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A '''black market''' was a market in which all applicable taxes and/or regulations were avoided.{{fact}} Items could be bought on the black market by those not legally able to purchase them otherwise, often for a substantial fee. | A '''black market''' was a market in which all applicable taxes and/or regulations were avoided.{{fact}} Items could be bought on the black market by those not legally able to purchase them otherwise, often for a substantial fee. | ||
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A black market was a market in which all applicable taxes and/or regulations were avoided.[source needed] Items could be bought on the black market by those not legally able to purchase them otherwise, often for a substantial fee.
There was a black market selling alien species on Earth in the 21st century. John Harrison paid millions for a group of Skullion slaves who had crash landed in Central Asia. They were brought across Europe and then across the English Channel. (TV: The Man Who Never Was)