The drugs trade is the most notorious illegal trade on the planet, so it is easy to assume that it is also the largest. It is not. At roughly US$600 billion a year, it sits well behind counterfeiting, which is worth around US$1.1 trillion. Third, perhaps surprisingly, is the illegal sand trade, estimated to be worth between US$200 billion and US$350 billion a year.1 Behind … Continue reading The $300 Billion illegal sand trade