5 SURPRISING ITEMS YOU CAN BUY ON THE BLACK MARKET

What comes to mind when you think about the black market?

What comes to mind when you think about the black market?

Organs? Exotic pets? Drugs?

Many items that are sold on the black market can probably be found in your own home.

The items on the black market can range from gruesome to boring … and everything in between.

Here are just some of the items you can find on the black market:

Cell Phones: Thieves can easily swap stolen phones for cash.

Cell Phones: Thieves can easily swap stolen phones for cash.

Theft of mobile devices makes up 40% of all robberies in major U.S. cities.

CigareLes: Sure, you can pick up a

pack almost anywhere — but

on the black market, you don’t have to pay taxes.

In New York, some criminal gangs

stock up on cigareMes and resell them on the streets.

Baby Formula: It’s referred to as “liquid gold” for a reason: the street value of baby formula ranges from $15 to $30.

Drug dealers oQen stretch products like heroin or meth by mixing it with powdered baby formula.

Twinkies: When Hostess announced

that it was going out of business in 2012,

people stocked up on their favorite

snack cakes.

At the height of the Twinkie panic, a

single box sold for $10,000 on eBay.

Sperm: In Canada, it is illegal to pay donors for their eggs or sperm. But on the black market, it’s easy to make a quick buck.

Sperm is dangerous to shop for in an unregulated market — recipients do not know if the sperm is free of STDs.

The black market is illegal for a reason.

These products are unregulated. You could be putting your personal safety at risk.

Even something as small as a stolen bottle of baby formula can go on your criminal record, which shows up on a background check.

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