Contraband and counterfeits have long been a source of funding for gangs -- both...

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Contraband and counterfeits have long been a source of funding for gangs -- both sides of the northern irish conflict, ETA in the Basque country has a commercial wing, and I'm sure the more traditional mafias are into this sort of thing too.