| 单词 | black-market |
| 例句 | A black-market economy rose up, with every type of business being run out of someone’s house: auto mechanics, day care, guys selling refurbished tires. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The next day he dresses in his mended tweed suit, takes a bill from his stash of American money, and buys a bottle of rum from a black-market dealer on the outskirts of town. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept an eye on all of the black-market data sites, because you never knew what might be up for sale on them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She offered to buy it for four thousand North Korean won, which was worth about four dollars at black-market exchange rates. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It’s generally known that you’ve flown only two missions. And that one of those occurred when Aarfy accidentally flew you over enemy territory while navigating you to Naples for a black-market water cooler.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I need to look like a black-market dealer, someone rich enough to afford plague cures. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “There’s another official report that says you were stabbed by an innocent girl in the course of extensive black-market operations involving acts of sabotage and the sale of military secrets to the enemy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Blanca had organized a network for obtaining provisions through the black-market and her contacts in the working-class neighborhood where she went to teach ceramics to the women. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought the soldiers would be against such black-market foreign exchange, but they didn’t seem to care. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Our experience in black-market plum tomatoes should come in very useful. Where do we begin?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He’ll know exactly where the ten-second place is, and that I’m either an agent sent by the government or by the black-market dealers that pay taxes to the government. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The black-market came to an end at the very moment when the Presidential Palace was bombed, because speculators were threatened with martial law and execution by firing squad. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While the collecting guidelines are a worthy way to try to discourage looting and black-market trade, Mr. Franklin said, museums also need to consider carefully the long-term effect on their curatorial strengths. Cleveland Museum Buys Antiquities, Stirs Ethics Debates 2012-08-13T02:00:13Z But one of the other open tabs in Kanye’s browser appears to be The Pirate Bay, the Internet’s black-market storefront for illegal torrents. Kanye West May Be a Pirate Bay User 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The black-market in art “is a very large enterprise,” Magness-Gardiner said in an interview. FBI art sleuths hunting down priceless treasures 2013-05-18T23:21:47Z Mr. Thielemans was home in bed with a lung infection, and a musician friend stopped by with a black-market guitar, expressing frustration with his inability to perfect a certain jazz lick. ‘Toots’ Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The second, set in postwar Vienna, featured Orson Welles in a pivotal role as a black-market profiteer named Harry Lime. Guy Hamilton, resourceful James Bond director, dies at 93 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It celebrates big ideas and aggressive gestures that embody what she described as “the censured braggadocio of the hood and its black-market ingenuity.” Kara Walker Is Curator of ‘Ruffneck Constructivists’ 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Heroin was the first to fall from pharmaceutical darling to a demonized, black-market street drug. The real reason cocaine, heroin and marijuana are illegal has nothing to do with addiction 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The government’s flat-footed strategy for researching and testing new drugs and the cripplingly high costs of developing therapies spurred black-market clubs that peddled unapproved drugs by the truckload. The AIDS crisis in America... 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Subplots involving black-market sneakers and the indignities of the gig economy echo innumerable sitcoms at this point. In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Aside from his black-market gig, we know nothing of his past. Review: Nightcrawler: Jake Gyllenhaal Wants to Take a Picture of You in Pain 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The narrator accepts an offer to “party” from a fellow construction worker, who educates him in the art of purchasing cartons of black-market cigarettes and preparing and smoking crack. Stories That Render America Just Strange Enough to Recognize 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The trans women she met working in nightlife took her under their wing, filling her in on how to obtain black-market hormones and what doctors to see. Honey Dijon Steps Up From Dance Music’s Underground 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z 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 2014-03-20T21:05:16Z Want to become a master thief with a silver tongue and a vast black-market network of fences? Video Game Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Video Game - Review 2011-11-25T19:09:01Z Dr. Hodel—whom Singletary investigates both as a black-market abortionist and as the Black Dahlia killer—is a howlingly overripe villain. The Straightforward Trashiness of “I Am the Night” 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Encouraging his fellow inmates to get in shape and get involved in this black-market personal training business, Mr. Guadalupe built a team that he managed. Feel Like You’re in Prison? These Trainers Actually Were 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Acceptance of dubious provenance made for inaccurate art history and fueled a black-market system. Oscar White Muscarella, Museum ‘Voice of Conscience,’ Dies at 91 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Crocheted tampons, just like most things made and sold in a black-market such as the internet, do not have to pass the same safety regulations that store-bought tampons have to pass. Please, stop putting weird products like crocheted tampons in your vagina | Poppy Noor 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z A regional black-market economy flourishes in the absence of jobs, lynch mobs fill the law enforcement vacuum and the temporary camp appears to grow more permanent by the year. Dadaab refugee camp, detailed in 'City of Thorns,' is a world ripped from the world 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z The Hawelkas themselves dealt in contraband cigarettes in those lean and hungry days, while recalling others selling black-market lard by the ton. Viennese Cafe Icon Hawelka dead at 100 2011-12-29T20:37:07Z The upside of the great pools of black-market cash is a countywide surfeit of good restaurants, galleries and craft boutiques, not all of which specialize in redwood burls or drums. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z Mr. Modiano’s father was an amoral black-market racketeer with Nazi connections; he managed to escape that fate. ‘Suspended Sentences,’ Novellas by Patrick Modiano 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z That would be interesting to see; stories of emergency supplies that sit unused at ports or are siphoned by black-market barons are common in crisis zones. ‘Call for Help’ Documents Young People on a Mission in Haiti 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Using fraudulent contracts and invoices, Chavista mandarins and their business cronies gamed the chasm between the official and black-market bolívar-to-dollar exchange rates. The Disaster That Is Venezuela 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The 1949 film The Third Man casts Orson Welles in the role of smirking Harry Lime, a black-market racketeer who sees himself as an artist. Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z But Eleanor and other characters want more than just black-market wealth. In ‘Black Sails’ From Starz, Pirate’s Booty Is at Stake 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The combined conditions of life as a black-market capitalist and life as 30-something jetsam circling a debt whirlpool keep Emily rotating through states of sober agency and abject alarm. The Reinvention of Aubrey Plaza 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Only the Washington Farm Bureau spent any real money against the measure, with $7,400 worth of direct-mail postcards such as one showing a greasy-haired fellow opening his jacket to offer black-market cauliflower seeds. Little San Juan County takes on the GMO goliaths 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z This seeming lack of moral focus, along with scandals of drugs, bribery, and black-market tickets, erode the moral superiority of the Olympics. London 2012 anti-logos 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z In 2018’s “Mission Impossible — Fallout,” she played the White Widow, a glamorous black-market broker who carries a knife in her garter, and knows how to use it. Vanessa Kirby Has Been Waiting for a Role That Scares Her 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z In another, an impoverished family struggles to kill the illicit, black-market pig they are hiding in their home. 'Beyond the Hills has no obvious villains': Cristian Mungiu 2013-03-07T17:35:43Z "He broke the law, he smuggled things in and he became basically a black-market drug dealer." McConaughey: 'I became almost hyper' 2014-02-05T02:26:41Z But some dealers claim that reports of black-market transactions and money-laundering are overblown. Congress Poised to Apply Banking Regulations to Antiquities Market 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Recent instalments have featured reports on the Bangladeshi clothing industry in the wake of the recent Rana Plaza disaster, anti-Romany sentiment in Hungary, and black-market biscuits in North Korea. Catch-up TV guide: from Doctor Who to Daft Punk 2013-05-11T05:00:09Z For Salzburg scalpers, it was a windfall, with black-market tickets changing hands for thousands of euros. Want to Be a Star? Take Your Lumps 2010-12-26T02:24:10Z Switching sides involves his dropping the “s” in Mels, learning to gyrate on the dance floor and buying a black-market saxophone. Movie Review: Russian Musical ?Hipsters? From Valery Todorovsky 2012-02-23T23:58:22Z A black-market trade in delivery app accounts allows underage teenagers to sign up as riders, the BBC has found. Children working as riders for food delivery apps - BBC investigation 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z “The black-market price for catalytic converters can be above $1,000 each.” Californians plead guilty in $600 million nationwide catalytic converter theft scheme 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The moves are expected to boost the number of legal dispensaries in a market now dominated by black-market sellers who simply opened retail stores without a license. After troubled start, New York is shaking up its legal marijuana market with new competitors 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s then revealed the men have been tricked to seek out the motel as a trap for a live black-market sale of human organs, and they’re the ones up for auction. What to stream this week: Drake, ‘Fair Play,’ Assassin’s Creed Mirage and William Friedkin last film 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z These black-market fees eat up most of what he earns, but they enable him to work, which he does for more than 10 hours a day, seven days a week. Making deliveries: Promise and perils for migrants 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z An organization representing German judges says the plan is likely to increase rather than decrease the burden on the judicial system and could even increase demand for black-market cannabis. Germany’s Cabinet is set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis possession and sale 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The bank’s new leadership has eased foreign exchange rates to reduce the gap between the official and black-market rate, a key demand of international backers. Short-Term Pain for Long-term Gain? Nigerians Buckle Under Painful Cuts. 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z A blanket ban could see “potentially deadly” black-market products flood the UK, Mr Dunne warned. Disposable vapes: Councils call for total ban by 2024 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Since then, Iran has relied on black-market sales and deals with Venezuela to keep its sales going. Indonesia seizes Iranian tanker for suspected illegal oil transfer in its territorial waters 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z In the mid-1980s, Garner obtained black-market estrogen with help from trans sex workers she met on Hollywood Boulevard, and in 1991 underwent top surgery, though she continued living as a man for two more years. Pippa Garner’s Wild Ride 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The new bank note is worth double the previous highest bill in circulation, but is still worth only $8.21 at the official exchange rate and $4.08 at black-market rates. Argentina introduces larger bank note amid galloping inflation 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Due to concerns about overpolicing poverty, even a black-market auto yard is allowed to persist. Seattle lowered its standards all the way under a bridge 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z And while the United States still bans purchases from the state oil company, the country has increased black-market oil sales to China through Iran, energy experts said. Ferraris and Hungry Children: Venezuela’s Socialist Vision in Shambles 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Some of the black-market weapons are smuggled from neighboring countries; others are pieced together in makeshift factories or stolen from Israeli military armories. ‘Guns are everywhere’ in Israel, occupied territories as violence spikes 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z This black-market fuel “has provided relief to people,” said one Syrian driver who ferries people between the two countries. ‘No life’ in Syrian cities as fuel crisis plunges country into darkness 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Her father lost his furniture factory in an Allied bombing raid during World War II and moved the family to Rome, 50 miles to the west, where he began selling black-market cigarettes and military blankets. Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film siren of the 1950s, dies at 95 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The most briskly selling black-market items were plastic ponchos. Perspective | Brock Purdy’s 49ers rain pain on the Seahawks in a first-round deluge 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z At Honduras's largest public hospital, Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, women often arrive with complications from bleeding caused by the drug that José and other black-market dealers supply. Inside Honduras’s abortion pill black market 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Organized retail crime goes beyond opportunistic shoplifting and includes black-market syndicates that resell stolen items in bulk at flea markets or to online sellers. Noticing lots of security locks at drugstores? These L.A. stores lock up the most 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z That valuation is echoed in the huge sums of money that black-market suppliers were paid for their dealings, prosecutors said. 8 Charged in Scheme to Smuggle Endangered Monkeys From Asia, U.S. Says 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Irizarry parlayed his knowledge of the black-market peso exchange into a life of luxury that prosecutors say was bankrolled by $9 million he and his Colombian co-conspirators diverted from money laundering investigations. DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’ 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z They believe that the theft is part of a broad black-market operation, and point to a pickup truck that has been photographed around town, hauling a stack of bikes in the back, under a tarp. The Bike Thieves of Burlington, Vermont 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Still every year up to more than 1,000 migrants - without official papers - fill this informal camp to work for black-market gangmasters to harvest olives from September to November. Sicily's rich olive pickings - the fruit of Italy's migrant exploitation 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The Justice Department seized Bitcoin once valued at nearly $3.4 billion from a man who pleaded guilty to stealing from the Silk Road online black-market bazaar. Why Wall Street Loves Gridlock in Washington 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The State Department said that so far Ukraine’s intense demand for weapons on the battlefield appears to be impeding black-market proliferation of small arms, portable air defense systems and anti-tank weapons such as Javelins. US to send Ukraine additional $275 million in military aid 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Loaded with black-market currency, she can’t leave and proposes to work as a journalist. Page to Screen: Claire Denis on how she adapted the late Denis Johnson's 'Stars at Noon' 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The latest attacks have intensified an overriding sense of insecurity for many in places such as western Guanajuato state, where rival gangs battle for control of drug-trafficking routes and black-market gasoline, while extorting local businesses. Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z There he works security for the Taiwanese conglomerate behind a black-market software scheme. Michael Mann's L.A. classic 'Heat' has a sequel, and it's a novel. Here's how he did it 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Reason’s Jacob Sullum thinks the agency’s proposed rules will create an incentive to smoke more and drive up sales of black-market cigarettes. The G.O.P.’s ‘Wildest Dream’ 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z It said that black-market premiums have led people to hoard foreign currency. With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka keeps schools closed 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z The Florida Association of Wholesale Distribution, a trade group, said the proposal could result in “new demand for black-market products, and result in increased trafficking, crime and other illegal activity.” F.D.A. Set to Propose Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z "Insulin prices are soaring and causing desperate families to buy the life-saving drug from strangers," he tweeted at the time, warning that "black-market diabetes medication could be putting your life at risk." Dr. Oz invests up to $715,000 in companies he blames for skyrocketing insulin costs 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “The black-market pills could contain fentanyl and other contaminants that can cause death.” L.A. County raises alarm about mysterious blue pills after three girls nearly die 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Weerasinghe said black-market premiums have led people to collect foreign currency bank notes and keep them at home or in vaults. Sri Lanka lowers amount of foreign currency people can hold 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z As a result, many North Koreans turn to informal health-care practitioners who operate illegally at their homes or to black-market medicine sellers. What you need to know about the covid crisis hitting North Korea 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z He took a black-market pill he thought was the prescription painkiller Percocet, but in fact was made with fentanyl. With overdose deaths rising, here's how to test drugs for fentanyl 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, the Soviet Union had an official exchange rate of one ruble equaling about $1.35, whereas the black-market exchange rate was closer to four rubles to the dollar. Sanctions hit Russian economy, although Putin says otherwise 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Their beauty and size make them frequent targets for poachers to sell in the black-market pet trade. Decades of Photos Reveal Amazon Cultures Under Threat 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The movie steers us through the details with brisk economy: the black-market acquisition of the manifest from Navalny’s fateful flight, the tracking of suspects’ identities and movements. Review: 'Navalny' gives a brave Russian dissident his taut, suspenseful close-up 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He drove plush toys from Smolensk, Russia, hawked meat at an open-air market and thumbed stacks of rubles on the black-market currency exchange. The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Jose Manuel Perez was charged with two counts of wildlife trafficking, nine counts of smuggling goods into the U.S. and one count of conspiracy after allegedly transporting the animals for a black-market business. Man caught with dozens of lizards in his clothes is charged with smuggling 1,700 reptiles 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Four of his clients used black-market hormones before Bell connected them to doctors who could prescribe accurate doses. Activists face an avalanche of anti-transgender bills 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Opioid abuse historically has been fueled as much by lax prescribing as black-market distribution. Trial spilled secrets of players’ abuse, but are opioids really MLB’s next drug scandal? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z There were several factors that made Quebec the ideal place for what is now referred to as the black-market baby trade. After discovering six adopted brothers and sisters, these siblings believe their story is more than a sprawling family secret Still, most economists argue that the basic logic of that theory still holds: Artificially holding down prices leads to shortages, inefficiencies or other unintended consequences, like an increase in black-market activity. Price Controls Set Off Heated Debate as History Gets a Second Look 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z I bought a Logitech webcam for a 300 percent black-market markup. How Logitech bet big on work from home 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The black-market options were expensive, and worse, they were dangerous. Activists face an avalanche of anti-transgender bills 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “Syria’s procurement of this chemical, even through black-market channels, is not indicative of a nefarious purpose,” Koblentz said. Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted chemical weapons facilities, officials say 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Because the clergy oversaw birth registrations, some black-market brokers would employ a “phony mother.” After discovering six adopted brothers and sisters, these siblings believe their story is more than a sprawling family secret In September, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert: More than 40 percent of black-market prescription pills contain lethal amounts of fentanyl. Inside Fentanyl’s Mounting Death Toll: ‘This Is Poison’ 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Treasury, obliges international aid agencies to use the official exchange rate — kept around 1,500 Syrian pounds to the dollar— while the black-market rate hovered around 4,000 pounds to the dollar. Report: Foreign aid lost in Syria exchange rate distortions 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z On Saturday, distributors of gas canisters used for cooking and heating stopped operating, saying subsidy cuts amid black-market currency fluctuations meant they were selling at a loss. Lebanon’s 2 main state power plants shut down, out of fuel 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Proponents of the policy have argued that it helps law enforcement target illegal manufacturers and get ahead of black-market chemists who tweak the chemical structure of drugs to evade regulation. Democrats extend Trump drug policy that widened racial disparities. Biden wants to make it permanent 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “Other parts,” she wrote, “come from black-market salvagers of drone test and attack debris, who would not be affected by sanctions.” Iran smuggling high-tech drones to militant allies, opposition group says 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z FSS was officially tasked with fighting the black-market cigarette trade, however former employees have told the BBC that they broke the law to sabotage BAT's rivals. British American Tobacco negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence suggests 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z His alleged crime: running a website that published the black-market exchange rate. Scott Smith, AP reporter in Venezuela, dies at 50 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z He has the power to increase or minimize the gap between Libya’s official and black-market exchange rates, which has at times been very large. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “This Office is committed to combating the black-market sale of cultural property and the smuggling of looted artifacts.” Forfeiture of ancient tablet bought by Hobby Lobby approved 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The sight of what he said were hundreds of black-market pot farms flourishing in his district left him shaken. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Rival bands battle for control of drug-trafficking, black-market gasoline, extortion and other rackets. For political candidates in Mexico, the stakes can be life or death 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Such black-market networks have sprung up alongside legal recruitment networks that over the years have placed millions of women into jobs as domestic servants in the Persian Gulf region. Instagram fuels rise in black-market sales of maids into Persian Gulf servitude 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z But the primary goal then, as now, was to prevent avoidable overdose deaths and stem the flow of dangerous black-market heroin. America’s forgotten history of supervised opioid injection 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Of course the black-market conversions were illegal, which is just another reminder that one category of users who appreciate bitcoin’s utility are criminals. Column: Coinbase brought bitcoin to Wall Street. That doesn’t make crypto legit 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Longtime residents say they feel less safe, claiming black-market growers act with impunity by carrying weapons, trading gunfire with rivals and threatening those who wander too close to their farms. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z ‘If you know, you know’: a deep dive into L.A.’s black-boxed, black-market pot pizza Can DNA unlock the perfect weed experience? Overwhelmed by all the non-THC cannabis compounds? Our weed guru breaks it down 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z A new sergeant tries to stop an amoral soldier and his associates from running a black-market operation. Movies on TV this week: 'Lust for Life'; 'Platoon' and more 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The Galapagos tortoise is the largest in the world, and federal wildlife officials say hatchlings carry a black-market value starting at $5,000 each. Ex-Oklahoma zoo employee sentenced for tortoise trafficking 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Agents demanded he confess to operating a website that published the black-market exchange rate of Venezuela’s erratic bolivar for U.S. dollars, something the socialist government considered a crime. AP Exclusive: Man recounts torture in Maduro’s Venezuela 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Ever since, black-market growers have flocked to the desert, which offers a near-perfect environment for large-scale farming: endless sunshine, cheap open space and virtually no police. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Iran has since relied on black-market sales and deals with Venezuela to keep its sales going. World Digest: Jan. 24, 2021 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z Rather than hold onto the lucrative job that included collecting Mississippi’s tax on black-market whisky, Winter recommended that the office be abolished — and it was. Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Rather than hold onto the lucrative job that included collecting Mississippi’s tax on black-market whisky, Winter recommended that the office be abolished - and it was. Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z He said he eventually turned the website over to an associate, who began publishing Venezuelan news and financial information — including the nation’s black-market exchange rate, which was vastly different from official figures. AP Exclusive: Man recounts torture in Maduro’s Venezuela 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The boom in black-market farms has occurred in precisely these prohibited areas. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Last month, BBC Africa Eye exposed a thriving black-market trade in babies in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Kenya's black market baby trade: A mother's choice 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z The measures on the southern border are meant to stimulate economic development in some of the poorest areas of Mexico, and to decrease incentives for the trade in black-market fuel across the border. Mexico extends northern border tax breaks to southern border 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z These makeshift clinics are a known location for the black-market trade in babies. Buying a baby on Nairobi's black market 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z A substantial share of the black-market oil eventually ends up at refineries in China, often after passing though middlemen in Malaysia and other East Asian countries, analysts say. Iran’s oil exports, uranium stockpile surge as Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ policy hits a wall 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z That is precisely the attitude that is fueling the boom in black-market desert farms, some say. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Gangs and paramilitary groups run much of Venezuela’s black-market economy. Special Report: A killing at sea implicates the armed forces in lawless Venezuela 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z But the same sheltered landscape - thick public and private forest - that gave rise to a black-market pot empire is also likely to sustain flames until significant rains arrive. California blaze threatens ‘Emerald Triangle’ marijuana zone 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Troia says the project began with the monitoring of several "black-market auctions" where breached Fortnite credentials were being packaged and sold in groups. Fortnite 'black-market' part of billion-dollar hacker economy, report claims 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z I contend that it is essential to ratify the treaty to back legitimate companies and protect people from black-market arms used to perpetuate atrocities. Redirect military budgets to tackle climate change and pandemics 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Worse, the black-market supplies are sporadic and limited in Caracas, the capital, forcing even ministers’ bodyguards to post appeals for gasoline on social media. From Nearly Free to Out-of-Reach: Gasoline’s Crazy Price Swing in Venezuela 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Government ministers have vowed to help even those in the black-market economy survive the emergency. Misery of Italy’s migrants grows not from virus but lockdown 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Untaxed and unpoliced, black-market pot is estimated to be much larger than the legal trade in California. Weed is deemed ‘essential’ in California, but many pot businesses are on the brink of failure 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He also said Customs and Border Protection, working with the United States Postal Service, was prepared to begin seizing black-market exports of masks and other medical supplies. Peter Navarro Has Antagonized Multinational Companies. Now He’s in Charge. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z This feeds black-market trade that drives poaching and endangers the last wild tigers. Opinion | What ‘Tiger King’ doesn’t show 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Business owners argued there was no connection between flavored vaping liquids and the rise of the lung injuries, which they said appear to be caused by black-market products. Another vaping-related lung illness reported in Montana 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The rise in black-market sales is particularly notable in 2019 because global authorities took down two of the biggest illegal online markets. Bitcoin has lost steam, but criminals still love it 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z District Judge Manish Shah said the emergence of “greedy black-market profiteers” selling K2 likely contributed to a public health crisis that included deaths. Seller of synthetic marijuana sentenced to 7 years in prison 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z That outlaw culture and black-market economy is now struggling to adapt, like the power system itself, to the regulations that come with a now-legal cannabis market. Amid California power outages, tiny tribe offers a beacon of energy 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The vendors compound the money the money on Libya’s black-market exchange, which ranges between 4 and 9 times greater than the official rate. European money spawns more misery for migrants in Libya 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The vendors compound the money the money on Libya’s black-market exchange, which ranges between 4 and 9 times greater than the official rate. European money spawns more misery for migrants in Libya 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Business owners argued that there was no connection between flavored vaping liquids and the rise of the lung injuries, which they said appear to be caused by black-market products. Montana to enforce temporary ban on flavored vaping products 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The Michigan survey was conducted earlier this year, before reports of a surge in cases of vaping-related lung damage, mostly in teens and young adults who used black-market THC products. Survey shows boom in marijuana vaping among school kids 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z What must be the black-market value of that thing? Harry Styles: ‘I’m not just sprinkling in sexual ambiguity to be interesting’ 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Health officials have urged people to avoid vaping, particularly black-market products containing THC, which many of the sick said they had used. Over 500K pot vapes seized in 2 years as busts rise in US 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z It is also an additive used to dilute THC in black-market vape cartridges. Searching for a killer: Inside the CDC’s scramble to solve a mysterious vaping disease 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “If you don’t give it to them, it’s going to come here illegally,” Mr. Trump said of flavored products, referring to how a “prohibition” would only increase the use of black-market products. Trump Warns a Flavor Ban Would Spawn Counterfeit Vaping Products 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Officials believe a thickening agent used in black-market THC vaping products appears to be a culprit. New York joins states suing e-cigarette maker Juul 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z On a single day, operating a furnace he constructed in his backyard, he could produce a ton of black-market mercury worth more than $20,000, he said. The Hidden Cost of Gold: Birth Defects and Brain Damage 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z This level of scrutiny and interaction is not new in cyberspace’s black-market world. Social media is amplifying Trump’s rants and disinformation more than ever 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z They claim the 120-day ban is an overly restrictive reaction to a national outbreak of vaping-related illnesses and deaths they say is caused by illegal black-market products. Montana judge halts temporary flavored vaping ban 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Public-health officials are finding common threads among the products involved in the recent vaping deaths and injuries, and tracing them to black-market producers and disreputable merchants. Vaping response should be science-based, not prohibition 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Additionally, a recent Washington Post investigation concluded that the illnesses may be linked to black-market vaping products, some of which are allegedly cut with the agent. Chemical burns from vaping? Lung damage resembles mustard gas exposure, Mayo Clinic doctors say 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Now, Indonesia produces so much black-market mercury that it has become a major global supplier, surreptitiously shipping thousands of tons to other parts of the world. The Hidden Cost of Gold: Birth Defects and Brain Damage 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Additionally, a recent Washington Post investigation concluded that the illnesses affecting hundreds of Americans may be linked to black-market vaping products, some of which are allegedly cut with vitamin E acetate. Alabama sees 1st vaping-linked death as US toll rises to 15 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Many users have signed on to vent at restrictions and bans they see as misguided, with most of the illnesses appearing to be linked to black-market or bootleg unregulated vaping products containing cannabis derivatives. 'Straight-up panic': U.S. vaping crackdown sends some scrambling for their fix 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z A recent Washington Post investigation concluded that the illnesses affecting hundreds of Americans may be linked to black-market vaping products, some of which are allegedly cut with vitamin E acetate. Florida, Georgia see first vaping-linked deaths, state officials say 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Indeed, the illnesses affecting hundreds of Americans may be linked to black-market vaping products, a recent Washington Post investigation concluded. California vaping deaths, illnesses prompt stern warning from officials: Put e-cigarettes down 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z He said he is convinced that the recent wave of vaping-related health problems stem from black-market products, not the ones on the shelves of the shop, which his brother owns. Retailers scramble as NY moves to ban flavored e-cigarettes 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Gasoline supplies are dwindling and are a black-market trade now — for those fortunate enough to have a functioning vehicle. On Dorian-Battered Island, What’s Left? Virtually Nothing 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The vape pens are a potential target for black-market sellers because they’re cheap and easy to fill with counterfeit substances, according to officials and industry sources. As vaping-related lung illnesses spike, investigators eye contaminants 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Asked how black-market dealers would react, he expected some would be "mad or disappointed". Dutch cities chosen for cannabis supply trial 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In China, such drugs are currently bought through “daigous,” or black-market purchasing agents. China Eases Rules on Cheap Drug Imports to Fight Chronic Diseases 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z A black-market arms dealer convicted of trying to buy antiaircraft missiles and sell them to clients in the Middle East has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Man is held over threat to attack Memphis church 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Many imported goods are sold in black-market stores that do not assess products’ quality. Colgate warns Venezuelans not to buy fake imported toothpaste brands 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Within a decade, the pills became their own self-sustaining industry, a black-market and even street-corner product. An onslaught of pills, hundreds of thousands of deaths: Who is accountable? 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z That’s giving advocates a sense of urgency about getting the social network to crack down on the black-market trade before it becomes even tougher to track. A black market in wildlife trafficking thrives on Facebook and Instagram 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Gun-control advocates argue that compensation rates may not be fair and warn of a possible spike in black-market sales. New Zealand is trying to buy back the military-style weapons it banned in April. It’s not so easy. 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Known as Conficker, it was and remains the most persistent computer worm ever seen, linking computers with Microsoft operating systems globally, millions of them, to create a vast illicit botnet, in effect, a black-market supercomputer. Opinion | The Worm That Nearly Ate the Internet 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Some of Modi’s boldest policy steps, such as the demonetisation of high currency notes to curb black-market money and bring a large number of people into the tax net, proved to be economically damaging. Indians vote in final stage of gruelling election campaign 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z One of book’s most indelible characters is Milo Minderbinder, a wheeling-dealing mess officer and unabashed capitalist, who flies around Europe trading in black-market cotton, dates, zinc, M&Ms and oranges. Why Joseph Heller's ‘Catch-22’ is a relevant antiwar satire in the age of Trump 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Previous reports and studies have highlighted the black-market trade in gold mined by people, including children, who have no ties to big business, and dig or pan for it with little official oversight. Exclusive: Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “These will become black-market weapons if their owners choose not to comply with the law and become criminals instead.” New Zealand is trying to buy back the military-style weapons it banned in April. It’s not so easy. 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Postal Service Office of Inspector General found that most black-market drug sites use the weakest link in import delivery: good old-fashioned mail. Opinion | Congress created tools to fight the opioid crisis. But is the administration using them? 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Avenatti would not say precisely how he located the Kelly tapes but that they were not black-market copies. R. Kelly’s sex videos have circulated nationwide for years 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Most significantly, money, people, fuel and black-market commerce reportedly began to flow once again across the North Korea-China border, a show of appreciation by Beijing for Kim’s statesmanlike performance. Opinion | Trump must listen to the North Korea experts, not his gut 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Her parents got unrefined gold at black-market rates, refined it at home, then sold the pure gold to Chinese investors over the border at the official rate, yielding a profit. Shopping in Pyongyang, and Other Adventures in North Korean Capitalism 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The Trace and The New Yorker, working around the Tiahrt Amendments, relied on thousands of public records and more than fifty interviews to track Scott’s guns through a network of black-market profiteers. The Life Cycle of a Stolen Gun 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z “We have a big database of customers that we know from research are already betting on sports, mostly with black-market websites,” Robins says. Will Sports Betting Transform How Games Are Watched, and Even Played? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z In turn, retail prices rose, giving cartels an opportunity to undercut those prices through black-market sales of gasoline. Explainer: Mexico's fuel woes rooted in chronic theft, troubled... 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Younger people, who can less readily secure prescriptions for pain—and for whom OxyContin may be too expensive—have increasingly turned to black-market substitutes, including heroin. The Family That Built an Empire of Pain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z There is a touch of Private Walker, the black-market wheeler-dealer in Dad’s Army, whose absence from the regular armed forces was explained by a corned-beef allergy. ‘We're reactivating the people’s army’: inside the battle for a hard Brexit 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z He also said he’s not spooked by the police crackdown and predicts his black-market business will continue to thrive. Canada legalized pot in October. But its black market is still going strong. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z An incident report lists the items’ value at $600, but it wasn’t known what a black-market collector might pay for parts of a Disney attraction. Retired robot’s clothing stolen from Walt Disney World 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z And after they revived Rogers with the overdose antidote naloxone, she bought more of the medicine herself from a black-market salesman near her methadone clinic. Falling Out: Inside America’s other opioid epidemic 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The stolen information is spread across a dizzying array of black-market websites and discussion forums, where it is packaged, processed and sold in bulk for hard-to-trace digital currencies such as bitcoin. Thieves Can Now Nab Your Data in a Few Minutes for a Few Bucks 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Most of the black-market goods are for consumers. After Iran Sanctions, U.S. Faces a Huge Task: Compliance 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Most in line predicted at least a 50 percent increase over street prices, with some bracing themselves for double, but Quebec priced its product below black-market prices. ‘Better than the Olympics’: Canadians line up for marijuana as it becomes legal 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z However, with many provincial governments only approving a small number of shops so far and a shortage of weed supplied to these stores, many Canadians will likely be smoking black-market pot on Wednesday. Sober start as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z However, provincial governments’ approval of only a small number of shops so far, and a shortage of weed supplied to these stores means most Canadians’ first toke on Wednesday will likely be of black-market pot. Canada kicks off muted pot party as first G7 nation to OK... 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z They are arguing a nonsensical case that claims major colleges are somehow the defrauded victims of the elaborate black-market recruiting economy that the schools themselves created. Perspective | College sports programs aren’t victims of fraud. They’re participants. 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z During the German occupation of World War II, he sold black-market chocolate and fake silk stockings while struggling to establish himself as a singer, relying on his own compositions. Charles Aznavour, daring and adored French singer and composer, dies at 94 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z While coal exports are down, North Korea appears to be expanding its economic cooperation with China in other spheres, according to Lucas Kuo, an analyst for C4ADS, a Washington nonprofit agency that researches black-market networks. A ‘massive’ spike in oil smuggling has eased the economic pressure on North Korea 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Khan noted in his speech, broadcast on national television, that a lack of official documentation pushed many refugees towards black-market labour or crime. Pakistan's Imran Khan pledges citizenship for 1.5m Afghan refugees 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The line of what is officially tolerated in Iran’s currency market is constantly shifting, said the owner of Bonbast.com, a site that tracks and publishes unofficial rates based on quotes from black-market dealers. Iran Struggles to Rein In Illicit Trade in Dollars 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z In 1918, he went to prison for some sort of black-market transaction. Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Public health agencies and medical providers have tried to expand access to treatment for those who are addicted - many of whom started by using opioids prescribed by their doctors and eventually resorted to black-market alternatives. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The U.S. government is taking a heightened interest in these black-market sales. Opinion | The harm of Virginia’s illicit tobacco trade 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Our sources say Iranian authorities arrested black-market currency dealers in Tehran Monday, which will further spook markets. The Run on Iran’s Rial 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Kruger said officials are working to legalize the status of nearly a half-million Venezuelans who work black-market jobs and struggle to access health care. Colombia: Number of Venezuelan migrants continues to rise 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z In Deschutes County, the sheriff and district attorney in February went public with their frustrations, saying the state was allowing black-market operations to proliferate through lack of oversight. Oregon admits lack of oversight of medical-marijuana program 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The black-market rate, however, is closer to 25. Turkmenistan finds a novel solution to mass emigration 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Authorities contend Alcharihi was trying to cash in on the spoils of the war in Syria by using a well-known black-market trade route through Turkey. Authorities say ancient mosaic seized at Palmdale home was looted from war-torn Syria 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z The government is seeking to impose an exchange rate of 42,000 to the dollar, but in Tehran’s black-market exchanges this week the going rate was 60,000. Steep Slide in Currency Threatens Iran’s Economy 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Fatalities from heroin and black-market synthetic opioids skyrocketed while the nation saw a decline in the number of opioid painkiller prescriptions and the overdose deaths attributed to them, according to a study. Study: Despite decline in prescriptions, opioid deaths skyrocketing due to heroin and synthetic drugs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z People steal painkillers from nursing homes or possessions from their parents to fund black-market purchases. As the opioid epidemic rages, the fight against addiction moves to an Ohio courtroom 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z The appeal of black-market shops - and the lure of their ads - was illustrated this month after a raid at an illegal dispensary near Los Angeles. Online ads from unlicensed pot shops roil California market 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The appeal of black-market shops — and the lure of their ads — was illustrated this month after a raid at an illegal dispensary near Los Angeles. Online ads from unlicensed pot shops roil California market 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z They also view the black-market rate as one of the few trustworthy indicators of the country’s economic health. Steep Slide in Currency Threatens Iran’s Economy 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Prices are being influenced by a black-market exchange rate that rises by the day and is currently five times the nearly inaccessible official rate. Analysis | Venezuela hopes to tackle the world’s worst inflation by deleting zeros from its currency 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z As the values and structures of Soviet life crumbled and fell, organised crime was emerging from the ruins, no longer subservient to the corrupt Communist party bosses and the black-market millionaires. Gangster’s paradise: how organised crime took over Russia 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Jake, a jaded former pilot himself, now scrapes together a living selling stolen engine components from decommissioned Jaegers and black-market Sriracha sauce. Review | ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’: Long on loud action, short on heart 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The volcanic breach that once brought forth a horde of Kaiju from the ocean floor has been permanently sealed, and most of the Jaegers have been deactivated and stripped down for parts by black-market thieves. 'Pacific Rim Uprising' is a big, noisy, cheerfully dumb monsters-and-robots sequel 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But at the other end of the spectrum are an unknown number of black-market subcontractors, where misconduct largely stays hidden. How the most vulnerable workers are targeted for sexual abuse 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z But the movie almost immediately squanders that goodwill on a lame, hyperactive action plot involving black-market smugglers and Bulgarian mobsters, all of it set to a frantic soundtrack of shrieking tires and accidentally discharged firearms. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams don't have winning material in 'Game Night' 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border are a major thoroughfare for such black-market animals. Teen sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling border tiger 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z He was a fixture in Kenya’s wildlife scene, an eccentric American with a mass of white hair, known for meticulous work on the black-market prices of ivory and rhinoceros horn. No Suspects in Killing of Eccentric American, a Kenyan Wildlife Expert 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was known for his undercover work establishing black-market prices. Top ivory investigator stabbed to death 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to be the guy opening up the trench coat” — he pantomimed a black-market peddler — “saying, I got watches in here, yachts over here, real estate here.” Selling Airborne Opulence to the Upper Upper Upper Class 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Or, put another way, a fantasy pegged to the black-market days. The California pot industry isn’t afraid of the US Attorney General 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z That is less than $4 at the current black-market exchange rate. Venezuela’s currency plumbs unknown depths 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Lawmakers say that is not enough to deter traffickers who move black-market cigarettes from low tax states to be sold in higher tax states. Lawmakers eye stiffer penalties for cigarette smuggling 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z On the street, it is local militia leaders, smugglers and black-market kingpins who hold sway. As chaos and despair grow in Libya, Gadhafi son plans comeback 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z First, it allows people who have been operating black-market cannabis businesses to become legal. The Golden State’s new pot laws are almost comically progressive 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Financial institutions are rationing cash withdrawals to 10,000 bolívars a day, about 8 cents at the black-market rate. How hyperinflation stole Christmas in Venezuela 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Hopes are that legalization will help rein in environmental damage from black-market grows, much of it in Northern California old-growth forests. Not easy being green: Legal pot brings environmental rules 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Regulation that comes with legalization of recreational pot aims to rein in environmental damage caused by black-market grows. 5 California Things to Know for Today 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z State officials say the problems with black-market grows include eroding vulnerable habitat, diverting streams and illegal use of pesticides. Not easy being green: Legal pot brings environmental rules 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z First, it allows people who have been operating black-market cannabis businesses to become legal. The Golden State’s new pot laws are almost comically progressive 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Nurses send parents away with lists of items to look for in pharmacies or to buy from the black-market vendors who circle the hospital, selling exorbitantly priced, hard-to-find medical supplies. As Venezuela collapses, its children are dying of hunger 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Two weeks earlier, the Mexican restaurant where she worked under her real name and a black-market social security number was raided. This is what the hours after being deported look like 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In many respects, country and hip-hop are sister genres, the pop styles that most reliably make room for God and work, black-market economies and regional pride. From Farm to Farm With the King of ‘Bro-Country’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z And Bitcoin first gained public notice because of its use as anonymous digital cash on black-market websites like the Silk Road. Bitcoin Hasn’t Replaced Cash, but Investors Don’t Care 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z She used Instagram to track down a black-market dealer of etonogestrel implants, rods inserted into the arm that release a contraceptive hormone. Even sex is in crisis in Venezuela, where contraceptives are growing scarce 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Two blocks away at another pharmacy, a female customer in her 20s looking for pills was told, “We only have the imported ones” — implying they would be sold at a black-market rate. Even sex is in crisis in Venezuela, where contraceptives are growing scarce 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The authorities have also faced black-market sales in stores after Mr. Trudeau’s legalization announcement. Ready or Not, Recreational Marijuana Use Is Coming to Canada 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z The new note, however, will be worth less than $2.50 at today’s black-market rate. Venezuela unveils largest-ever bill, worth a few US dollars 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Outside each one, black-market traders sell fuel in water bottles for more than ten times the official price. As South Sudan implodes, America reconsiders its support for the regime 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Two blocks away at another pharmacy, a female customer in her 20s looking for pills was told, “We only have the imported ones” — implying they would be sold at a black-market rate. Even sex is in crisis in Venezuela, where contraceptives are growing scarce 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z She used Instagram to track down a black-market dealer of etonogestrel implants, rods inserted into the arm that release a contraceptive hormone. Even sex is in crisis in Venezuela, where contraceptives are growing scarce 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Cities and provinces have taken different approaches to the black-market shops. Ready or Not, Recreational Marijuana Use Is Coming to Canada 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z But he still collects a quarter of his weekly salary of 50,000 bolivars, the equivalent of just $1.70 at the widely used black-market exchange rate. Awaiting better days, multinationals keep Venezuela units alive - barely 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Most of the fixes offered by the interview subjects — from policing the Internet to making black-market sex “scarier” — sound insufficient. Review | ‘Stopping Traffic’ takes aim at the abuse and prostitution of children 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z He describes the world of his most recent book, Change Agent, as a near future where widespread black-market genetic editing has created serious problems. The Mysterious Case of the Missing Utopian Novels 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “All of a sudden they are calling their buddy again,” Ms. Logan said, referring to black-market vendors who have thrived in California in recent decades. California Today: What if Legal Pot Costs More Than Black-Market Pot? 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Narwhal tusks are priced by the inch, he wrote, and a black-market seller like Logan might be able to charge $50 an inch. Washington ivory dealer went undercover to help feds bust Canadian wildlife smuggler 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z But he still collects a quarter of his weekly salary of 50,000 bolivars, the equivalent of just $1.70 at the widely used black-market exchange rate. Awaiting better days, multinationals keep Venezuela units alive - barely 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Petrol is heavily subsidised in Libya: a litre costs $0.12 at the official exchange rate and just two cents at the black-market rate. Why the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean is falling 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The revolution in shopping options has become so ingrained that many Mexicans recall with haziness the pre-NAFTA days of limited brand choices, domestic knockoffs and black-market scrounging. While Trump bashes NAFTA, it’s Americanizing Mexico 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Already near-worthless, the local currency — the bolívar — continued to collapse, with its black-market rate against the dollar falling nearly 10 percent overnight. Top Venezuelan opposition leaders taken into custody amid fears of wider crackdowns 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The crisis is mounting amid shortages of food and medicine and a 16 percent drop in the already-rock-bottom black-market value of the bolívar, the local currency, in just the past week. Fear spreads in Venezuela ahead of planned protest of controversial election 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The dark web is a digital netherworld where black-market sites are hidden from search engines such as Google and Bing. This place is the capital of pedophilia, human trafficking, weapons sales and hacking 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Glover surprised fans in the film as Aaron Davis, just a guy looking to buy a bit of black-market firepower from the Vulture but eventually turned off when the guns proved to be too dangerous. Your guide to the familiar faces of 'Spider-Man: Homecoming': A dream team from indie movies and TV 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z His latest report, published this month, suggested the possibility of “a black-market for reusable political-disinformation bots.” Spreading fake news becomes standard practice for governments across the world 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The findings suggest that there may be a “black-market for reusable political-disinformation bots,” according to the author of the paper, which was submitted for peer review this month. Pro-Trump Twitter bots were also used to target Macron, research shows 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Restrictions on pet stores, they said, only boost black-market sales of desirable breeds, especially through questionable transactions on websites such as Craigslist. California could become first state to ban stores that sell commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Gas is also sold through more informal channels, including street-side stalls and the black-market. Pyongyang gas price surge: Bad news for Kim Jong Un? 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z His father was a handyman, and his mother peddled eggs, coal briquettes and black-market American relief goods. Moon Jae-in Declares Victory in South Korea Presidential Election 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z North Korea’s state-sanctioned media is strictly propaganda, and its black-market entertainment is mostly South Korean, smuggled in from China. We went to North Korea. You asked hundreds of questions. Here's what we found 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Colectivos control vast territory across Venezuela, financed in some cases by extortion, black-market food and parts of the drug trade as the government turns a blind eye in exchange for loyalty. Armed Civilian Bands in Venezuela Prop Up Unpopular President 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Law enforcement and state lawmakers attribute the black-market problem in part to weak restrictions on who may grow the drug. County judge is fatally shot outside his Chicago home 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Law enforcement and state lawmakers attribute the black-market problem in part to weak restrictions on who can grow pot. Colorado set to prohibit marijuana co-op growing operations 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z How black-market OxyContin spurred a town's descent into crime, addiction and heartbreak » Trump is delving into the nation's opioid addiction crisis. Here's a look at its origins 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Lawmakers on the taxation committee expressed concern that raising tobacco prices would foster black-market sales. The Latest: Lawmakers vote down tobacco tax increase 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But the lack of a consistent number statewide makes it difficult for law officers to distinguish between legitimate medicinal gardens and black-market operations that, besides ducking taxes, can devastate residential areas. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z You probably creep out of your house at the dead of night and lease your children to black-market organ harvesters, don’t you? Why Netflix cheating is the ultimate breakdown in marital trust | Stuart Heritage 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z But doubts persist that China is meeting its pledge, given its severe shortage of organ donors and China’s longstanding black-market organ trade. Vatican debated whether to invite China to organ meeting 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z This was not the capital, Caracas, where food was often scarce in the barrios, but at least there was always another shop or black-market seller to try. No Food, No Medicine, No Respite: A Starving Boy’s Death in Venezuela 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z In the past year, the black-market rate for U.S. dollars rose steeply, and the government responded by making it all but impossible to exchange at the official rate. Egypt’s Failed Revolution 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Medvedev also told the interior minister to ensure people involved in black-market production or sale of such industrial alcohol drinks would face criminal charges, and suggested tightening the law to provide harsher penalties. Siberian city declares emergency after 40 die from drinking alcoholic bath tincture 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The recent black-market arrival of synthetic opioids many times more potent than heroin, such as fentanyl and carfentanil, has only made the crisis worse. The Children of the Opioid Crisis 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Decades ago, he said that all drugs should be legalized, in order to take profits away from black-market players and produce tax dollars that could be spent on educating people about the dangers of drugs. 7 Reasons a War on Marijuana Is Unlikely, Even Under Trump 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In Italy, a trainer offered him a black-market cellphone. With a Fixer-Upper in the Nets, Kenny Atkinson Starts by Building Rapport 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z “I met him at a gas station,” said Ms. Fields of the transaction, adding that it “kind of resembled a black-market deal.” Turkeys Lay Eggs, Too—Then the Foodies Fight Over Them 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z He is president of one of Venezuela’s most popular and insurgent websites, DolarToday.com, which provides a benchmark exchange rate used by his compatriots to buy and sell black-market dollars. Venezuela’s Nemesis Is a Hardware Salesman at a Home Depot in Alabama 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z The setting for the raid, far removed from the traditional black-market operations in Chinatown, suggests a continuing game of hide-and-seek. Counterfeiting Trade Settles Into a New York Standby: Self-Storage Units 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z But with the high-value notes withdrawn from Wednesday in an effort to combat corruption, black-market trade and tax evasion, many were left without cash for day-to-day expenses. Your money's no good: rupee note cancellation plunges India into panic 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The so-called food basket—the basics for a family—cost $380 a month at the black-market exchange in August, according to labor research institute CENDA. Venezuela Backs Away From Price Controls as Citizens Go Hungry 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Basic foodstuffs became black-market commodities; in Jeremie, the price of rice doubled overnight. Where Hurricane Matthew hit hardest: Hundreds dead in ravaged Haiti 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z DolarToday began as a Twitter feed that posted the black-market exchange rate for Venezuela’s currency, the bolivar. Venezuela’s Nemesis Is a Hardware Salesman at a Home Depot in Alabama 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Still, in the store’s two decades, Mr. Horowitz said, nothing significant was stolen, a fact he attributes to the difficulty of selling black-market books. ‘We Are a Big Family’: Dealers Unite Against Thefts of Rare Books 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the effectively bottomless abundance of black-market weapons from American sources is one reason Iraq will not recover from its post-invasion woes anytime soon. How Many Guns Did the U.S. Lose Track of in Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of Thousands. 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z From January through June, half of all private imports were financed with dollars obtained at the black-market rate, up from a quarter in the same period of 2015, according to Ecoanalítica. Venezuela Backs Away From Price Controls as Citizens Go Hungry 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Iran likely relied on black-market parts while the country faced international sanctions, said Robin Mills, a Dubai-based oil industry analyst and CEO of Qamar Energy. Iran oil industry fires, blasts raise suspicions of hacking 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Some Venezuelan economists and black-market currency traders say the sample is too small and easy to manipulate. Venezuela’s Nemesis Is a Hardware Salesman at a Home Depot in Alabama 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z But as the Times noted, “Some experts attribute the sudden spike in violence largely to a flood of black-market opiates looted from pharmacies during riots in April 2015.” Beware the murder stats: Why the right will use them to smear Black Lives Matter and how the left can fight back 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Slater charts Cardona’s evolution into an efficient and reliable killer, “a heat-seeking missile of black-market capitalism to be deployed against anyone who ran afoul of the Company.” The Teen Killers of the Drug War 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The zoo’s owner and patriarch, Ziad Awaida, said he purchased two tiger cubs from black-market traders providing animals for an Egyptian zoo. Gaza’s last tiger leaves ‘the world's worst zoo’ 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z However, some ethicists worry about the system taking advantage of the poor worldwide to black-market organ sales. In Iran, unique system allows payments for kidney donors 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Last week, allegations of black-market ticket sales implicating Ireland’s Olympic committee emerged. Top Irish Olympic Executive Arrested Over Ticket Scalping Allegations 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z But that hasn’t stopped sales from booming, in parallel with a large and active black-market trade for contraband weapons flooding south from the United States. At Mexico's lone gun store, even the boss discourages sales 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Large databases of usernames and passwords periodically become available on black-market websites. Password Hacking Forces Big Tech Companies to Act 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The problem would be, is to get people to actually come in with their black-market heroin. A transcript of The Washington Post editorial board’s meeting with Gary Johnson and William Weld 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z To organize a decent wake and burial, a family needs at least 400,000 bolivars — roughly $400 at the black-market exchange rate, which reflects the price of goods for most Venezuelans. In Venezuela, life is undervalued, and death is overpriced 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z U.S. aircraft destroyed a main Islamic State hub used to transport black-market oil 5 miles west of Mosul, Col. ISIS losing territory, foreign fighters as coalition forces attack on multiple fronts 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z While the official exchange rate is about 10 bolívars to the dollar, the black-market rate, which is regarded as more accurate, is about 1,100 bolívars to the dollar, though it shifts around. How Venezuela Fell Into Crisis, and What Could Happen Next 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Now, steaks are imported for tourist hotels, and cuts of beef remain a prize for home cooks with good black-market connections. With few ingredients to work with, Cuban cooks rely on ingenuity and luck 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Loved ones are then sent back the way they came to find black-market sellers who have the goods. Dying Infants and No Medicine: Inside Venezuela’s Failing Hospitals 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z For €24,000, Ali bought two black-market visas and plane flights to Europe. Doctor, artist, engineer, blogger: human stories of Malta's own migration crisis 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z That is about $1,500 at the official exchange rate but is around $50 at the current black-market rate, which largely sets prices of goods for Venezuelans. World Digest: May 1, 2016 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Despite data from researchers showing that sales of ivory stockpiles have increased demand and raised black-market prices for the precious material, some in Kenya say warehousing it for potential sale makes more sense. Kenya Set for Record Ivory Burning 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z A middle-aged woman, once a black-market gold dealer, says she is happy in South Korea. Yearning for North Korea - the nation they fled 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “The central bank takes the dollars from those remittances at the lower rate, but then sells them or exchanges them through its network at the black-market rate, pocketing the difference,” explained Jaafari. How peace talks have an economic effect on ordinary Syrians 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z An undercover cop is thrown into a Thai prison, a hotbed of corruption, riots and black-market organ transplants. Every single movie coming out this summer 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Brazilian police broke up a black-market ring that tried to illegally sell over 700 Olympic tickets at exorbitant prices, authorities said Tuesday. Brazil police bust black-market ticket ring for Rio Olympics 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Nearly 40 politicians, business moguls and black-market money dealers have been jailed since, and the list is expected to grow, with prosecutors investigating suspects including the leaders of both chambers of Congress. Insider’s Account of How Graft Fed Brazil’s Political Crisis 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z And in Mozambique, families who depend on black-market vendors for water could spend up to 100 times as much for the resource than people who have access to a community tap subsidized by the government. The world's poorest pay largest percentage of income for water, study says 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z A booming black-market industry emerged that led to widespread recreational use, state officials said. Montana court limits commercial sales of medical marijuana 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z That still leaves Venezuela’s petrol the cheapest in the world, and the strongest exchange rate wildly at variance with the black-market rate of around 1,000 bolívares to the dollar. Praying to pay 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Paladar owners depend on black-market goods, items bought at retail stores or supplies brought in the suitcases of people paid to “mule” products from the U.S. and other countries. Californians want rum-crazy Cuba to start drinking wine 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Paladar owners depend on black-market goods, items bought at retail stores or supplies brought in the suitcases of people paid to "mule" products from the U.S. and other countries. Tourists in rum-crazy Cuba generally drink mojitos and daiquiris or the thin local beer, while only an odd few accompany their meals with wine _ a situation California vintners hope to change by bringing in zinfandel, chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Some of the collectors willing to buy black-market artifacts are believed to be in Persian Gulf countries. ‘Broken System’ Allows ISIS to Profit From Looted Antiquities 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z In Brussels, he slipped into black-market work, doing construction and cleaning and the overnight shift at a bakery. Some Countries See Migrants as an Economic Boon, Not a Burden 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z And the black-market war economy that feeds them is controlled by combatants, who inflate prices — this year, they rose almost 90 percent — to profit from hunger and even starvation. The most unconventional weapon in Syria: Wheat 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z She survived botched black-market medical procedures, suicide attempts and AIDS-related illnesses. ‘A Whole New Being’: How Kricket Nimmons Seized the Transgender Moment 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z But calculated at the black-market rate commonly used on Venezuela’s streets, the wage comes out to around $12 a month—half the income of the average Cuban. Venezuela’s Soaring Poverty Hurts Ruling Party’s Chances in Sunday’s Elections 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He broadly claimed that the Islamic State group is profiting from black-market oil in Turkey. Obama: Turkey Has the Right to Defend its Airspace 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Some estimates put black-market oil sales at nearly half the group’s revenue. Why French airstrikes on ISIS’s ‘capital’ probably haven’t done much 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The black-market rate is still over 5% cheaper, so a further decline is expected. Dwindling dollars 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Some A.T.M.s limit withdrawals to the black-market equivalent of about $0.57. Few in Venezuela Want Bolívars, but No One Can Spare a Dime 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Inter-ethnic rivalries and disputes over black-market business deals lead to frequent eruptions of violence. Tighter security in French port breeds growing defiance among refugees 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z “There’s a direct line between black-market fishing, black-market drugs, smuggling and human trafficking,” Mr. Kerry said. U.S. Announces Plans to Combat Illegal Fishing and Other Steps to Protect Oceans 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Governments and non-state actors tend to hoard information on such flaws as deterrents or for possible use in future attacks, and they fetch high prices on black-market Web sites. The world needs an arms-control treaty for cybersecurity 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Two brothers accused of operating a West Los Angeles pharmacy as a facade for a black-market prescription drug and steroids ring were arrested Thursday on federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Two brothers accused of using West L.A. pharmacy as front for drug trafficking 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Jérôme Valcke, the second-ranking official at FIFA, was placed on immediate leave and will be investigated for allegations of corruption involving the black-market sale of World Cup tickets, the association announced Thursday. Top FIFA Executive Jérôme Valcke Placed on Leave Amid Corruption Investigation 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z With the border closed, those goods aren’t getting through and black-market prices are climbing. Venezuela Causes Upheaval on Colombian Border 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z When a black-market exotic-species dealer accidentally loses a shark in Lake Tahoe, he has to team with a local policewoman to keep the town safe. Films being released from September through November 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z They were seized during raids in May by authorities investigating the black-market sale of art connected to the Third Reich. ‘Nazi Horse’ at German Boarding School Draws Fire 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The high cost of formal child care at a daycare center leaves most families looking for other options – and those options often include unlicensed, black-market providers. Stuck With Second-Class Child Care 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z “The United States is not an easy market for black-market smuggling of art and antiquities,” he said. US returns $15 million Picasso painting stolen from France 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z In West Germany, an East German named Martin stumbles upon a man selling black-market electronics. Silicon Valley’s Dramatic Prehistory 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z A booth near the checkout tills exchanges foreign banknotes for domestic currency, at around the black-market rate. Bread and circuses 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Experts attribute the increase to the pain of opiate withdrawal and black-market demand for drugs. Pharmacy robberies up across Indiana, US as drugs targeted 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Suddenly deprived of black-market hormones that she had been taking steadily for the previous 15 years, she was horrified to find her body rapidly reverting to masculine type. 'Prison within prison': a transgender inmate's years-long battle for basic care 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Production may involve the theft of tools and materials by employees at contract bicycle manufacturers in Asia, and some in the industry believe that some bicycle industry contractors may produce black-market goods on the side. Bicycle Makers Struggle to Swat Down Counterfeits 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Growth stopped, investment plummeted, and a black-market economy, denominated in dollars, grew in its place. Greece Needs the Euro 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Unlike at Sunrise Coffee, all goods are marked and sold at prices close to the black-market rate. Bread and circuses 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z These black-market currency traders travel to Thailand or other neighboring countries where they exchange them. In Myanmar, Cash Remains King, and It Had Better Be Clean 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The border town is a major avenue for commerce for the extremist group — through which it smuggles in foreign fighters and sells black-market oil. Syrian Kurds nearing IS border stronghold, thousands flee 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Illegal drugs are not the only source of black-market cash. Profits From Illicit Drug Trade at Root of Myanmar’s Boom 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z If she’s nice to pedestrians, one of them will invariably point her to the local black-market spy gear dealer. Neon Struct is the stripped-down Deus Ex you didn't know you wanted 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The fact many are willing to pay double that price for black-market dollars indicates the supply is limited. Currency tumbles as Venezuelans look to offload bolivars 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z U.S. officials said the raid killed a senior Islamic State leader identified as a Tunisian who helped to manage its black-market sales of oil and gas to raise funds. Islamic State dead in U.S. Syria raid climbs to 32: monitoring group 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The officials described Sayyaf, a Tunisian, as an Islamic State commander who helped manage the group's black-market sales of oil and gas to raise funds. U.S. conducts raid in Syria, says it kills senior Islamic State leader 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The leader, Abu Sayyaf, was involved in the group’s military operations and also helped manage black-market sales of oil and gas to raise money, according to a statement issued by the Pentagon early Saturday. U.S. Special Forces Kill Senior ISIS Commander in Syria Raid, Defense Department Says 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z So when the Egyptian pound appeared overvalued last year, black-market traders began selling dollars at a premium. The lure of Sisi 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z A bottle of Chivas Regal 18 Year Old Whiskey costs $31, calculated at the black-market exchange rate, more than Venezuela's monthly minimum wage. Venezuelan rum industry succeeding despite country's woes 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Thousands of color transparencies were stolen — the going rate for a black-market purchase was $5 a pop — and miniature models used to film spaceship scenes went missing as well. 5 Surprising Star Wars Facts, Straight From 1977 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The rest was untaxed: a combination of home growing, production by untaxed medical “caregivers” whose lightly regulated status is protected in the state constitution and plain old black-market production and trafficking. Marijuana Taxes Won’t Save State Budgets 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z As a weapons sergeant his job was to know everything about all the small arms and crew-served weapons in use around the world: Soviet-made systems, black-market weapons, customized weapons. A Special Forces Officer Teaches You 5 Secrets to Overcoming Adversity 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Many shoppers, even black-market traders, keep to this. Aisles apart 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Yet black-market traders continue to buy and sell at rates 25% lower than the official level. When relief looks barely enough 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Marshals Service announced on Tuesday that three bidders won last week's third auction of bitcoins seized from Ross Ulbricht, convicted of operating black-market website Silk Road. U.S. Marshals: three winning bidders in last week's bitcoin auction 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Lawmakers in Olympia are now considering bills to lower Washington’s tax rates because black-market dealers are able to undercut licensed retail stores. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Marshals Service on Thursday held its third auction of bitcoins seized from Ross Ulbricht, convicted of operating black-market website Silk Road, with a sale of 50,000 units attracting higher demand than the previous auction. U.S. third bitcoin auction spurs more demand with 34 bids 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z A. I am drinking black-market Yuengling, and as Prohibition-era survivors will attest, black-market booze always tastes just a little bit better. Why, exactly, does Boston want the Olympics again? 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Eidinger also urged low tax rates to kill black-market sales and said the bill should be changed to allow importation from others states. D.C. Council Holds Pot Sales 'Non-Hearing' After Warning They Risked Arrest 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The situation reflects the grip of the black-market economy on Greece, where even paying skilled workers like mechanics and plumbers under the table to avoid taxes is commonplace. Greek Austerity Spawns Fakery: Playing Nurse 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z In black-market auctions, complete patient medical records tend to fetch higher prices than credit card numbers. Data Breach at Anthem May Lead to Others 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Some within the tobacco industry argue the drop-off in sales is due to the fact that more people are buying black-market cigarettes as a result of the plain packaging laws. Smoke clears on cigarette packaging debate 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The going black-market rate for a Kalashnikov is about €1,000. Why France’s Terror Attacks Were Probably Self-Financed 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Over the past year, Mr. Cohen has been consumed with trying to cut off the spigot of money flowing into the Islamic State’s coffers — primarily from black-market oil sales. Reaching Outside C.I.A., Obama Picks Treasury Official to Become Agency’s No. 2 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Of course, it will lead to more smuggling and black-market sales of cigarettes, which will lead to stronger police action. Want Bad Tax Policy? Here's A Blueprint 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Many cultures believe rhino horn has medicinal value; a flourishing black-market exists for rhino horn. Northern white rhino, one of six in the world, dies at San Diego Zoo Safari Park 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z But it is no excuse to ignore existing authority, including criminal charges against black-market dealers masquerading as dispensaries. Editorial: Unregulated medical-marijuana market is creating a hazy future 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z One of the many kinds of identity theft is the black-market sale of stolen credit card numbers. Pizza Orders Reveal Credit Card Scheme, and a Secondhand Market 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z New York police were trying to arrest Garner on a charge of selling black-market cigarettes. Comparing the cases of Michael Brown, Eric Garner 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z He got deported for selling black-market cigarettes, and spent the next few decades smoking weed and paying rent, as he put it, until he found Jesus. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The junta tightly controlled who got SIM cards, and just a few years ago black-market cards cost as much as $2,000. Cellphone use transforms Burmese life after government opens mobile market The experiment took all of 30 minutes and $20 — enough time to make two quick purchases that are indistinguishable from black-market transactions. Editorial: Unregulated medical-marijuana market is creating a hazy future 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z But as the supply of pain pills has dropped, and their black-market price has risen, many addicts have turned to heroin to satisfy their craving more cheaply. The great American relapse 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “By discouraging retail sales” with high taxes, “you’re then encouraging black-market sales,” said Johnson. Oregon cities to seek legislative OK for pot taxes 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But law enforcers who predicted that Silk Road’s demise would mark the beginning of the end for online black-market bazaars were wrong. The Amazons of the dark net 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The group can bring in at least $1 million a day from its black-market oil sales, plus tens of millions more each year from extortion and ransom. Enforcer at Treasury Is First Line of Attack Against ISIS 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Certainly, pot merchants who are registered with and regulated by the state are more likely to check IDs than your friendly neighborhood black-market dealer. Pot Is the New Normal 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But, actually, it would benefit no one other than black-market gun dealers, licensed gun dealers and government agencies who would collect fees and fines, and those trying to lay the groundwork for confiscation. I-594: Focus on violence, not disarming citizens 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z These numbers do not include the thriving business of black-market loans. Household Debt and Signs of Drought Squeeze Thai Economy 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The impact of the sanctions is unclear, particularly since the Islamic State largely circumvents the international banking system and traditional commerce, deriving much of its wealth from black-market oil sales, extortion and kidnappings for ransom. Treasury Imposes Terrorism Sanctions 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Home Depot confirmed a breach on Sept. 8, almost a week after credit card data linked to its customers went up for sale on black-market website Rescator.cc. Home Depot Hacked After Months of Security Warnings 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z There is a thriving black-market trade around the world in exotic and dangerous wildlife but Recchio said he couldn't understand the motivation of the owner. Captured cobra had intact venom glands 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z While his study did not look at the final destination of travellers' goods, Morales said he estimated based on his knowledge of the phenomenon that about 60% went to families and 40% to black-market retailers. Cuba imposes restrictions on goods in travellers' luggage 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Moreover, the team showed that the poaching rates were strongly correlated with increases in the local black-market price of ivory, and with the seizures of ivory destined for China. African elephant numbers collapsing 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Many expect a return to the black-market smuggling of decades past. Flexing its mussels 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The Islamic State is already said to be doing a prosperous black-market trade in oil from wells seized in Iraq and Syria. Iraq militants pull back from two towns after Kurdish counterattack 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The seller agreed to deliver them to him in San Francisco for $2,500, a reasonable black-market bulk price. In Hunt for Red Abalone, Divers Face Risks and Poachers Face the Law 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z In Kirkuk, those unable to afford black-market rates wait up to two days to fill their tanks at city stations. In Iraq’s disputed territory, minorities are embracing Kurdish control Technically, reporting black-market economic activity has long been required under European Union regulations. E.U. Nations Counting Sex and Drug Trades Toward G.D.P. 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Prices have settled down since then but remain substantially higher than medical or black-market prices. Weedless in Seattle: Washington's Looming Pot Shortage 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In another environmental move, Obama launched a task force to combat black-market fishing and seafood fraud, in which seafood products are mislabeled to hide their origin. Obama setting aside massive Pacific Ocean preserve 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Thirteen men, most of them Vietnamese, were charged with illegal possession of abalone, believed to be part of a black-market network. In Hunt for Red Abalone, Divers Face Risks and Poachers Face the Law 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The president will also direct federal agencies to develop a comprehensive program aimed at combating seafood fraud and the global black-market fish trade. Obama will propose vast expansion of Pacific Ocean marine sanctuary Colorado farmers without such a connection are either buying black-market seeds for as much as $10 each, or giving up entirely on growing hemp for now. Uncertainty dominates new hemp market 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Philip Dawdy, communications director at the Washington Cannabis Association, which represents medical suppliers, thinks state-licensed pot shops will have trouble competing with black-market dealers. Weedless in Seattle: Washington's Looming Pot Shortage 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z A gradual rapprochement with the west is not only politically odious to them, but threatens their financial interests, which are wrapped up in black-market trade and lucrative state contracts. Arrests over the Happy dance video in Iran reflect hardliners' frustration 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z To improve buyers' experience and curb black-market sales, the company also is offering online sales for a collector's set featuring all six toys, Ms. Low said. Singapore Braces for Kitty Riot at McDonald's 2014-04-28T16:03:16Z Then, as now, young men woke up before dawn to hit the rowing machine and commute between downtown Manhattan and Connecticut, dollar signs in their eyes — albeit rowing dinghies to sell black-market cabbages. City Room: In a Tale of the Nation’s First Spy Ring, a Spotlight on Colonial New York 2014-04-04T18:11:20Z To take fullest advantage of the situation, black-market vendors selling new XP exploits have been stockpiling them, waiting to release them until after Microsoft is no longer monitoring and repairing security flaws. Microsoft Is About to Blow Up ATMs All Over the Country 2014-03-31T15:46:37Z The legal sale of ivory in the United States and around the world helps to disguise black-market sales, U.S. prosecutors and other law enforcement officials say. New rules will ban import and export of ivory, and make it harder than ever to sell 2014-02-11T23:01:00Z “We are resolved to continue the fight against trafficking and to remove any temptation to recover the seized ivory” for black-market sales, said French environment minister Philippe Martin. Seven days: 7–13 February 2014 2014-02-12T18:20:23.981Z Taguchi said that is four times what she spent at the 2012 London Games, where she found a cheap bed and breakfast, traveled on public transport and bought black-market tickets. Fans shun Sochi over bombs, bureaucracy, big bucks 2014-02-10T07:10:52Z Alexander Kasterine argues in Foreign Affairs magazine that much like the war on drugs, making the trade illegal only enriches black-market traffickers and international crime syndicates. Is NY Times opinion page 'waste of money'? 2014-02-06T17:14:27Z If you buy a black-market performance-enhancing drug, delivered in secret, taken in hiding, I hope the best available drug testing catches you. Boswell: Jason Kidd, Mike Tomlin test the sports adage, ‘If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t trying’ 2013-11-30T01:05:28Z But the currency has also garnered an unsavory reputation because of its use in illegal transactions on black-market Web sites. Got bitcoin? FEC may let candidates, PACs accept the digital currency. 2013-11-14T19:16:03Z Investigating How Important Medicine Ends Up on the Black Market Jeanne Whalen @JeanneWhalenJeanne.Whalen@wsj.com U.S. investigators are leading a probe into the widespread theft and black-market resale of malaria drugs donated to Africa by the U.S. government. Thieves Hijacking Malaria Drugs in Africa 2013-11-12T01:04:03Z Illustrating that point, Maduro said government communications experts were blocking a clutch of websites that publish the illegal black-market price of the dollar. Maduro government 'occupies' Venezuela electronics chain 2013-11-10T00:32:55Z The government said the measure was aimed at absorbing excess state labor, improving services, eliminating inefficiencies and bringing black-market activity above ground. Cuba shutters private theaters, threatens other businesses 2013-11-03T03:04:01Z The Pul-e-Kheshti area, the busiest and noisiest part of the city, is home to Kabul's old bazaar, famous for its black-market traders. Taliban profit from illicit uniform sales 2013-10-06T00:58:49Z After a decade of currency controls set up by late socialist leader Hugo Chavez in 2003, the disparity between the official and black-market rates for the local bolivar currency is higher than ever. 'Get a boat!' Venezuela flights booked full for months 2013-09-24T14:19:53Z “Once a tax gets too high, it acts in the same way that Prohibition did: You get substantial black-market activity,” says Scott Drenkard, an economist at the Tax Foundation. The Real Reason Big Tobacco Loves E-Cigs 2013-08-26T10:02:52Z The Tobacco Manufacturers Association said the government should look at alternative measures, such as tackling the black-market trade and sales to under-aged smokers. Minister denies cigarette 'U-turn' 2013-07-12T16:21:06Z This month, the government banned food exports and announced a crackdown on black-market money traders. Government in Syria Searches for Answers as Economy Crumbles 2013-07-13T16:28:45Z Though they get food rations, health care, and, in many cases, remittances from relatives or money from black-market trade, most Cubans live humbly, with even toilet paper a luxury. Slowly, Cuba Is Developing an Appetite for Spending 2013-07-06T17:48:03Z With a black-market price of $30,000 a pound, Harris said, rhinoceros horns are “literally worth greater than their weight in gold.” Obama announces initiative to combat wildlife trafficking 2013-07-01T22:42:48Z He called in 2007 for hearings on the national security risk of black-market cigarette sales. Weiner’s Record in House: Intensity, Publicity and Limited Results 2013-06-13T01:49:28Z But the numbers would be higher still if they included black-market ciggies. Cigarettes: No butts 2013-05-30T15:02:27Z It unfolds in late 1984, during Russia’s war in Afghanistan, and conjures a political and moral landscape drowning in corruption and black-market vodka. Aleksei Balabanov, Russian Film Director, Dies at 54 2013-05-22T03:29:44Z According to Larry’s list, he was now taking giant quantities of one of the most addictive painkillers around, an immensely popular black-market drug most doctors automatically avoid prescribing except under the most exceptional circumstances. Hard Cases: The Traps of Treating Pain 2013-05-13T18:57:04Z "Employers will once again be forced to resort to black-market employment to fuel the economy." Grads preferred to grandmas in proposed immigration bill 2013-05-05T05:04:41Z The ricin letters also seemed to allude to Curtis’s unpublished novel, “Missing Pieces,” about black-market trading in human body parts, which he had mentioned on his Facebook page. Original ricin suspect was held despite evidence pointing to another man 2013-05-01T22:21:00Z Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and other officials, Curtis said he was writing a novel about black-market body parts called “Missing Pieces.” Family claims accused ricin mailer is mentally ill 2013-04-19T15:17:00Z In September 2010, Curtis posted on his blog that he was writing a novel about black-market body parts titled "Missing Pieces." Elvis impersonator charged over poison letter sent to Obama 2013-04-19T01:06:30Z Poaching rhino for the black-market sale of their horns was the primary cause of a precipitous population decline. A business model to save the black rhino? 2013-03-15T14:30:00Z Last year alone, some 32,000 elephants were killed in Africa, according to the Born Free Foundation, which says black-market ivory sells for around $1,300 per pound. Conservation group says Google shopping ads fuel ivory trade 2013-03-05T14:00:00Z In Mexico City's open-air Tepito bazaar, dating back to Aztec times, cheap black-market goods abound, few pay taxes and political hand-greasing thrives. Analysis: Mexico's labor reform no panacea for denting the black market 2012-12-09T16:47:43Z Now I-95 is siphoning northwards another form of contraband: black-market cigarettes. Cigarette-smuggling: The urge to smurf 2012-11-22T16:03:02Z A New York man pleaded guilty last year to what experts said was the first ever proven case of black-market organ trafficking in the United States. Dutch hospital to lead organ trafficking probe 2012-11-15T12:57:10Z Anonymous wants to be its own black-market regulator, but you can’t regulate success. Anonymous Targets Zynga - But They Should Let The Market Take Its Course 2012-10-29T16:32:45Z All they had to do was pay a black-market dealer in Amsterdam or Marseille, France. Op-Ed Contributor: Lance Armstrong and Our Doping Nation 2012-10-12T01:45:10Z He repeatedly puts himself in danger, given the fact that even traveling to the Central African Republic is a foolish thing for outsiders to do, never mind bribing government officials and buying black-market diamonds. “The Ambassador”: A Borat-style quest for blood diamonds 2012-08-28T20:03:00Z This caused the spread between the official exchange rate and the black-market rate to widen to its current 36 percent. Analysis: Argentine inflation "resilient" despite slowing growth 2012-08-10T20:03:53Z Ms. Barron said she did not consider any hypothetical black-market buyer. A Catch-22 of Art and Taxes, Starring a Stuffed Eagle 2012-07-22T04:20:01Z Senator Levin spoke of a "polluted" system that allowed black-market funds to move through the US banking system. HSBC was used by 'drug kingpins' 2012-07-17T18:25:17Z Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the subcommittee that released the report, spoke of a "polluted" system that allowed black-market funds to move through the US banking system. HSBC to apologise before Senate 2012-07-17T11:11:57Z Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the subcommittee, described a "polluted" system that allowed black-market funds to move through the U.S. banking system. Senate panel accuses HSBC in money-laundering report 2012-07-16T21:35:48Z That is advice most people ignore, including many of the 6.5 million LinkedIn users whose user names and passwords were stolen earlier this month and posted on a black-market website. Fix That Password---Now! 2012-06-29T20:18:57Z Chicago, home of the Mercantile Exchange, has always been a hub from which legitimate goods fan out across the country, and it’s no different for black-market commodities. How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions 2012-06-15T14:46:08Z Dutch customs agents last month seized 50,000 liters of illegal alcohol thought to be destined for Britain, the biggest haul of black-market drink ever in the Netherlands. IHT Rendezvous: Europe Seeks to Curb Its Drinking Problem 2012-04-18T11:25:18Z The pervasive use of the black-market exchange rate, which reflected the true value of the currency, left virtually everyone in Burma involved in illegal activity and thus vulnerable to extortion, scams or intimidation. Burma: First an Election, Now an Exchange Rate That Makes Sense 2012-04-09T03:05:33Z The official rate is 6 kyat to the dollar; the more realistic black-market rate is about 800. Myanmar gets ready for business: Opening soon 2012-03-01T16:00:40Z With black-market organ brokers and Internet matching in the headlines, pioneers in kidney-paired exchange recognize that they may be one misplaced shipment or medical mishap away from deeper scrutiny. Lack of Unified System Hampers Kidney Transplants 2012-02-19T00:54:57Z The move will allow the pound to devalue after demand for foreign currency drove a surge in black-market rates. Syria Plans ‘Managed Float’ of Currency, Bank Governor Says 2012-01-20T14:18:55Z We need bigger fixes to our legal immigration system so that employers and families use official channels, not black-market ones. Green Card Backlog May Ease for Some From China and India 2011-11-30T04:05:47Z He also said another priority is combating tax evasion and black-market labor, adding that he will consider lowering tax rates for women to encourage them to join the workforce. Italy’s Monti Set for Final Confidence Vote on New Government 2011-11-18T00:42:58Z In Mingir, Moldova, the organ black-market cost a man his life. Organ traffickers prey on world's poor with money, threats 2011-11-06T02:43:06Z They may be able to afford to travel elsewhere to terminate a pregnancy or get black-market access to the abortion drug misoprostol, reducing the use of surgical abortions and other methods with higher health risks. Abortion Ban Republicans Favor May Be Deadly 2011-11-02T04:41:15Z Federal agents earlier in the week arrested eight current and former officers on accusations that they had brought illegal firearms, slot machines and black-market cigarettes into New York City. Officers Unleash Anger at Ticket-Fixing Arraignments in the Bronx 2011-10-28T23:41:40Z The Pew study did not attempt to factor in black-market bluefin excluded from official databases. Green Blog: Industry Flouts Bluefin Catch Limits, Study Says 2011-10-18T11:13:11Z Many of the thousands of Cubans who've attended the church workshops say they also learn how to do business legitimately after decades of often illicit hustling in a desperate black-market milieu. God and Profits: How the Catholic Church Is Making A Comeback in Cuba 2011-10-01T14:40:00Z Many of the black-market kidneys harvested by these gangs are destined for people who live in Israel. Organ traffickers prey on world's poor with money, threats 2011-11-06T02:43:06Z Federal authorities are struggling to identify and intercept these black-market goods, which, they warn, pose grave health risks. Drugs Posing as Supplementals May Contain Dangerous Ingredients 2011-08-27T17:55:43Z Few believe the government can easily eliminate some of its biggest problems, namely the Mafia and the black-market economy. Italy Faces a Long List of Barriers to Growth 2011-07-28T18:17:55Z Demand from Asia, and China in particular, is pushing up the price of ivory on the black-market and increasing incentives for poaching, said Iain Douglas-Hamilton, founder of charity Save the Elephants. Kenya Burns Tusks to Counter Growing Ivory Smuggling 2011-07-20T21:45:12.647Z One liter of black-market gasoline costs 5 Libyan dinars a liter, or $3.03 at the unofficial exchange rate. Special report: How fuel smuggling keeps Gaddafi machine running 2011-07-14T13:45:53Z We inquire further, and it becomes apparent that we may be able to procure some black-market diesel. Scientist at Work: Returning Upriver With Very Few Fish 2011-07-13T21:18:19Z Many millions more are also being spent annually on black-market products, particularly those marketed for weight loss, bodybuilding and sexual enhancement. Drugs Posing as Supplementals May Contain Dangerous Ingredients 2011-08-27T17:55:43Z So she spends her meager savings on cheap black-market concoctions that promise to lighten her pigment. Skin bleaching a growing problem in Jamaica slums 2011-04-13T18:02:37Z Enterprising Zimbabweans in the diaspora were selling it on eBay as a curiosity—the world’s largest-denomination note—for more than its black-market face value here. Peter Godwin Reflects on Harare, Zimbabwe 2011-04-10T14:00:00Z Gadhafi may be able to tap black-market sources for short-term armaments needs. Gadhafi Forces Retake Oil Plant as Lines Harden 2011-03-02T10:12:04Z With the station lights turned off, the attendant starts to pump the black-market diesel right from the station’s pumps into our tank. Scientist at Work: Returning Upriver With Very Few Fish 2011-07-13T21:18:19Z They sell food, black-market grain, household goods and electronics — secondhand televisions, used rice cookers, VHS machines and the like. North Koreans Struggle, and Party Keeps Its Grip 2011-02-26T23:27:40Z The bank devalued the dong on Feb. 11 to curb the nation’s trade shortfall and narrow the gap between official and black-market exchange rates. Vietnam Stock Index to Extend Slump on Inflation, Bao Viet Says 2011-02-25T00:34:37Z The less available other reproductive choices are, the more likely women are to become desperate and the people who prey on their desperation are to run operations that are essentially black-market abortion factories. Pregnant woman given abortion drug by mistake 2011-02-09T17:38:00Z Pasco said recently that he saw no conflict of interest and that he eventually secured money from the Clinton administration for police to combat black-market cigarettes. James Pasco, Fraternal Order of Police lobbyist, influences gun debate and more 2010-12-15T18:30:00Z Some within Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family want to ban private marriage brokerage firms altogether, according to Lee, though she fears this would only lead to black-market matchmaking. After Brutal Murder, South Korea Rethinks Marriage Brokers 2010-08-17T05:40:00Z Not to mention the somewhat inexplicable micro-happening that is Bread Butter Cheese, a black-market grilled-cheese delivery service that has its own Facebook page and now a profile in The New York Post. Innovation's Gifts: Illegal Grilled Cheese and Whining Edition 2010-08-02T16:05:00Z Those who played the local civilians worked to develop relationships and even networks to deal in black-market goods. Books and Boots 2010-06-15T18:16:00Z Mrs. Clinton also cited the growth of the black-market economy, which further reduces tax receipts of overburdened governments. Clinton, Visiting Ecuador, Woos Its Leftist President 2010-06-08T23:22:00Z Food handouts have become calmer, but the new policy has not stopped badly needed food aid from falling into the hands of black-market sellers. 2010-02-04T13:31:00Z Meanwhile, the bolivar was little changed at 6.40 to the dollar in black-market trading. 2010-01-13T05:16:00Z Those rates will compete with a black-market rate, where the bolivar had plunged, forcing the official devaluation. 2010-01-10T23:44:00Z This morning, to my brother’s surprise, I had already sniffed out the black-market petrol crooks. 2009-12-28T05:00:00Z Officially rated at the level of 1 leu to US$0.18, the actual exchange rate varies according to specific transactions, such as tourist exchange, foreign trade exchange, hard currency purchase, or black-market transaction. Area Handbook for Romania In addition to the problems of structural economic reform, particularly privatization, Bulgaria faces the serious issues of keeping inflation under control and unemployment, combatting corruption, and curbing black-market and mafia-style crime. The 1999 CIA World Factbook Published estimates of Burma's foreign trade are greatly understated because of the volume of black-market, illicit, and border trade. The 2001 CIA World Factbook There were three pennies, enough to buy six chocolate bars in the black-market tuck-shop on the 75th floor. Home Again, Home Again Hustlers from the Medellin Cartel were trying to buy black-market Stinger missiles in Florida. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Published estimates of Burma's foreign trade are greatly understated because of the volume of black-market, illicit, and border trade. The 2001 CIA World Factbook |
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