black market

A single swim bladder from a totoaba fish will sell for roughly $5,000 on the U.S. black market, rising to more than $10,000 in some Asian countries.

Journalist Mariana van Zeller has described the destructive impact of much legal fishing as "shocking."

Venezuela removed zeros from the end of its currency for a third time as the country struggles against hyperinflation making its currency nearly worthless.

"Grape nuts being sold on the black market is a string of words I never thought would coexist together," said one Twitter user.

The indictment charges claim that name-brand drugs intended to treat conditions for cancer, HIV and mental illness were obtained through an underground market, fraud, burglary and cargo theft for resale purposes.

Even in states where marijuana can be legally obtained, black market marijuana is still in demand.

Greg Engel, the CEO of OrganiGram Holdings Inc., said, "The lack of enforcement we've seen against illicit supply" has been "disappointing" to those operating in the now-legal industry.

The Russian black market is the same size as its total federal spending budget for 2019.

Wang Shangkun made headlines in China at the age of 17 after it emerged he had sold a kidney on the black market.

Police said the haul was worth up to $940,000.

There are as many as 100,000 antiquities available online; 80 percent are looted.

Listings on Facebook Marketplace included a hedgehog, a gun, a snake and a baby.

Drug-related homicides reach as high as 50 percent of the total homicides in the United States.

Even in states where cannabis has legal outlets, almost a third of product sold is illicit.

North Korea's growing gray market economy is posing a problem for Kim Jong Un and company.

Legalization has failed to destroy the illicit market for marijuana.

While a black market for human breast milk is booming, it isn't safe for grown-ups to drink.

Art detectives work almost blind, in the murky, unregulated waters of the multi-billion dollar trade