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Hawaii Business magazine’s Top 10 Stories of 2017

December 28, 2017
Daniel Ikaika Ito,

#9 Doing Business In the Shadows


In our June issue we acknowledge that the black market thrives throughout the Islands. Reporter Tiffany Hill takes a look at how much people make in three local underground industries: cockfighting, prostitution and marijuana dealing – and why they do it, despite the risk of arrest. Read more…

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