contraband trade
Black market dealing
Contraband trade is commerce in prohibited goods—smuggling.
The term appears in legal and historical contexts describing the movement of items banned by law or treaty: The contraband trade in weapons continued despite sanctions.
During wartime, contraband trade often involves supplying enemies with restricted materials.
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- drug mulesIllicit substance transporters
- customs regulationsRules controlling border commerce
- customs agentsImport inspection officials
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
firearms · counterfeit currency · black market · shadow economy · labor exploitation · underground networks · rum runners · environmental damage · endangered species · money laundering · legal penalties · bribery · border patrols · fake passports · false documentation · sanctions · surveillance technology · international treaties
- criminal schemesconspiracy, collusion, racketeering, kickback scheme, assassination plot
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying