Illicit Trade

Myanmar Liquor Association urges stricter control over grey market  Myanmar TimesThe Myanmar Liquor Association (MLA) released a statement last Wednesday urging the government to tackle the grey market and implement more transparent …

Tax evasion in Uganda’s Tobacco market at 22% accounting to Ush30 billion  East African Business WeekAccording to third party research findings, the Tobacco market in Uganda saw an increase in illicit tax evaded cigarette sales in the first q…

Cambodia and Laos casinos targeted for drug-trade money laundering  Nikkei Asian ReviewBANGKOK — Anti-narcotic investigators are searching for signs of money laundering in the casinos that have spread across Sihanoukville, a Cambodian c.

Demand for Pangolin Scales Could Bring the Species to Extinction  BloombergPangolins are remarkably easy to steal, and their body parts are turning up by the ton in ports all over Asia.

Analysis: Striking the right balance for legal cannabis sales  HeraldScotlandREGULATION of cannabis sales in Canada has not killed off the black market overnight. Half the cannabis purchased across the country continues to…

Sell cannabis like cigarettes ‘with graphic health warnings and taxes’, say campaigners  HeraldScotlandCANNABIS should be sold with cigarette-style health warnings and tax levies designed to deter users from purchasing the most potent strains…

Sold by dad for Rs 2.5k per month, child labourer says ‘that was going rate’  Times of IndiaPRATAPGARH/BANSWARA: “How much is he worth?” His father’s words still ring in Pannu’s head. Rs 30,000 a year was the going rate apparently for a boy h…

Myanmar Liquor Association urges stricter control over gray market  Myanmar TimesThe Myanmar Liquor Association (MLA) released a statement last Wednesday urging the government to tackle the gray market and implement more transparent …

13 sex trafficking statistics that explain the enormity of the global sex trade  Yahoo NewsSex trafficking is a massive, worldwide problem that can take many forms. One of the most prolific: America’s multibillion-dollar illicit massage indus…

UK next to legalize marijuana?  Breaking Belize NewsPosted: Monday, July 29, 2019. 7:49 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: Three British parliamentarians speaking to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) say they …

UK next to legalize marijuana?  Breaking Belize NewsPosted: Monday, July 29, 2019. 7:49 pm CST. By Aaron Humes: Three British parliamentarians speaking to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) say they …

Sex trafficking is behind the lucrative illicit massage business. Why police can’t stop it.  USA TODAYThree stings at massage parlors. Zero trafficking convictions. USA TODAY finds crackdowns don’t stop sex trafficking – and kingpins rarely f…

13 sex trafficking statistics that explain the enormity of the global sex trade  USA TODAYThe prominence of illegal parlors and their ties to sex trafficking drew attention with the arrest of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and hundre…

Two CannTrust officials sold $6-million of stock after the chair was informed of unlicensed cannabis growing  The Globe and MailHolding company controlled by former chair Eric Paul and a director continued to trade for weeks.

Video: USCG Intercepts Smuggling Boat at High Speed  The Maritime ExecutiveOn July 18, crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast chased down a go-fast smuggling b…

‘Smugglers are after us for spoiling their business’  The Nation NewspaperAssistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection Aminu Dahiru led the destruction of N14.8 billion worth of …

U.S. Sanctions North Korean Over Illicit Trade, Missile Program  The Wall Street JournalThe U.S. imposed sanctions on a North Korean man it accuses of evading trade restrictions and being an employee of a government department that helped …

U.S. Sanctions North Korean Over Illicit Trade, Missile Program  The Wall Street Journal

Crypto Market Trading — Inside Look From Those Earning a Living Off It  CointelegraphSince Bitcoin (BTC) came into the world back in 2009, the digital asset industry as a whole has grown quite exponentially — with the market reaching its apex…

U.S. Sanctions North Korean Over Illicit Trade, Missile Program  Wall Street JournalThe U.S. imposed sanctions on a North Korean man it accuses of evading trade restrictions and being an employee of a government department that helped …

‘Disappointed’ Mkhwebane to appeal ‘outrageous’ Gordhan interdict ruling  CitizenPublic Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, in the Eastern Cape during a stakeholder’s roadshow hosted by her office, 17 July 2019. Picture: African News Agency ……

Facebook has more to worry about than the trading of alcohol and tobacco on its platforms  Illicit TradeFacebook has recently announced several new and extended initiatives intended to crack down on illicit activity on its platforms. In the m…

Global crackdown on trafficking of cultural artefacts results in seizure of 18,000 items  Illicit TradeA Europol and Interpol-backed crackdown on the trafficking of cultural artefacts involving customs and police officers from 29 countries ha…

Course on Fight against Smuggling and Illegal Trade in Art and Cultural Property held in Tuzla  Sarajevo TimesA two-day training course on the fight against smuggling and illegal trade in art and cultural property concluded on 26 July 2019 in…

Senate advances bill to increase number of ag port inspectors  FeedstuffsThe Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to address the shortage of agricultural …

Course on Fight against Smuggling and Illegal Trade in Art and Cultural Property held in Tuzla  Sarajevo TimesA two-day training course on the fight against smuggling and illegal trade in art and cultural property concluded on 26 July 2019 in…

Gambia, Senegal & Guinea Bissau ink MOU to curb drug trafficking  The PointThe Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG), The Office Central de Re’pression du Trafic Illicite de Stepfiants (OCRITS) of Senegal and The …

Gold Sales Could Be Maduro’s Lifeline  SafeHaven.comAs oil revenue for Venezuela continues to stagnate, the Maduro regime is more reliant than ever on illegal gold exploited from lawless jungles in the south of the …

New Toxic Chemicals Are Starting To Contaminate Cocaine In The US  BuzzFeed NewsA hidden epidemic of chronic disease — organ failure, leaky blood vessels, and “flesh eating” infections — might threaten cocaine and meth users in coming ……

Kratom Supporters Petition Top U.S. News Media Trade Organizations: Start Covering Us Fairly!  Yahoo FinanceThe petition was sent over the weekend by the Kratom Information & Resource Center (KIRC) to nine leading U.S. news media trade groups…

Kratom Supporters Petition Top U.S. News Media Trade Organizations: Start Covering Us Fairly!  Business WireMore than 1000 Americans have signed a petition calling on journalists to start covering the coffee-like botanical kratom in a fair an…

CBP to pilot voluntary data collection on e-commerce shipments for security  Supply Chain DiveCustoms and Border Protection will launch a new Section 321 Data Pilot on Aug. 22 aimed at increasing data collection on e-commerce shipments for se…

Dark Web Drug Dealer to Hand Over Bitcoin Millions After Plea Deal  Yahoo FinanceA dark web drug dealer must forfeit $4 million in funds including bitcoin after pleading guilty to charges of money laundering and conspiracy to distribute …

Dark Web Drug Dealer to Hand Over Bitcoin Millions After Plea Deal  CoinDeskA dark web drug dealer must forfeit $4 million in funds including bitcoin after pleading guilty to charges of money laundering and conspiracy to distribute …

Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, other ECOWAS members sign MOU for maritime operations  GhanaWebThe Chiefs of Navies of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the Chief of Coast Guard of Liberia and the high Commander of the National …

New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Reveal China’s Growing Role in Illicit Supply Chains  World Politics ReviewOn July 18, the U.S. expanded sanctions against Iran to include a network of international companies it said were linked to procuring materi…

Comparative Advantage and the High Costs of “Free” Trade  The Epoch TimesPresident Trump has been criticized as being anti-free trade for backing out of multi-lateral free trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and …

Comparative Advantage and the High Costs of “Free” Trade  The Epoch TimesPresident Trump has been criticized as being anti-free trade for backing out of multi-lateral free trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and …

Illicit Trade in Latin America  AS/COA OnlineThis article is adapted from AQ’s latest issue on Latin America’s anti-corruption movement. Alberto Gavazzi, Diageo’s President for Latin America & Caribbean, …

Bolivia Forestry Officials Profit from Harvest of Illegal Wood  Insightcrime.orgOfficials within the agency entrusted with protecting Bolivia’s forests falsified data and provided documents legitimizing the illegal harvesting of timber.

Porn DVDs seized on Joburg streets destroyed by authorities  HeraldLIVEPolice in partnership with the Films and Publication Board (FPB) have destroyed more than 200000 illegal DVDs, most of which contained pornographic …

Illicit Trade in Latin America  Americas QuarterlyCombatting this problem could boost government revenues.

The UK is predicted to legalise weed in five to ten years  DazedA group of MPs are keen to relax the law following a visit to Canada, where cannabis became legal in 2018.

Sand in your laptop: The ECFR August reading list  European Council on Foreign RelationsAugust has come round again and, true to our pan-European vocation, we at ECFR spend August sleeping on the beach hard at work creating a more coherent …

Gordhan successfully interdicts Mkhwebane’s remedial action  CitizenThe harm to Gordhan would be irreparable if the interdict was not granted, Judge Sulet Potterill ruled. Judge Sulet Potterill has granted Minister of Public …

Cop’s arrest confirms nexus of counterfeit trade with Assam Police  Northeast NowThe arrest of John Pathori, sub-inspector, Hatigaon police station in Guwahati along with two other cops has unearthed the alleged link of the illicit counterfei…

Cop’s arrest confirms nexus of counterfeit trade with Assam Police  Northeast NowThe arrest of John Pathori, sub-inspector, Hatigaon police station in Guwahati along with two other cops has unearthed the alleged link of the illicit counterfei…

Allegations Facebook stole Libra’s concept: Everything Libra is here  AMEinfoLibra may never see the light of day. The latest challenge is from an MIT fellow who claims Facebook stole his idea.

AS IT HAPPENED: Gordhan doubts Mkhwebane’s integrity, legal literacy and Constitutional grasp – lawyers  Fin24″The judgment confirms that a review of the Public Protector’s report is no more than a Constitutional entitlement that all South Af…

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From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency  KFGO NewsBy Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya in March 2017, their discussion …

From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency  ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya in March 2017, their discussion was scheduled to …

From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency  ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya in March 2017, their discussion was scheduled to …

From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency  ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya in March 2017, their discussion was scheduled to …

Tobacco industry opposes laws to curb smoking  HeraldLIVEThe government is under pressure to scrap its proposed new tobacco laws meant to curb smoking, among other goals. The tobacco industry continues to face a …

Drug unit head works tirelessly to keep illegal substances off Mbombela streets  LowvelderMBOMBELA – Drugs are increasingly influential in the city centre, according to a ten-year drug squad veteran at the Nelspruit Police Station. He heads a…

To Fight Terror, Follow the Money  MosaicLast month, Paraguay extradited Nader Mohamad Farhat—who runs a major currency exchange in the Tri-Border Area, where Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay …

Hunting The Elusive Rhino-Horn Cartel Of Thailand  GQ AustraliaFrom an outpost in northeastern Thailand, a couple of shadowy men have for years been running the world’s most elaborate poaching ring – earning an …

Libya’s Growing Criminal Enterprise  The Cipher BriefBottom Line Up Front. Throughout Libya’s civil war, widespread allegations have surfaced that strongman Khalifa Haftar operates as a modern-day warlord, …

Libya’s Growing Criminal Enterprise  The Cipher BriefBottom Line Up Front. Throughout Libya’s civil war, widespread allegations have surfaced that strongman Khalifa Haftar operates as a modern-day warlord, …

Cannabis ‘to be legalised in the UK’ within five to ten years, say MPs  BBC NewsA group of cross-party MPs who’ve been on a fact-finding trip to Canada predict the UK will fully legalise cannabis use within five to ten years. Canada became …

Cannabis ‘to be legalised in the UK’ within five to ten years, say MPs  BBC NewsA group of cross-party MPs who’ve been on a fact-finding trip to Canada predict the UK will fully legalise cannabis use within five to ten years. Canada became …

The Next Step In Fighting Climate Change  ForbesClimate change is the crisis of our time. As the human race sleepwalks its way towards a planetary calamity, there is a growing recognition of the need for a …

NZ shares drug worry  Fiji TimesNEW Zealand shares Fiji’s concerns and those of Pacific countries about the illicit drug trade and “what a menace and clear present evil it is to our society”.

Kerosene tax paying off, says agency  The StandardThe Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) says an increase in the fuel pump prices of kerosene has helped bring down cases of fuel adulteration …

Porn DVDs destroyed by authorities  DispatchLIVEPolice in partnership with the Filming and Publication Board (FPB) have destroyed more than 200000 illegal DVDs, most of which contained pornographic …

Porn DVDs seized on Joburg streets destroyed by authorities  SowetanLIVE Sunday WorldPolice in partnership with the Filming and Publication Board (FPB) have destroyed more than 200000 illegal DVDs, most of which contained pornographic …

UN chief calls for greater action to end human trafficking ahead of World Day against Trafficking in Persons  Illicit TradeBolder action is required to tackle the global scourge of human trafficking, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said ahead o…

Porn DVDs seized on Joburg streets are destroyed by authorities  TimesLIVEPolice in partnership with the Filming and Publication Board (FPB) have destroyed more than 200000 illegal DVDs, most of which contained pornographic …

Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and other ECOWAS members sign MOU for maritime operations  GhanaWebThe Chiefs of Navies of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the Chief of Coast Guard of Liberia and the high Commander of the National …

KRA interventions beat sophisticated tax evasion schemes  The Star, KenyaIn April 2018, KRA outsmarted a businessman in a sophisticated tax evasion case ever witnessed in Kenya before arresting and charging him in court with …

WHO lauds PH for tobacco tax hike  Manila BulletinThe World Health Organization (WHO) has congratulated the Philippines for enacting a measure increasing taxes on tobacco products.

Sunday Read: A guide to the Gordhan-Mkhwebane saga as the court readies its ruling  Fin24Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is expected to hear this week from the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria whether the remedial action against him,…

Ghana, other ECOWAS countries sign MoU on Maritime security  Ghana Business NewsSix countries within the ECOWAS sub-region have signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint Maritime operations in ECOWAS maritime zone F.

U.S. teenagers admit killing police officer in Rome, officials say  NNY360ROME — Two teenage American tourists were arrested July 27 and accused of murder and attempted extortion in the fatal stabbing of a military police officer in …

Metro Vancouver’s top doctor calls for safe drug supply as fentanyl overdoses rise  Global NewsVancouver Coastal Health’s chief medical health officer has released a report arguing for better integration of services and decriminalizing hard d…

Kent gang members jailed after selling millions of illegal cigarettes  Kent LiveThe gang supplied cigarettes and tobacco to a network of convenience shops in Margate, Gravesend, Chatham, Ramsgate, Dartford, Gillingham and Maidstone.

Even Further Afield: On Charlie Jane Anders’s “The City in the Middle of the Night”  lareviewofbooksIN HIS RECENTLY RELEASED book The Uninhabitable Earth — developed from an eponymous July 2017 New York Magazine article on climate catastrophe…

Yaba Trade Rezaul Hoque  thedailynewnation.comRezaul Hoque : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime brought out its report, titled–“Transnational Organised Crime In Southeast Asia: Evolution, Growth …

2 U.S. Teenagers Admit Killing Police Officer in Rome, Officials Say  The New York TimesROME — Two teenage American tourists were arrested and charged on Saturday with murder and attempted extortion in the fatal stabbing of a military police …

2 American Teenagers Admit Killing Police Officer in Rome, Officials Say  The New York TimesROME — Two teenage American tourists were arrested on Saturday and accused of murder and attempted extortion in the fatal stabbing of a military polic…

$1 million of liquid meth found in snow globes shipped to Australia  KTVI Fox 2 St. LouisAustralian officers said they found more than $1 million worth of liquid methamphetamine in snow globes shipped from Canada, according to WKYC.

Remembering our Rangers on the World Ranger Day  Kuensel, Buhutan’s National NewspaperDid you know that Bhutan is home to 11,248 species (2017) within all biodiversity taxa? Did you know that there are an estimated 816 million trees growing i…