 for a hand grenade and $150 for an assault rifle, and many were smuggled outside the country. Analysis: After two mass shootings, can Serbia rid itself of guns? 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The result was an economy that was often synonymous with the black market, gigantic and powerful organized crime syndicates, and the rise of a small number of “oligarchs” to stratospheric levels of wealth and power. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Since most resources were funneled toward the Germans and away from local populations, much of Europe had to solve the problems of food shortages, rationing, and black markets. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Amin said a “black market” has arisen, selling bus and train tickets and renting furnished rooms to Sudanese at inflated prices. Sudanese fleeing fighting in their homeland face uncertain future, unsure of return 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Ukraine is struggling to keep Western arms shipments off the black market. Your Monday Briefing 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z But if even a few of the arms wind up on the black market instead of the battlefield, a Ukrainian lawmaker gloomily predicted, “we’re done.” Ukraine’s Dogged Effort to Get Weapons to the Battlefield, Not the Black Market 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z He also tried to freeze wages and prices by decree, something that did not work since it created a black market for both goods and labor. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Several bird devotees said the rise in parrot thefts is a reflection of their rising price and popularity — and the potential to profit off black market sales. Spate of exotic bird thefts leaves SoCal parrot lovers on edge 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Gamers warn that the move could create a black market in desirable names or even spark dangerous threats to force their surrender. Discord forces members to change usernames, discord erupts 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z A black market for visas has also sprung up, with businessman Ibrahim and others saying applicants could pay $400 to fast-track the process. Sudan's well-off stuck in limbo at border town en route to Egypt 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Nicotine vapes already require a prescription in Australia, but the industry is poorly regulated and a black market is thriving. Australia to ban recreational vaping, crackdown on black market 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Both were diabetics who ran out of insulin in a city where pharmacies have been ransacked and a medical black market is thriving. As Hospitals Close and Doctors Flee, Sudan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The previous procedures that Chyna most regretted were "butt injections" — a nebulously-defined procedure that is often performed by unlicensed operators on a medical black market. Why BBLs are one of the riskiest cosmetic surgeries 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z But few took heed and the black market thrived, while the local currency quickly devalued. Zimbabwe plans to launch digital currency backed by gold 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Egypt's foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment on reports of a black market for visas, complaints about the behaviour of consular staff or visa stickers running out. Sudan's well-off stuck in limbo at border town en route to Egypt 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The recovery of 44 Anglo-Saxon coins that were hawked on the international black market has helped reshape historians' understanding of English history. Anglo-Saxon coins: Illegally held hoard rewrites English history 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “It’s not like he bought it on the black market,” added her attorney, Joseph M. Alioto Jr., a former federal prosecutor. He threatened to kill his son. He was still able to purchase a gun. Now, a bereaved mother asks how 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z A very high percentage of guns used in crimes are stolen or purchased on the black market. Opinion | Why gun control advocates keep failing 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z There was diversion of methadone into the black market. Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Supporters also argue that a state-regulated industry will reduce illegal black market sales, create jobs and generate more tax revenue. Delaware governor drops opposition to marijuana legalization 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z In exchange for the bribes, Díaz allowed Raúl Gorrín to buy US dollars at a cheaper rate from the treasury which he then resold on the black market at a huge profit, the court found. Venezuela corruption: 15-year sentence for Hugo Chávez's nurse 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Inflation from January to October of last year was 40% at official rates — and even more when the black market it taken into account. Cuba’s parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z As in Oregon, it’s no secret some growers have fed the black market. Uneasy marijuana industry seeks broader trade amid vast glut 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Because catching people in the act is so difficult, King County Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Gary Ernsdorff focused instead on targeting the black market, where stolen items are sold. WA lawmakers say tough luck to victims of catalytic converter theft | Editorial 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The local currency has collapsed, trading on the black market at a steep discount to the official rate. 'We wish we could go back': Life in a war-torn Myanmar 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Banks and businesspeople continue to complain of a severe foreign currency shortage, and the pound's price on the black market has fallen to about 36.00. IMF says yet to agree date with Egypt for programme review 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The proliferation of subsidized fuel on the black market and its use in illegal mining and drug trafficking, "is bleeding Bolivia's economy," the nation's hydrocarbons minister Franklin Molina said at a news conference on Thursday. Bolivia looks to curb fuel smuggling with help of armed forces 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Officials hope that the first step will help push back the black market. Germany scales back cannabis liberalization after EU talks 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Silva gets a government pension of around 45,000 pesos, which is equivalent to about $213 at the official exchange rate and about half of that on the black market. Buenos Aires airport turns into unofficial homeless shelter 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Fentanyl, widely used in hospitals during anaesthesia and for pain relief, has become a major black market narcotic in the United States. China says no illegal fentanyl trafficking between it and Mexico 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “I have heard that thieves are stealing Honda airbags out of cars and selling them on the black market. Who ever thought there would ever be such a thing as an airbag black market?” Consumers and manufacturers wait months for repairs and parts amid pandemic-era inflation, shortages 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z But now he has reinvented himself, and buys and sells about nine pounds of gold a month, or about $230,000 on the black market. The Amazon’s Largest Isolated Tribe Is Dying 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Lebanon’s currency, officially valued at 15,000 Lebanese pounds to the dollar, is trading at more than 100,000 for $1 on the black market, which is used for nearly all transactions. IMF warns without reforms, Lebanon could see hyperinflation 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z People with dollar accounts can only withdraw small sums in Lebanese pounds, at an exchange rate far lower than that of the black market. Tear gas, clashes as Lebanon protesters try to storm govt HQ 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The central bank says its reserves have improved and the black market no longer controls the foreign currency trade. IMF to assess Sri Lankan governance as part of $3B bailout 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The Central Bank says its reserves have improved and the black market no longer controls the foreign currency trade. IMF approves critical $3B bailout package for Sri Lanka 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z A New York man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining specialty baby formula that he then sold on the black market. Baby formula bandit busted for forging prescriptions, hawking formula to desperate moms 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The Central Bank has wrested back control of foreign currency trade from the black market, the monetary authority says. Sri Lankan state workers strike, protesting high taxes 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z While the official exchange rate is set by the Central Bank at 15,000 pounds for $1, the black market rate is now used for nearly all transactions. Lebanon’s pound hits a new low as banks go back on strike 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The catalytic converter contains valuable precious metals including rhodium, palladium and platinum, which can fetch hundreds of dollars in resale on the black market. Chicago auto theft skyrocketed 55% last year, up more than any other city in the U.S. 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Though officially pegged to the dollar since 1997, the pound’s value is dictated now by an opaque black market rate that has become standard for most goods and services. Lebanon adopts ‘dollarization’ as currency, economy crumble 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Local mayors hope legalizing cannabis production will close this black market. Dutch "coffee shops" to stock licensed cannabis in trial 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Digestive bile is forcibly extracted from the gall bladders of bears and sold on the black market for use in traditional medicine. Bears rescued from illegal bile farm in Vietnam 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z People with dollar accounts could only to withdraw small sums in Lebanese pounds, at an exchange rate far lower than that of the black market. Lebanon’s pound hits a new low as banks go back on strike 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “Given the ongoing conflict and the unprecedented volume of weapons being transferred to Ukraine, the risk that some equipment ends up on the black market or in the wrong hands is likely unavoidable,” it said. Poor U.S. planning in Afghanistan helped Taliban take over, watchdog says 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The new liquor policy, members of the A.A.P. said, was intended to stop black market sales, increase revenue and ensure equitable distribution of liquor licenses. Agency Controlled by Modi Arrests a Top Indian Opposition Leader 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z But individuals and companies around the world have stepped in to provide Russia with black market versions of these same products, or cheaper alternatives made in China or other countries. China’s Economic Support for Russia Could Elicit More Sanctions 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z There are several mobile exchange rate applications that have been the reference for the black market rate for years. Protesters in Beirut smash banks as Lebanese pound spirals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “Assad has a long history of politicizing aid, diverting it to his supporters, or selling it at the black market,” said Karam Shaar, a nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute. Days after quake, aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Both Nogoud and the young physician said widespread shortages are forcing physicians to go to black market for basic medicines, such as paracetamol IV drips to treat fever. Sudan’s tropical disease spike reflects poor health system 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Then patients from foreign countries began to fly to Argentina to buy the drugs, which can cost as little as $18,000 per year using pesos exchanged on the black market. ‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The gun dealer and security experts described the black market for arms as multifaceted — and thriving. ‘Guns are everywhere’ in Israel, occupied territories as violence spikes 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The value of the Lebanese pound, at times swinging in value several times daily, has led to businesses pricing their items in dollars, where customers pay in the local currency based on black market rates. Protesters in Beirut smash banks as Lebanese pound spirals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z A black market has emerged, with cannisters going for three times the listed price. Turmoil risks financial stability Peru long took for granted 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Unable to get dollars at the official price through banks, he said, traders turned to the black market to buy dollars, causing the price to rise. Targeting Iran, US tightens Iraq’s dollar flow, causing pain 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z With restocks selling out as fast as they arrive, it's also spawned a black market with people selling bottles for huge prices online. Prime drink: How KSI and Logan Paul made it so popular 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z But most private banks have not registered on the platform and resorted to informal black markets in Baghdad to buy dollars. Hundreds protest in Baghdad over Iraqi dinar's slide 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Caretaker Economy Minister Amin Salam announced Friday a new pricing mechanism for grocery stores, where goods will be priced in dollars based on what he described as a “modest” interpretation of the black market rate. Protesters in Beirut smash banks as Lebanese pound spirals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z This remains the official rate, but in practice, nearly all transactions are conducted at the black market rate. Hundreds in Baghdad protest devaluation of Iraq’s currency 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z With gasoline also in short supply, main thoroughfares are often devoid of traffic, and the Syrian-Lebanese border has become a thriving black market for fuel. ‘No life’ in Syrian cities as fuel crisis plunges country into darkness 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Fifty thousand Lebanese lira are now worth just $1 on the country's parallel market, or black market. Lebanon MPs sit in as 11th vote for president fails 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The idea has been to push gambling that was once done on the black market onto the tax rolls, and more recently, to keep residents from crossing state lines to gamble. Betting on Gotham 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Lebanese authorities for years have failed to curtail the black market’s hold on the currency’s value, even as they have attempted to shut down informal exchange rate websites and mobile applications. Protesters in Beirut smash banks as Lebanese pound spirals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Families survived by illegally importing goods from neighboring China, paving the way for the black markets, or “jangmadang,” that are now central to North Korea’s economy. The shadowy groups trying to keep North Koreans from listening to K-pop 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “Sperm whale teeth and jaws are very prominent and quite lucrative on the black market. We removed the jaws so it did not get liberated by other means,” Milstein said. Sperm whale beached in Oregon killed by ship, feds find 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The plundering is hardly a case of random or opportunistic misbehavior by a few ill-behaved troops, Ukrainian officials and international experts say, or even a desire to turn a quick profit on the black market. As Russians Steal Ukraine’s Art, They Attack Its Identity, Too 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Some people who can’t afford insulin take smaller doses than prescribed or buy it on the black market. California Department of Justice suing pharmaceutical companies over high insulin costs 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z A legal official told The Associated Press that the financial prosecutor prepared a list of dozens of black market money exchangers for the security agencies to pursue. Protesters in Beirut smash banks as Lebanese pound spirals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Despite the policy, a thriving username black market has existed for years. Twitter may auction off popular usernames, report says 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z By reducing the share of guns that fell into the wrong hands or onto the black market. Blue state paradox: WA keeps arming up 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The Syrian pound hit an all-time low of 7,000 pounds to the dollar on the black market last week before rebounding to around 6,000. EXPLAINER: Why has Syria’s economic crisis hit a new low? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z On the black market, one dollar can be sold for as many as 33 pounds. As Egypt’s economic crisis deepens, an affordable meal is hard to find 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z High retail prices brought on by government splurging, tight supply chains, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent consumers to the black market for consumer goods spurring assaults, robberies, and shoplifting. Violent crime soars in 2022 with blame pinned on too few cops, lax prosecutors, more brutal society 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z At the time, the companies successfully argued that they had no way of telling that prescriptions were not legitimate and that any of their drugs may have been funneled to the black market. Justice Dept. sues large drug distributor for its alleged role in opioid crisis 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z As a result, more intact vehicles are being sold on the black market, police said. America’s car theft epidemic blamed on police officer shortages, soft-on-crime prosecutors 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z The central bank increased the official exchange rate from 3,015 to 4,522 on Monday, apparently trying to entice people to use the official rate rather than trade in the black market. EXPLAINER: Why has Syria’s economic crisis hit a new low? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Combined with the continued presence of a black market, this poses a mix of security challenges for licensed cannabis businesses. Armed robberies at WA pot shops hit decade high 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The new laws had critics among far-right lawmakers, who argued that the ban would fuel a black market and impact the livelihood of convenience-store owners who sell cigarettes. New Zealand Bans Cigarette Sales to Everyone Born After 2008 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z District Court in Pennsylvania against AmerisourceBergen and two subsidiaries, the Justice Department accused the company of ignoring warning signs and allowing its opioid pills to spill into the black market. Justice Dept. sues large drug distributor for its alleged role in opioid crisis 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z ACT New Zealand, which holds ten out 120 seats in parliament, condemned the law, saying it would kill off small shops and force people onto the black market. New Zealand bans future generations from buying tobacco under new laws 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z She said the gradual ban amounted to “nanny-state prohibition” that would end up creating a large black market. New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on youth buying cigarettes 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Soon after the Russian occupation, word on the street was that the mayor began stealing humanitarian aid and selling it on the black market. Possibly the most hated mayor in Ukraine 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Moscow vowed to quell the violence and sent in troops, allowing Transnistria to operate ever since as a quasi-state haven for Russian influence and black market trade. War Next Door Brings Energy Crunch, and Paid Protests, to Moldova 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet high demand for the part can mean it can cost about $3,000 on the black market or from an unauthorized seller. Thieves are targeting semitrucks to steal one pricey part 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z It will fuel “a ‘booming’ black market” in normal cigarettes, British American Tobacco New Zealand warned in a submission to the committee. The final puff: Can New Zealand quit smoking for good? 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Dealers on the black market were selling dollars for 32 to 33 pounds compared to the official rate of about 24.6 to the dollar. Egypt's pound keeps falling on black market ahead of IMF meeting 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Abortion pills from overseas are a black market with limited transparency, operating outside the U.S. medical and legal systems. The (Incomplete) Revolution in Counting Abortions 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “Every dollar we sell is a dollar that doesn’t go to the black market.” Marijuana now legal in Missouri, but you can’t buy it yet 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The company is recommending that dealerships and repair facilities check the identification numbers of CPC units against the company’s database to make sure the units haven’t been stolen or sold on the black market. Thieves are targeting semitrucks to steal one pricey part 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Unable to access alcohol in the same way as white-collar residents and high-end visitors, he and others instead rely on a black market for it. A Beer Run in Qatar, and an Oasis That Isn’t Open to All 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z "However we do not expect a devaluation to the 32-34 handle as now implied by the London listings or the black market." Egypt's pound keeps falling on black market ahead of IMF meeting 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z International treaties had targeted weapons proliferation by governments, but at the time there were no laws to prevent “non-state actors” such as terrorists, corrupt scientists, black market actors and others from obtaining WMDs. UN votes to press countries to stop terrorists getting nukes 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z There also is a sense the Ukrainians have too much existential national pride at stake to risk compromising their effort to drive out the Russians by siphoning off weapons to the black market. Pressure builds to step up weapons tracking in Ukraine 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z There weren’t a lot of people in the street, either, and there was only black market fuel. Cholera and Crime 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The sanctions were an attempt to block global revenue from oil sales, and production fell sharply as black market exports have been sold primarily to China and India. U.S. grants Chevron license to pump oil in Venezuela 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z French bulldogs, which can fetch a high price on the black market, have been targeted in a string of L.A.-area robberies in recent years. 15-year-old arrested in armed robbery of 2 French bulldogs on 6th Street Bridge 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z A stolen catalytic converter can fetch hundreds of dollars on the local black market, thanks to the platinum and other rare metals found inside. Dude, where’s my catalytic converter? Probably back in the supply chain 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z In his home city of Divandarreh, Mr. Kurd drove a bus and transported small electrical appliances for sale on the black market — work that carried the risk of being shot by security forces. In Iraq’s Mountains, Iranian Opposition Fighters Feel the Squeeze 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Hartman, the top regulator in Colorado, said that even light regulation was better than what existed in the black market and that he was proud of his commission’s work. Why States Were Unprepared for the Sports-Betting Onslaught 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The devices also contain precious metals such as platinum which makes them a valuable black market asset. Video shows catalytic converter thieves in Torrance driving Lamborghini 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Seventeen states, along with cities and Native American tribes, had accused Walmart of dispensing the highly addictive pain pills despite the red flags that allowed them to be siphoned onto the black market. Walmart agrees to pay $3.1 billion to resolve opioid lawsuits 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Ivory from African and Asian elephants commands up to $3000 per kilogram on the black market, primarily in Southeast Asia, where it is mixed into traditional medicine and carved into status-signifying statues and other trinkets. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The Syrian pounds now sells at about 5,000 to the dollar on the black market, compared to 47 pounds for $1 at the start of the conflict. UN envoy urges lifting of sanctions harming Syrian civilians 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The measure was a recognition that most tourists have stopped using electronic payments so they can exchange their dollars at a more favorable rate on the black market — known here as the “blue dollar.” Shock for visitors hoping for new Argentine exchange rate 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Among the world’s most trafficked animals, freshwater turtles are targeted by criminal networks that connect with buyers on the internet then transport the reptiles to black markets in Hong Kong and other Asian cities. Turtles in demand as pets, leading to a spike in poaching 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Lawmakers approved the statewide ban despite lobbying by the tobacco industry and other interest groups that claimed it would disproportionately affect certain communities more than others and incentivize a black market. California voters approve ban on sale of flavored tobacco products 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Intelligence Ministry said it had blocked the bank accounts of 2,300 people accused of involvement in the foreign currency black market and that they may face legal action, state media reported. President Raisi says Iran thwarted U.S. destabilisation 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Nigeria is facing severe dollar shortages, forcing many citizens and business to seek forex on the black market, where the naira currency has progressively weakened. Emirates suspends Nigerian flights again over trapped ticket sales 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z “It’s more jobs, more tax revenue — get it off the black market,” he said. Medical marijuana firms lead donors for legal weed campaigns 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The Biden administration outlined a program meant to keep the weapons it has sent Ukraine off the black market. Xi Jinping vs. the People 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The “no” campaign also claimed that the new rules would incentivize a black market that would disregard strict federal regulations against underage smokers and flavored tobacco products, and would significantly cost the state. California voters approve ban on sale of flavored tobacco products 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The Biden administration outlined a program to keep the weapons it has sent Ukraine from ending up on the black market. Your Friday Briefing 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z He said he knew of no cases in which larger weapons, like howitzers or multiple rocket launchers, were being smuggled off the battlefield by Ukrainians and onto the black market. U.S. Program Aims to Keep Sensitive Weapons in Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z But rather than punish and constrain the IRGC, critics say, sanctions have enabled the guard to dominate Iran’s isolated economy and its thriving black market, including the oil smuggling trade. As protests rock Iran, its most feared security force is lying in wait 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Understanding the jewelry world’s black market may be key to tracing the whereabouts of a multimillion-dollar haul stolen from a Brink’s big rig. Collectors are dumping Kanye West's once-coveted shoes and clothes 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The plan calls for the sale of cannabis to adults at licensed outlets, and the aim is to combat the black market, Lauterbach said. Germany unveils cannabis liberalization plan, with caveats 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Products began to disappear from store shelves while black markets thrived with goods ranging from cooking oil to corn flour. Explainer: Why Venezuela's refugee exodus to the U.S. has been accelerating 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The birr was this week trading at 90 to $1 on the black market, compared to 53 in banks. EXCLUSIVE Ethiopia debt relief delay partly due to civil war: state finmin 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z “The shortages and rise in prices of gas on the black market that we were already seeing have only grown,” said Diego Da Rin, an analyst with the International Crisis Group. Dominican Republic: Fuel smugglers cash in on Haiti chaos 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The chaos has also fuelled a black market in smaller items such as coins and statuettes. 'Rare' Roman mosaic found in Rastan, Syria 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The black market is also seen as an epicenter of criminal activity. California targets illegal marijuana growers with new year-round task force 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z During Kay’s trial in February, witnesses including several Major League Baseball players said he shared black market pain pills with them, though the government has not suggested he did so for profit. Former Angels employee Eric Kay sentenced to 22 years in Tyler Skaggs case 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z The disparity, coupled with guns smuggled across the border, has led to a thriving black market and far greater gun ownership than in most Asian countries. Your Monday Briefing: Russia Strikes Key City 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Or they just head for the black market. Why Strict but Inconsistent Gun Laws Did Not Keep Thailand Safe 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Experts say the legal loopholes help explain why there are an estimated 10 million guns in Thailand — and why the country has such a large black market for firearms. Thailand’s gun laws have loopholes for soldiers and police officers. 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Weapons sold through private brokers are far more likely to end up on the black market and resurface in the hands of American adversaries, according to government advisers and academics who study the trade. She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver. They Pitched a $30 Million Arms Deal. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The question of how to address concentrates comes down to whether state regulations would embolden a more dangerous black market. Researchers warn of mental health risks of high-potency cannabis 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z And for the next few years of its existence, the platform accepts only bitcoin for its black market items. Is crypto a house of cards? “On top of that, they can extort black market buyers by threatening arrest or exposure as a way of leveraging further bribes,” he added. Why Strict but Inconsistent Gun Laws Did Not Keep Thailand Safe 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z While government distribution centers often display empty shelves and turn Cubans away, a thriving black market for basic foodstuffs has flourished, for the few who can afford it. Protests Erupt in Cuba Over Government Response to Hurricane Ian 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z A Laguna Hills doctor pleaded guilty to defrauding Medi-Cal of more than $20 million by prescribing unnecessary medications to patients that were later sold on the black market, officials said. Laguna Hills doctor pleads guilty to defrauding Medi-Cal of $20 million 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The museum has faced controversy over past acquisitions, some allegedly involved in shady corners of the international black market. Thousand-year-old Gospel manuscript to return to Greek monastery in Museum of the Bible repatriation 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The items have often expired by the time they hit the black market. Authorities report an uptick in ‘jugging’ thefts 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z “When I was tracking black market sellers on social media sites, I once saw a seller dox several of his buyers by posting screenshots of their personal information from a government database.” Why Strict but Inconsistent Gun Laws Did Not Keep Thailand Safe 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Istanbul is the gateway between Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe - and this black market trade is booming here. People smuggler: I get clients to sign a waiver 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The opposition said the ban would incentivize a black market and remove products that smokers use as a way to quit standard cigarette smoking. Proposition 31 will let voters decide whether they want to ban flavored tobacco products 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Collectors say big money can be made by reselling bottles on a booming — sometimes wild — black market, where prices can reach three, five or 10 times the shelf price. Prosecutors allege an inside job. The target? Rare bourbon. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “This will be a multiyear process to get that black market on the retreat, not the ascendancy, and get the retail and responsible adult-use market on steady ground,” Newsom said at the time. Inside California's pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z A black market developed and swan theft became a major problem, necessitating the creation of courts dedicated to swan disputes, she said. Britain Has a New King. The Swans Have a New Owner. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Every spring, football writers sink deep into the black market. Inside the mysterious world of college football game film 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z If the ransom was not paid, Mr. Khatibi threatened to sell the data on the black market. Three Iranians charged with hacking, using ransomware to extort Americans 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z From that dynamic, a robust black market grew. Prosecutors allege an inside job. The target? Rare bourbon. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Even some longtime advocates of legalization said Proposition 64 did not provide enough tools to combat the black market. Inside California's pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Abortifacient and birth-control pills, once cheap and widely available, are being peddled on the black market. Iran is urging people to have babies — and making life hard for those who don't want to 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Law enforcement’s use of confidential informants is akin to a black market in which “deals are made under the table and often undocumented,” said Alexandra Natapoff, a Harvard law professor and leading expert on informants. Woman’s rape cries go unheard in unmonitored drug sting 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Now, gas station owners will price fuel at the country’s “parallel market rate” — also known as the black market rate, Gas Station Owners’ Syndicate spokesperson George Brax told The Associated Press. Lebanon: Central Bank lifts all expensive fuel subsidies 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Powell was intrigued and soon jumped into the black market with both feet. Prosecutors allege an inside job. The target? Rare bourbon. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The high demand for the dogs has made them more prone to thefts in California and across the country, as they can go for a steep price on the black market. 9 French bulldog puppies stolen from Northridge home as breed continues to be target for theft 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z A central bank spokesperson said importers will now have to source dollars from the black market, where the Lebanese pound was trading at around 35,000 pounds to the dollar on Monday. Lebanon central bank stops providing dollars for gasoline imports 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Poll participants also expected the average official exchange rate in Argentina in December to reach 170.11 pesos per U.S. dollar, though Argentine traders have increasingly turned to black market foreign exchange. Argentina's inflation rate expected to hit 95% this year 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The local currency is still officially pegged at 1,500 Lebanese pounds to the U.S. dollar, but now trades at about 35,250 pounds at the black market rate. Lebanon: Central Bank lifts all expensive fuel subsidies 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Few think a couple of arrests in the state will put much of a dent in the black market for bourbon. Prosecutors allege an inside job. The target? Rare bourbon. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Women unable to obtain HRT medication have reported migraines, back pain and hot flushes, with some turning to the black market to find the treatments they need. Post-menopause HRT treatment to be sold in UK pharmacies 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Police don’t treat the issue as a priority, they said, and laws aimed at hobbling the black market trade in the devices haven’t helped. 'Like a sitting duck': The catalytic converter theft spree is hitting old Toyota Priuses 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z At the official exchange rate, bolivars have a significantly higher value than in the black market. Venezuela government again accuses ex-oil czar of wrongdoing 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The black market rate heavily fluctuates with little transparency, possibly risking arbitrary price hikes regardless of global fuel prices. Lebanon: Central Bank lifts all expensive fuel subsidies 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Some say they have turned to the black market or private prescribers. HRT tsar returns to role overseeing Covid boosters 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z A news website, Asriran, said that four hours ahead of the match, tickets assigned for women sold for about $70 on the black market, compared to their official price of under $2. Reports: Iran allows women to attend Tehran soccer game 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Most Americans complied with these regulations, but some illegally bought and sold rationed goods on the black market. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Instead, many people have turned to the black market for dollars, and the streets of downtown Buenos Aires are filled with money-changers who whisper their conversion rates at passers-by. Crypto Is Tumbling, but in Argentina It’s Still a Safer Bet 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z These people aren't acting like maniacs because they want to make sure Trump has a box of valuable information he could sell on the black market. Trump puts a target on the FBI: Cincinnati gunman shows danger posed by an endless supply of dupes 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z But a different exchange rate — used for Western Union wires, certain corporate transactions, and the black market — values the peso at less than half that: Each dollar is now worth about 300 pesos. Think 9% Inflation Is Bad? Try 90%. 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Los Angeles police said at the time they did not believe the dogs had been targeted because of their owner, but because of the value of the breed on the black market. Lady Gaga: Dog robber suspect arrested after mistaken release 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Defrauding T-Mobile employees for their credentials isn’t great, nor is potentially unlocking phones phones for thieves who want to sell them on the black market. A man made millions unlocking T-Mobile phones with stolen passwords 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The aim is to reduce the long queues at gas stations and crack down on a black market in fuel. Sri Lankans bide time as leaders seek fix for economic woes 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Last week, the naira's black market value versus the dollar dropped to a record low. Emirates plans to reduce Nigeria service due to trapped revenue - letter 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The black market generally offers 3 percent more for newer $100 notes with Mr. Franklin’s enlarged portrait because they are harder to counterfeit. Think 9% Inflation Is Bad? Try 90%. 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z With military supplies of former Soviet states leaking onto the black market, his shipping empire delivered guns to rebels, militants and terrorists around the world, prosecutors said. The Russian arms dealer at the center of a proposed swap for Brittney Griner has a notorious history. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z And yet, in the face of these facts, the distributors continued to ship mammoth quantities of pills to areas that simply couldn’t absorb them — unless the pills were diverted to the black market. Review | Lesser-known villains of the opioid crisis: ‘Dealers dressed in suits’ 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Currently, U.S. dollars are worth more than twice their value in pesos in the black market versus the official rate. In Argentina, financial risks deepen along with investor jitters 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z With tight foreign exchange controls, many Argentines and tourists bypass the formal currency exchange altogether, buying or selling dollars in the black market. Dollar-strapped Argentina to loosen foreign exchange rules for tourists 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z One year ago, about 180 pesos could buy $1 on the widely used black market. Think 9% Inflation Is Bad? Try 90%. 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Savers are turning to the black market due to tight currency controls on the official exchange rate amid uncertainty over a potential devaluation, a move the government has repeatedly pledged to avoid. Argentine peso slips in parallel black market to all-time low 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Without sanctions relief in sight, Iran’s tactical partnership with Russia has become one of survival, even as Moscow appears to be undercutting Tehran in the black market oil trade. Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z But its first exhibition focuses on the recovery of looted art and pays tribute to Italy’s art theft police squad, a unit credited with effectively thwarting “the black market in archaeological artifacts.” Your Tuesday Briefing: Hot Weather Grips Britain 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z |
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