black market

"People slide along on that low level of income, perhaps dipping into the black market, but their aspirations are so low and the communities do not change."

Abalone remain the target of poachers, and there is an extensive black market that pays a premium for them, Windsor police said.

Using contraband cellphones from his prison cell, Torres oversaw a black market for extorted commissary goods called the “kitty.”

Tracking stolen sheep is challenging, he says, adding they can end up on the illegal meat market, in other farmers' flocks, or being sold on the black market, online or at markets.

In 2007, the WHO estimated that 5-10% of transplanted organs came from the black market, but the figure may be higher.