Scientists hope the ban would allow bluefin to recover. But while international trade could be outlawed, officials say a robust black market could survive.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The state is collaborating with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives, known as the ATF, in cracking down on the cigarette black market.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

"The Wall Street Journal has reported that the individual states are losing approximately $5 billion annually, simply from the lost taxes caused by the illegal cigarette black market."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

The group calls itself Black Thursday, in memory of the 1929 stock market crash in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Charges against others included international money laundering, selling counterfeit goods, and the black-market sale of human organs.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24