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An economic assessment of the drivers of the illicit cigarette trade in the EU

2026

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Lucrative black marketeers in rural Japan : the illicit entrepreneurial tobacco business in the late 1940s

Maeda, Kiyotaka; Solis, Jesus - 2026

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Cocaine goes bananas : global spillovers from an illicit supply shock

Daniele, Gianmarco; Soliman, Adam; Vargas, Juan F. - 2026

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Labour exploitation and illicit trade : How counterfeit goods fuel forced labour

2026

Illicit trade in counterfeit goods is a large-scale global challenge, accounting for up to USD 467 billion annually. Beyond economic and consumer harms, counterfeiting is closely linked to labour exploitation. This policy brief highlights new OECD evidence showing a robust statistical...

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From Fakes to Forced Labour : Evidence of Correlation Between Illicit Trade in Counterfeits and Labour Exploitation

2026

This report presents new empirical evidence demonstrating a robust link between trade in counterfeit goods and labour exploitation. Countries with higher levels of forced labour and informality show greater counterfeit-export intensity, indicating that illicit production thrives where workers...

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Evading the ban : smuggling, pollution, and the welfare effects of China's waste import restrictions

Huang, Hanwei; Yu, Yuyuan - 2026

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Narco-deforestation: the environmental effects of coca cultivation

Tozzi, Giulia - 2026

This paper explores the environmental consequences of illegal drug production, specifically focusing on the impact of coca prices and cultivation on tree cover density in Peru. Using satellite imagery and granular data on the economic value of coca cultivation, I show that fluctuations in coca...

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The structural design of tobacco control and the shadow economy : revenue integrity and illicit tobacco trade in selected ASEAN countries

Schneider, Friedrich; Asllani, Alban - 2026

Illicit tobacco trade poses a major challenge to revenue integrity, public health policy and state capacity across Southeast Asia. While policy debates often link illicit tobacco markets to high excise tax rates, this paper argues that illicit trade is better understood as a structural...

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Armed group taxation and trade : smuggler perspectives from Northeast India

Thakur, Shalaka - 2026

How does changing armed group taxation during conflict reshape smuggling and trade? This paper follows areca nut, one of northeast India's most heavily smuggled contraband commodities, through the eyes of the traders who move it across the Myanmar-Manipur borderlands. Drawing on interviews with...

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A supply chain decomposition framework for illicit tobacco profitability : an illustrative application to operation CENTAX/TARAZED

King, Michael - 2026

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Disentangling and demystifying converging crimes and illegal wildlife trade in South Africa, Hong Kong, and Canada

Anagnostou, Michelle; Doberstein, Brent; Armitage, Derek; … - 2025

Illegal wildlife trade is increasingly reported as intersecting with other serious crimes, a phenomenon labelled "crime convergence". However, there is limited empirical research on the extent and nature of these linkages. The present study seeks to understand what criminal activities converge...

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Informal foreign currency market rate coordination and remittance flows

Gurira, Primrose; Parwada, Jerry T. - 2025

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Proposal for a regulation on police cooperation to counter migrant smuggling and human trafficking : targeted substitute impact assessment

2025

As part of a package to address migrant smuggling, on 28 November 2023, the European Commission proposed a regulation to strengthen police cooperation and Europol's role in the fight against migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings (COM(2023) 754). The proposal was not supported by an...

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What fueled the illicit opioid epidemic? : new evidence from a takeover of white powder heroin markets

Donahoe, J. Travis; Soliman, Adam - 2025

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Hambre, desigualdad e ilegalidad : el circuito perverso del rezago social cocalero y la estigmatización del Macizo Colombiano

Alfonso R., Óscar A. - 2025

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Integrating national accounting and macroeconomic approaches to estimate the underground, informal, and illegal economy in European countries

Dell' Anno, Roberto - 2025

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Using AI in the informal currency market : evidence from Cuba

Vidal Alejandro, Pavel; Muñiz Cuza, Carlos Enrique; … - 2025

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Illegal grain market in Ukraine : harvesting war opportunities

Melnychuk, Tetiana - 2025

Based on empirical evidence, this research: highlights the timeline of changes in Ukrainian agricultural sector since the onset of the full-scale war in 2022 and the maritime blockade affecting exports; examines the relevant transformation of the illegal grain market amid these extraordinary...

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Complex proliferation financing and sanctions evasion schemes : FATF report

2025

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Opiates and methamphetamine trafficking on the Balkan Route : drug flows, illicit incomes and illicit financial flows

2025

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Ukraine : organized crime dynamics in the context of war

2025

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Dismantling a market for stolen goods : evidence from the regulation of junkyards in Brazil

Mancha, Andre - 2025

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Cross-price elasticity between licit and illicit cigarette consumption in Brazil

Divino, José Angelo; Ehrl, Philipp; Candido, Osvaldo; … - 2025

This paper estimates own- and cross-price elasticities of cigarette consumption in licit and illicit markets. Using propensity score matching (PSM), we pair comparable licit- and illicit-cigarette consumers to assign hypothetical prices and address the challenge of exclusive consumption of just...

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Illicit flows of gold concentrates in the maritime space

2025

In recent years, gold has emerged as a preferred channel for the illicit storage and transfer of value. Despite increasing scrutiny, some illicit gold flows remain largely unexamined. This brief examines one of these: trade in gold concentrates in the maritime space. Although significant volumes...

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Examining Illicit Trade Challenges in the Belt and Road Initiative : Vulnerabilities and Potential Risks

2025

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a large-scale international development strategy that has facilitated infrastructure expansion and trade connectivity across many countries. The BRI projects have brought numerous benefits to beneficiary countries, spurring economic activity and boosting...

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The price of illicit trade in Egypt : Illicit trade empowers criminals at the expense of ordinary people

Ali, Maged - 2025

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Uncovering illicit trade practices : leveraging trade data with a macro-meso-micro approach

Kupatadze, Alexander - 2025

This paper explores the potential of legal trade data as a critical tool for analysing illicit trade. By analysing anomalies, trends, and patterns, it demonstrates techniques of uncovering illegal trade practices. The study advances a novel Macro-Meso-Micro Framework, analysing trade flows from...

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Illicit drug trafficking via postal services : a scoping review of economic-criminological context and estimation methods

Raimondi, Agnese; Chopin, Julien; Caneppele, Stefano; … - 2025

Efficient and interconnected logistics networks, like postal services, provide powerful tools for criminal groups to organize cross-border drug trafficking by exploiting legitimate infrastructure. Despite postal services becoming inadvertent facilitators in smuggling, focused research on this...

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From the black market to legalisation : the causal impact of cannabis reform in Morocco

Liberatore, Michele; Pettini, Anna; Tonini, Alberto - 2025

This article analyses the impact of legalising cannabis production for industrial and pharmaceutical use in Morocco, paying particular attention to reducing illegal cultivation. Using an original dataset compiled from multiple sources and employing an advanced econometric approach based on the...

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Missing dollars : illicit financial flows from commodity trade

2024

"Illicit financial flows (IFFs) associated with commodity trade erode the tax base of resource-rich developing countries. Efforts to curb IFFs and reform taxation stumble over enhanced North-South tensions but remain crucial to helping poorer countries mobilise domestic resources for...

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Crush and burn : how the destruction of ivory fails to save elephants

Gjerdseth, Emma A. - 2025

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Illicit trade in food and food fraud

2024

International trade in food has helped to reduce global poverty and hunger. However, illicit trade in food and food fraud undermine the global food system and endanger public health. This publication looks into the challenges of combating illicit practices, such as smuggling and counterfeiting....

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Illicit trade in food and food fraud

2024

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Introduction : conceptualizing hubs of illicit trade

Krylova, Yulia - 2025

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The state and the legalisation of illicit financial flows : trading gold in Bolivia

Brugger, Fritz; Proksik, Joschka J.; Fischer, Felicitas - 2024

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Panama, Belize, and Guatemala : regional hubs of illicit trade in Central America

Krylova, Yulia; Rico, Daniel - 2025

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Illicit Trade in Fakes under the COVID-19

2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted various aspects of human activity, including illicit trade. Criminal networks have adapted quickly to exploit disrupted supply chains and increased demand for essential goods, creating new opportunities for profit. This report examines how the...

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Ukraine : a regional hub of illicit trade in Eastern Europe

Kupatadze, Alexander - 2025

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Migrant smuggling to Europe : a two-sector model with directed search

Naiditch, Claire; Vranceanu, Radu P. - 2024

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Dubai : a global hub for illicit trade and sanctions evasion

Krylova, Yulia - 2025

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Illicit Trade and the Korean Economy

2024

The Korean economy is known for its innovation and wealth of intellectual property (IP), having one of the highest patent applications in the world. Its IP-intensive industries are deeply integrated in the global economy through their active participation in global value chains. Such...

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The Tri-Border Area : a hub of illicit trade with global impact

Singh, Rashmi Rajpal; Lasmar, Jorge - 2025

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Landing on water : air interdiction, drug-trafficking displacement, and violence in the Brazilian Amazon

Pereira, Leila; Pucci, Rafael; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2024

We study a Force-down/Shoot-down intervention in Brazil that led cocaine traffickers to shift from air to river routes. Using data on cocaine production, homicides, and the network of rivers in the Amazon, we provide evidence that violence increased in municipalities along river routes...

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Unravelling the nexus of illicit gold trade, protection rackets, and political settlement dynamics : evidence from Burkina Faso

Brugger, Fritz; Zongo, Tongnoma; Proksik, Joschka J.; … - 2024

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Conclusion : disrupting hubs of illicit trade

Luna, David; Krylova, Yulia - 2025

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Understanding the demand-side of an illegal market : a case study of the prohibition of menthol cigarettes

Kenkel, Donald Scott; Mathios, Alan D.; Phillips, Grace; … - 2025

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From poppy fields to black markets : understanding the drug trade across India and Myanmar

Banerjee, Sreeparna - 2024

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Charting the Uncharted : The (Un)Intended Consequences of Oil Sanctions and Dark Shipping

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Li, Yiliang; Xu, Le; … - 2025

We examine the rise of dark shipping - oil tankers disabling AIS transceivers to evade detection - amid Western sanctions on Iran, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela, and Russia. Using a machine learning-based ship clustering model, we track dark-shipped crude oil trade flows worldwide and detect...

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Unraveling the black market for oil : the complex web of phantom trade and its reverberating effects on energy security, trade balances, and social welfare

Al Suwailem, Majed; Soud, David; Alyahya, Fahad - 2024

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Eliminating the black market : evidence from a lottery gambling policy in Thailand

Hongdilokkul, Natt; Archawa Paweenawat; Krislert … - 2024

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Protecting antiquities : a role for long-term leases?

Kremer, Michael; Wilkening, Tom - 2025

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