He conceded that the illicit trade was thriving all the same.

他也承认非法交易依然在继续扩张。

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Nevertheless, experts say the illicit trade is still thriving.

尽管如此，专家们说非法效果仍然十分严重的。

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A key to the illicit trade is use of a network by buyers and sellers that conceals their identity.

买家和卖家利用网络进行非法交易的关键在于可以隐藏身份。

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Holbrooke says the long-held notion that Afghanistan's illicit opium trade is the main source of funding for the insurgency is simply not true.

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Campaigners say it has helped to shine a spotlight on the violent consequences of the trade in illicit diamonds - a spotlight they hope will remain even after the celebrities have left.

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The money comes from, among other sources, illicit trade in tobacco and controlled substances.

FORBES: Hezbollah's Hoard

America leads a posse of governments in disrupting illicit trade in nuclear, chemical and biological materials.

ECONOMIST: America and a nuclear India

Illicit trade is age-old, a continuous facet and side effect of market economies or of commerce in general.

NPR: Tracking the World's Black Market: 'Illicit'