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  2. Black market - Wikipedia

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    A black market in Shinbashi in 1946 Illegal street traders in Barcelona in 2015. A black market, underground economy, shadow market or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is not compliant with an institutional set of rules. If the rule defines the set of goods and services whose ...

  3. East African drug trade - Wikipedia

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    East African drug trade refers to the sale and trafficking of illegal drugs that take place in East African countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, and Ethiopia. . The most prevalent types of drugs traded in East Africa are heroin, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and khat, all of which are strictly prohibited in East African countri

  4. Slavery in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopia stated to the Temporary Slavery Commission (1923–1925) that while slavery in Ethiopia was still legal, it was in a process of being phased out: that the slave trade was dying, that it was prohibited to sale, gift or will slaves, and that every child born to a slave after 1924 will be born free; that former slaves were to be sent back ...

  5. Slavery in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Slavery continued in Ethiopia until the Italian invasion in October 1935, when the institution was abolished by order of the Italian occupying forces. [55] In response to pressure by Western Allies of World War II, Ethiopia officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude after it regained its independence in 1942.

  6. 17 of the most valuable items on the black market - AOL

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    But the rise of technology has led to an evolved "black market" -- and rather than exotic animals and tangible exports, data like credit card information and even streaming accounts are up for grabs.

  7. Informal economy - Wikipedia

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    The Narantuul Market in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, colloquially also called Khar Zakh (Black Market) The informal economy under any governing system is diverse and includes small-scaled, occasional members (often street vendors and garbage recyclers) as well as larger, regular enterprises (including transit systems such as that of La Paz, Bolivia ...

  8. Red Sea slave trade - Wikipedia

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    The southwest and southern parts of Ethiopia supplied most of the girls being exported by Ethiopian slave traders to India and Arabia. [11] Female and male slaves from Ethiopia made up the main supply of slaves to India and the Middle East. [12] Egypt and Hejaz were also the recipients of Indian women trafficked via Aden and Goa. [13] [14]

  9. Economy of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopia's economy is ranked 159th place out of 190 countries in 'Ease of doing business'. [35] Ethiopia is also a part of African Continental Free Trade Area, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the G24, and has observer status at the World Trade Organization.