It’s hard to know exactly how big an issue this is today, whether this is becoming more common or how much it costs taxpayers. But here’s what we know so far.
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Where there’s demand, there will be supply, legal or not. From the ‘sly grog’ of the 1920s to the illicit vapes of today, getting regulation right is difficult.
The illicit market has reached the point where it is significantly distorting the national accounts.
The stolen jewellery includes well-known pieces that are easily recognisable, which will make it difficult to sell on the black market.
Fuelling these shopfronts is a thriving black market and a flawed policy approach. It’s time for viable, effective solutions.
The most successful shoddy droppers were smooth talkers attractively dressed in made-to-measure three-piece suits – but the cloth they sold was often poor quality.
Rising food costs mean more people are turning to the black market to feed themselves – but this has consequences for business and consumers.
Black markets tend to attract established organised crime groups, which have the capacity to use violence to enforce contracts, collect debts and threaten competitors.
Africa’s largest economy is in crisis, and unrest is growing.
A smuggling crackdown has threatened the livelihoods of the people who are just scraping by in this South American arbitrage economy.
Prepping is fast becoming mainstream, but new government advice fails to address inequality, and could cause division between the haves and have-nots.
Demand for human organs has surpassed supply. This is leading to serious problems including a flourishing black market for organ trafficking.
The hacker who steals your data is just one part of an illicit supply chain featuring producers, wholesalers, distributors and consumers – a black-market industry worth millions of dollars.
The sale of fossils at auction houses reflects a problematic trend of privileging profit over knowledge and education.
Rhino horn consumers have a strong preference for wild rhino horn.
Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.
A thriving black market for stolen personal data makes millions of people vulnerable to spies, spammers, scammers and hackers.
These online spaces are more regulated than many media reports would have you believe. And the vast majority of dark web traders are steering clear of exploiting the pandemic.
The illicit drug trade is thriving on the dark web because it’s seen as safer and more profitable than street dealing, according to encrypted interviews with people who sell drugs online.
From Santiago and La Paz to Beirut and Jakarta, many of the cities now gripped by protest share a common problem: They’ve grown too much, too fast.
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