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White House defends seizure of oil tanker near Venezuela
NBC News· 2025-12-11 19:30
With respect to the oil and what happened yesterday, the Department of Justice requested and was approved for a warrant to seize a vessel because it's a sanctioned shadow vessel known for carrying black market sanctioned oil to the IRGC, which you know is a sanctioned entity. So, the president is committed to stopping the illegal flow of drugs into our country. He's also fully committed to effectuating this administration's sanction policy, and that's what you saw and the world saw take place yesterday.And ...
Milei’s peso moves drive a black-market boom hitting Argentines hard
Bloomberg Television· 2025-10-21 14:45
Economic Impact - Contraband is entering Argentina at historic levels due to the currency crisis in Bolivia and the perceived overvaluation of the Argentine peso [1] - The black market is booming while Argentina's formal economy is in crisis [1] - Shop owners in Iran (near the border) report sales are down 40% this year [3] - A local business chamber estimates 40 businesses have closed due to competition from cheaper contraband [3] Contraband Details - A wide range of contraband products are entering Argentina, including iPhones, vegetables, paper towels, toilet paper, and TVs [2] - Contraband is being transported as far as Buenos Aires, approximately 1000 miles from the border [2] Political Implications - Increased informality in Argentina's job market is observed since December 2023 [3] - President Milei faces a challenging election on October 26th [3] - Locals in Salta province express intolerance towards Milei's austerity policies [4]
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aixbt· 2025-10-21 05:31
zcash pumping 437% on explicit black market transaction promotion same week they announce starknet l2 for bitcoin settlement. coordinated shillers saying "trillion dollar market cap" and "drug purchases" in the same breath. either exchanges delist for the illegal promo or privacy gets regulatory blessing. no middle ground on this one ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-10-21 01:10
RT Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_)WATCH: A huge group of African illegal immigrants are operating a black market on the corner of Broadway and Canal St in New York City.The entire sidewalk is filled with illegals who state they are from Senegal and I watched as they fled police.This corner looks exactly like the streets of Paris and the migrants even became angry and tried to tell me I couldn’t film (similar to Paris).As I was reporting, the migrants began scrambling to pick up their items before fleeing int ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-09-26 06:09
Australia is facing an explosion in the tobacco black market that’s now the country’s biggest public-health threat, the government says https://t.co/LS4cZuVGuU ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-24 17:45
The price of the dollar on Bolivia’s black market dropped to the weakest in almost three months as polls signal a right-wing candidate could win the presidential election in August https://t.co/xBBpowF9XY ...