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Presents evidence of a black market in chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) produced in Russia and elsewhere in breach of the 1987 Montreal Protocol banning them as damaging to the earth's ozone layer.

Sprengstoffanschläge auf New Yorker Bankgebäude bringen die gesamte Finanzwelt der westlichen Hemisphäre in Unordnung, die weltweite Jagd nach den Terroristen führt in die Chefetagen des FBI. Ein Action-Thriller und eine zarte Liebesgeschichte dazu.

"This is a social history of Berlin's black market during World War II and the post-war period, looking at both its participants and their practices, the macroeconomic context in which the market operated and the everyday strategies that were deployed by individuals to navigate the market. Malte Zierenberg reveals the black market to be a complex structure, which is on the one hand a geographical space but on the other hand represents a conceptual category within an economy"--

Argues that intrastate warfare can be ameliorated by controlling the global flow of illicit arms. Background to a 2001 UN conference on the illicit arms trade is briefly offered before distinguishing between the legal & black market arms trades. A comprehensive program of action should include (1) a full-range study of the illicit arms trade; (2) the establishment of a clearinghouse for information related to illicit arms dealers; (3) the establishment of uniform, easily authenticated arms transfer documentation; (4) enhancing the ability of developing countries to monitor the flow of weapons into, through, & from their territory; (5) globally declaring all known & suspected illegal arms traffickers persona non grata; & (6) establishing mechanisms for multilateral efforts to confront illicit trafficking networks. J. Zendejas

Under controls initially imposed in 1954, the exchange black market in Jamaica grew to about US$ 1.7 billion of transaction in value per year by 1990. This market contributed importantly to the operation of Jamaica's underground economy during the 1980s. The liberalising of the foreign exchange market and elimination of capital controls in 1991-92 undermined the economic logic favouring black markets. These changes may induce the transfer of a large part of previously underground financial activities into the legally-recorded economy. (DSE/DÜI)

Includes estimates of the narcoeconomy's impact, 1980-90.