Week 6 EOC: Illicit Trade

From drugs to handbags, illicit trade is a huge epidemic. It takes place in our own backyards, but is much more common in places like China. The conditions for all illegal trade are based upon the same thing, someone wants something for cheap and they don't care how they get it. This is quite a problem because in the process someone is going to get hurt along the way. It could be a cheap product or just the nature of the trade. It's one shrouded with secrets and plenty of money to go around. Dirty money that is. That money needs to get cleaned so people establish business and those sometimes are construction companies that spend the money to buy the supplies, contractors and whatever else they need. Then they sell the finished housing structure and get "clean" money. Unfortunately shortcuts are taken and buildings are not up to code and really no one should live in them. All they care about is the bottom line, and getting their money... Illicit trade starts out small with just a few knock off products here and there but it's those that set the big picture of it all.