Illicit Economies

Illicit economies and the Spaces of Circulation highlighting the informal or unregulated economic flows underpinning globalisation

[Global Initiative @GI_TOC]

⛏️Did you know artisanal gold mining is both a lifeline & a battleground?

In #BurkinaFaso 🇧🇫, JNIM taxes miners in exchange for security, gaining legitimacy while funding operations. Learn why cracking down isn’t a simple fix. 🧵 1/3

[TradeWinds @tradewindsnews]

Shadow VLCC that spoofed its way overland to Venezuela ‘didn’t read the manual’.

https://t.co/EVxQxP08to

#shipping

[TradeWinds @tradewindsnews]

🚨NEW: #Panama to kick out ships blacklisted by UK for carrying Russian oil.

https://t.co/eZdhCVaqkn

#shipping #oil #tankers #Russia

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

Huge haul of #counterfeit Gucci and Chanel goods worth £250k if real seized from shop in Middlesbrough https://t.co/N83ybcOKU9

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

Italy: EPPO seizes assets in investigation into €9.8 million customs fraud involving e-bikes | European Public Prosecutor’s Office https://t.co/Sp2K2hQAzL

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

Malaysian customs seize ~17,000 electrical goods such as air fryers, washing machines from 7 #shippingcontainers said2contain TVs and table fans to avoid import standards permits https://t.co/OEtEeMuBDx

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

3000 #counterfeit Gibson guitars seized by US customs, attempting to be imported from Asia
https://t.co/tVGDCdVmPm

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

#India customs seize 2,746.49 kg #smuggled gold from Kerala airports in 6 yrs, police record seizure of 112 kg https://t.co/vr62wHrAux

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

#India customs officials seize 117g of #smuggled gold hidden in cream box at Delhi airport of flight from Riyadh https://t.co/6zddAcmffg via @timesofindia

[Assaf @_assaf_ps]

52 violations in 24 hours…

Anyone surprised?

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

📰NEW PAPER One common misconceptions about informal economies is that they do not pay taxes. In our new @WorldDevJournal article we use a survey of 2500 informal workers in Accra to show that tax burdens can be very real, highly regressive, and skewed:
https://t.co/GtJToByWeJ

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

‘Italian’ purees in UK supermarkets likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes
https://t.co/vsdhKXErsj

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Hugely important and thorough Financial Times investigation into state-backed settler terrorism on the West Bank. Case for sanctions on Ben Gvir, Smotrich and others overwhelming:

https://t.co/d0DP2CPjuJ via @ft

[janna elizabeth haider, phd🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @janna_e_haider]

Gonna start referring to every UC campus as “DoD-funded” and “Raytheon-supported”

[Lloyd's List @LloydsList]

US sanctions architect: ‘We can’t sanction dark fleet by ourselves’
https://t.co/ktOPr5BIaX

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

CBP seizes 14,000 pounds of banned fruit - cargo said to be fresh lime and chayote but hidden behind were prohibited hog plums and passion fruit https://t.co/1l4nCA8t1E

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

Hong Kong customs seizes HK$100 million of contraband goods said to be Taiwan-bound but likely to be sold into PRC evading duties https://t.co/HkDZOn2Ax8 via @scmpnews

[Illicit Economies @Illicit_econ]

#Indian customs seize 257g of #smuggled gold seized at Kochi airport off flight from #Dubai https://t.co/MffB1PsQOZ via @timesofindia

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Two-year prison sentences for throwing condensed soup at a plate of glass. No punishment whatsoever for dodging a £3.7m tax bill, selling dud PPE to the NHS, dumping billions of litres of sewage in rivers or knowingly fitting flammable cladding to Grenfell Tower.