Modern features of the cryptocurrency use for terrorist financing, money laundering and other unlawful activities: prospective countermeasures by D. S. Melnyk

“…The modern methods (mechanisms) of using cryptocurrencies as a means of payment in the drug trade, for legalisation of proceeds of crime, financing of terrorist, intelligence and subversive, separatist and other illegal activities in Ukraine, including under martial law, are highlighted. …”
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Cannabis cultivation in the world: heritages, trends and challenges by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy

“…Despite cannabis being the most common illegal drug crop in the world and its worldwide presence, very little is known about its production, trade, and consumption at the global scale. …”
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So Close and Yet so Foreign: Trans-Border relations in Paul S. Flores’ Along the Border Lies (2001) by Maria Antònia Oliver-Rotger

“…In Flores’ novel, the San Diego-Tijuana area is rendered as a war and illegal trade zone that has a psychological impact upon its inhabitants and determines the power imbalances between people of Mexican and Mexican American origin who interact across borders. …”
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