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Human Trafficking a Growing Global Scourge

Andrew Lam | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Trafficking, Slavery, Sex Trafficking, Vietnam, Prosecution, Eritrea, Sex Trade, Black Market, Human Trafficking, Organ Harvesting, Crime News
Andrew Lam

Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal business in the world, according to the State Department. It ranks only second to drug trafficking in profitability, bringing in an estimated $32 billion annually.

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iPad Black Market Falls On Tough Times

Reuters | Gerry Shih, Poornima Gupta and Lee Chyen Yee | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Ipad Smuggling, Video, Ipad China, Apple Black Market, Reuters, Ipad Black Market China, Ipad Black Market, Black Market, China, Ipad, New Ipad China Price, Ipad 3 China, Technology News

By Gerry Shih, Poornima Gupta and Lee Chyen Yee SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a...

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How Thieves Stole Priceless Paintings And Got Away With It

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Piet Mondrian, Mondrian, Guglielmo Caccia, Video, Art Black Market, Greek National Gallery, Piet Mondrian Theft, Pablo Picasso, Art Theft, Black Market, Picasso, Museum Theft, Greek National Gallery Theft, Picasso Theft, Arts News

Thieves broke into Greece's National gallery early Monday morning and stole three works of art, including a Picasso and a Mondrian. Picasso's 1939 ...

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Shadow Economy World's Second Largest

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Black Market Economy, U.S. Economy, Video, Freakonomics, Economy, Second Largest Economy, Business News, Black Market, Economy Rankings, Shadow Economy, Business News

By Freakonomics: In 2009, the OECD concluded that half the world's workers (almost 1.8 billion people) were employed in the shadow economy. By 202...

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NYC Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Kidneys On The Black Market

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY and DAVID PORTER | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Black Market, Black Market Organs, NY Crime, Crime, Kidneys, New York News

TRENTON, N.J. — A New York man pleaded guilty Thursday to what experts said was the first ever proven case of black-market organ trafficking in ...

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Rhino Horns Worth More Than Gold, Leads To Wave Of Museum Thefts

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: England, Galleries, Rhinoceros Horn, Gold, Cure, Black Market, Rhino, Value, Disease, Extinction, Asia, Europe, Belgium, Museum, Theft, China, Arts News

Art theft results in an estimated loss of $6 billion each year, but does that take into account the amount people will pay on the black market? The...

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What Happens To Art Post-Heist?

Stealing Beauty | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Art, Picasso San Francisco, Picasso Art Theft, Selling Stolen Art, Art Theft, Black Market, Mark Lugo, Fences, Picasso Stolen, Fernand Leger, Stolen Art, Helly Nahmad Gallery, Arts News

A spate of high-profile art thefts—among them the San Francisco Picasso heist that led to the discovery of a veritable museum in the thief’s Hobok...

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Knockoffs And Counterfeits Pose Risks To Your Health

AOL Daily Finance | Loren Berlin | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Rolex, Counterfeiting, Health Risks, Lead Paint, Attorney General, Health, Louis Vuitton, Black Market, Knockoffs, Video, Business News

Talking about knockoff jackets with Kevin Spreekmeester, the global marketing vice president for outdoor clothing company Canada Goose, is a bit like ...

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Netcare, South African Hospital, Charged in Organ Trafficking

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Kidney Transplants, Durban, Black Market, Israel, Kidneys, Netcare, And, Organ Trafficking, Johannesburg, Richard Freid, World News

JOHANNESBURG — A major South African hospital chain and its chief executive have been charged after years of investigation into a human organ traffi...

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Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on Sex Ed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Recalls, RH Reality Check, Misoprostol, Factory Farms, Salmonella, The Nation, Care2, Minnesota, Alternet, E. Coli, Black Market, Reproductive Health, Agribusiness, Tim Pawlenty, Cargill Meat Solutions, Bacteria, Meat, Pro-Choice, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on SexEd by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Women on along U.S.-Mexico bord...

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How Hard Is It to Get a Black Market Green Card in San Francisco?

Harmon Leon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Cards, Black Market, Illegal Aliens, Resident Alien, Illegal Immigrants, President Obama, Politics News
Harmon Leon

Everyone's entitled to the American Dream. Some wait years to win the green card lottery. To reap the fruits of prosperity, I'm trying to get a green card by mid-afternoon -- no later.

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Books About Zen, The Holocaust And Baha'i Banned At Tehran Book Fair

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Golnaz Esfandiari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Black Market, Fundamentalism, Zen, Ahmadinejad, Holocaust, Banned Books, Books, Iran, Book Fair, Tehran, Censorship, Islam, Books News

Other banned titles include "Power, Islam and the Political Elite in Iran," which Tabnak says makes unfair judgments about Iran, and a book titled "Ze...

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Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze For Rockets

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Market, Security Contractors, Blackwater, Iraq War Funding, Iraq War, Weapons, Iraq, Rockets, American Foreign Policy, Military Contractors, Triple Canopy, Iraq-Weapons, Black Market Weapons, World News

"We're spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars -- where do you think that money is going to?" [1] Ronald Boline, a former Triple ...

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Poospatuck Tribe May Be Barred From Selling Cigarettes To Non-Members

Newsday | August 26, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Market, Long Island, New York, Harry Wallace, Cigarettes, Mastic, Poospatuck Tribe, Unkechaug, Cigarette Sales, New York News

In a decision that could put a significant crimp in untaxed cigarette sales from the Poospatuck tribal reservation in Mastic, a federal judge has gran...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: A Brisk Trade in Paul Giamatti: Sophie Barthes on Cold Souls

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Russia, Stanislavski, Soul, Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman, Black Market, Paul Giamatti, Film, Interview, Movies, New York, Exclusive, St. Petersburg, David Strathairn, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Russian Mafia, Acting, Morality, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Barthes was willing to give us some insight into her definition of soul and what it's like dealing with actors raised in the land of Stanislavski.

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What to Do With a Cantankerous Caiman and Other Exotics That No Longer "Fit" In

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Exotic Animal Trade, Exotic Animals, Sugar Gliders, Rainforest, Parrot, Charla Nash and Travis the Chimp, Conservation, Black Market, Ct, Everglades, Toddler Strangled, Alligators, Boa Constrictor, Python, Anaconda, Connecticut, Beardsley-Zoo, Florida, Albino-Burmese-Python, Stamford, Chimpanzee, Caiman, Paca, Dep, Green News
Mary Ann West

Connecticut's Exotic Animal Amnesty Day received a total of 135 exotic and potentially dangerous pets within the course of only a few hours.

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Egypt's Poor Sell Their Organs For A Steep Price

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Egyptian Organ Trade, Organ Trade, Organ Transplant, Organ Transplants, World Health Organization, World Health, Black Market, World News

CAIRO — The poverty of Cairo's slums forced a young couple to sell nearly everything they had. When that wasn't enough, each of them sold a kidn...

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Cuba's Trains: One More Victim in the Collapse of Infrastructure

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Raul Castro, Black Market, World, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Politics, Railroads, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Lokomotiv He started with a pick and shovel, planting the heavy crossbeams that support the train lines. His father had also been a railroad worke...

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Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, World Bank, Prime Minister Prachanda, Black Market, Political Chaos, Government, Politics, Beijing, The Future, Imf, Marxism, Looting, Asia, Himalayans, Nepal Monarchy, Poverty, Terrorism, Karl Marx, Kathmandu, Maoism, Communism, Delhi, Nepal, Mao, Rebelling, Lenin, Mao Zedong, China, World News
Subhash Ghimire

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

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Cuba: Where Everything is Forbidden, Everything is For Sale

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Market, Politics, Cuba, World, World News
Yoani Sanchez

This young man, not yet forty, sniffs out any restriction that creates a niche market. Respecting the penal code and survival are contradictory actions, he is a king in the country of the forbidden.

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Higher Cigarette Taxes Lure Buyers To Black Market

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indian Reservations, Cigarette Tax, Cigarette Smuggling, Counterfeit Cigarettes, Black Market Cigarettes, Illegal Cigarettes, Cigarette Cartons, Cigarette Tax Increases, Black Market, Business News

NEW YORK — The big cigarette tax increases that many states are instituting to balance their out-of-whack budgets are raising fears that the tre...

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