Read more black market stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3909/black-market.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:13:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69760/contractor-bought-guns-on-black-market-ex-employees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTriple Canopy, the company that succeeded Blackwater as the top US security contractor in Iraq, bought its weapons on Iraq’s black market, former employees allege in court documents obtained by ProPublica. “We’re spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars—where do you think that money is...http://www.newser.com/story/69760/contractor-bought-guns-on-black-market-ex-employees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 14:33:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65278/suspect-in-nj-probe-sold-black-market-kidneys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI says it's made the first organ trafficking arrest in US history, a strange byproduct of the sweeping corruption probe that nabbed dozens of New Jersey officials and rabbis, the Star-Ledger reports. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum is accused of dealing in kidneys: He'd buy them from donors in Israel for...http://www.newser.com/story/65278/suspect-in-nj-probe-sold-black-market-kidneys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 12:22:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65266/cubas-black-market-hits-the-internet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Internet has lured Cuba's black marketeers online, GlobalPost reports. In a nation that bans most private commerce, a Craigslist-style website has emerged offering everything from American razor blades to True Blood DVDs. Buyers with fatter wallets can pick up computer equipment, a $6,000 illegal Internet hookup, or a...http://www.newser.com/story/65266/cubas-black-market-hits-the-internet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 5:15:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56787/hackers-bidding-5-figures-for-old-phone-raises-eyebrows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhonemaker Nokia is flummoxed as to why hackers are offering more than $32,000 in underground forums for old handsets, NetworkWorld reports—though bank fraud is a distinct possibility. “We have not identified any phone software problem that would allow” misuse, the company said. But a 2003 model manufactured at...http://www.newser.com/story/56787/hackers-bidding-5-figures-for-old-phone-raises-eyebrows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:05:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42602/blackwater-faces-hefty-fine-for-iraq-gun-violations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe government will hit security firm Blackwater USA with a multimillion-dollar fine for shipping hundreds of unauthorized guns to Iraq, McClatchy reports. A lengthy State Department investigation has concluded that the security contractor shipped some 900 weapons to the country—some of which likely wound up on the black market—...http://www.newser.com/story/42602/blackwater-faces-hefty-fine-for-iraq-gun-violations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Nov 2008 16:08:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32756/9m-inflation-crushes-zimbabwe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe political violence that ravaged Zimbabwe has subsided since Robert Mugabe's sham reelection, but another devastation continues unabated: economic meltdown. Zimbabwe's inflation rate has now hit 9 million percent, and a $50-billion Zimbabwean note is worth just 34 cents and falling in American currency. The Guardian investigates the surreal economic...http://www.newser.com/story/32756/9m-inflation-crushes-zimbabwe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jul 2008 9:56:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29166/sketchy-plane-parts-for-sale-online.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpare Boeing and Airbus parts of dubious origin have been found for sale on Internet sites such as Craiglist, BusinessWeek reports. The parts, including vital valves and gears, are being sold by at least 24 vendors—mainly in China and the US—without FAA approval or documentation that they've been...http://www.newser.com/story/29166/sketchy-plane-parts-for-sale-online.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Jun 2008 10:20:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27874/burmese-buy-up-black-market-cyclone-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlack-market videos of floating bodies, famished survivors, and cyclone-ravaged villages have become best-sellers in Burma, AP reports. The tapes are illegal because the nation's military junta wants to hide the extent of the devastation. "People buy them because they are interested in seeing what happened out there," said a street...http://www.newser.com/story/27874/burmese-buy-up-black-market-cyclone-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 May 2008 8:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23156/steal-the-pipes-ditch-the-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRising metal prices have rendered some foreclosed homes worth less than their plumbing, and thieves are stripping the vacant abodes of copper, aluminum, and brass to fuel a lucrative overseas trade. Several states have hardened penalties for metal theft, but skyrocketing nonferrous metals prices have thieves risking steel cages for...http://www.newser.com/story/23156/steal-the-pipes-ditch-the-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Apr 2008 15:04:55 CDT