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The illegal drug trade is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws.
A UN report has stated that "the global drug trade generated an estimated US$321.6 billion in 2003." With a world GDP of US$36 trillion in the same year, the illegal drug trade may be estimated as nearly 1% of total global trade. Consumption of illegal drugs is widespread globally.
Chinese edicts against opium smoking were made in 1729, 1796 and 1800. Addictive drugs were prohibited in the west in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In the early 19th century, an illegal drug trade in China emerged. The Chinese government retaliated by enforcing a ban on the import of opium that led to the First Opium War (1839–1842) between the United Kingdom and Qing dynasty China. Chinese authorities had banned opium, but the United Kingdom forced China to allow British merchants to trade opium. Trading in opium was lucrative, and smoking opium had become common in the 19th Century, so British merchants increased trade with the Chinese. As a result of this illegal trade, by 1838 the number of Chinese opium addicts had grown to between four and twelve million. The Second Opium War broke out in 1856, with the British joined this time by the French. After the two opium wars, the British Crown, via the treaties of Nanking and Tianjin, took large sums of money from the Chinese government through this illegal trade, which were referred to as "reparations".
Gatwick Airport(IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK) is 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) north of the centre of Crawley,West Sussex, and 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London. Also known as London Gatwick, it is London's second-largest international airport and the second-busiest (by total passenger traffic) in the United Kingdom (after Heathrow). Gatwick is Europe's leading airport for point-to-point flights and has the world's busiest single-use runway, with a maximum of 55 aircraft movements per hour. Its two terminals (North and South) cover an area of 98,000 m2 (1,050,000 sq ft) and 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft), respectively. In 2015, 40.3 million passengers passed through the airport, a 5.6 per cent increase compared with 2014.
From 1978 to 2008, many flights to and from the United States used Gatwick because of restrictions on the use of Heathrow implemented in the Bermuda II agreement between the UK and the US.US Airways, Gatwick's last remaining US carrier, ended service from Gatwick on 30 March 2013. This leaves Gatwick without a scheduled US airline for the first time in over 35 years. The airport is a base for scheduled airlines British Airways (BA), EasyJet, Monarch Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Virgin Atlantic and charter operators such as Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways. Gatwick is unique amongst London's airports in its representation of the three main airline business models: full service, low-/no frills and charter. As of April 2015, these respectively accounted for 30 percent, 64 percent and 6 percent of Gatwick's seat capacity.
Actors: Tony Martin (actor), Josh Lawson (actor), Dave Hughes (actor), Peter Helliar (actor), Lachy Hulme (actor), Ed Kavalee (director), Ed Kavalee (producer), Ed Kavalee (editor), Ed Kavalee (actor), Ed Kavalee (producer), Ed Kavalee (writer), Christian Clark (actor), Christian Clark (producer), James Cole (editor), Andy Lee (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Matthew Weaver (producer), Matthew Weaver (editor), Matthew Weaver (director), Matthew Weaver (writer), Rich Wescott (actor), Rich Wescott (producer), Elvis Rodriguez (actor), Elvis Rodriguez (actor), Adam Schumaker (composer), Alicia Humphrey (actress), Blake Price (actor), Terrence Stender (actor), Brian Hakes (actor), Matt Larson (actor), Jared VanderMoere (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Sean Young (actress), Shane Stanley (director), Shane Stanley (editor), Aubrey Addams (actress), Patrika Darbo (actress), Shane Stanley (producer), Nikki Benz (actress), Shane Stanley (writer), Courtney Gains (actor), David 'Shark' Fralick (actor), Ron Masak (actor), Braxton Davis (actor), Sean Kanan (actor), Kathy Christopherson (actress), Patrick Bristow (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Saxon DeCocq (producer), Saxon DeCocq (director), Saxon DeCocq (writer), Saxon DeCocq (actor), Elliot Hudson (writer), Elliot Hudson (producer), Elliot Hudson (actor), Elliot Hudson (director), Tim de Cocq (actor), Jesse Feakes (actor), Tim de Cocq (actor), Adam Jurgens (actor), Katharine Ford (actor), Christina Raquel Gaspar (actor), Eric Hamlin (actor),
Plot: Marchland is a road-trip action-comedy, where two families collide on the Canadian-American border. The Van Jurgens, three brothers burdened with caring for their catatonic father after the recent death of their mother, and facing foreclosure on the family home, embark on a journey to find a fortune. The situation goes from bad to worse, when they end up forced to smuggle narcotics across the American border. Meanwhile, Dale and Charlene are a brother and sister team working for the Canadian Border Patrol. Dale's fragile mental state begins to crack after an accident on patrol, and Charlene struggles to keep his condition a secret from their suspicious father, who happens to be their Chief Officer. These two groups of sibling face their fears, their regrets, their futures and each other in this frantic, desperate and unusual adventure.
Keywords: boarder, brother-brother-relationship, death, drugs, french, gambling, gun, independent-film, money, policeActors: Alberto Molinari (actor), Stefano Reali (director), Stefano Reali (writer), Graziano Diana (writer), Franco Trevisi (actor), Gaetano Amato (actor), Andrea Tidona (actor), Emilio Bonucci (actor), Beppe Fiorello (actor), Alessandro Jacchia (producer), Alessandro Jacchia (writer), Lucia Sardo (actress), Salvatore Basile (writer), Rita del Piano (actress), Antonia Liskova (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tom Alter (actor), Laxmikant Berde (actor), Dinesh Hingoo (actor), Viju Khote (actor), Akshay Kumar (actor), Mac Mohan (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Jayapradha (actress), Shubha Khote (actress), Guddi Maruti (actress), Achala Sachdev (actress), Asha Sharma (actress), Sulabha Arya (actress), Resham Tipnis (actress), Aishwarya Narkar (actress),
Plot: Young, attractive, and compassionate Janki Deshmukh lives in a small flat with her elderly mom, Basanti; her disabled father who is awaiting a Court decision for compensation for losing his left arm; brother Mangesh who is busy looking for a job; younger sister, Sharuvir alias Sharu; and a physically handicapped brother, Banthu. She works as a Receptionist, with an employer, Jagdish, who secretly adores her. Her dad does win the case, but Mangesh gets the money so that he can bribe someone to get a good job. However, he ends up marrying a wealthy young woman named Shakala, and subsequently moving out of the flat. Shocked at this, her dad has a heart attack and passes away. Then a few days later, the family wakes up to find that Sharu has disappeared, possibly eloped with one Narendra, who she has been meeting secretly. To make matters worse, Basanti's health get worse, she gets diagnosed with serious kidney problems, which can only be corrected through expensive surgery. With no one, save her handicapped brother, Janki must now come up with the money required for the surgery - or end up losing her mom as well.
Genres: ,Actors: Matt Mickelson (actor), Justin Wolfe (miscellaneous crew), Joëlle Morin (actress), David Haycox (director), Carrie Collins (actress), Sharif El-Mahdi (actor), Jayce O'Neal (actor), Todd Chestnut (editor), Pamela Marr (actress), John Quillen (actor), John King (actor),
Genres: Biography, Crime, Documentary, Drama,Actors: Clint Jung (actor), Matthias Hues (actor), George Cheung (actor), Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), Brian Tochi (actor), Roger Yuan (actor), J.J. Perry (miscellaneous crew), J.J. Perry (actor), J.J. Perry (actor), Robert Pike Daniel (actor), Loren Avedon (actor), Loren Avedon (producer), Ron Singer (producer), Tsuyoshi Abe (actor), Karen Kim (actress),
Plot: An elite Federal force whose objective is to eliminate organized crime is violently assassinated by an evil Asian crime lord. The sole survivor of the group teams up with his late partner's widow to strike back at the crime lord and his son.
Keywords: drug-lord, fight, independent-film, karate, martial-arts, organized-crime, revengeActors: Eduardo Fajardo (actor), Antonio Mayans (actor), Lina Romay (actress), Jesús Franco (writer), Jesús Franco (writer), Jesús Franco (composer), Jesús Franco (director), Jesús Franco (editor), José Llamas (actor), Ramón García (actor), Albino Graziani (actor), Bob Gordon (actor), Helena Garret (actress), Bork Gordon (actor), Maximiliano Quiroga (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Tutte Lemkow (miscellaneous crew), Eric Pohlmann (actor), Irving Allen (producer), Robert Parrish (director), Rita Hayworth (actress), Albert R. Broccoli (producer), Anthony Newley (actor), Peter Illing (actor), Albert R. Broccoli (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Bernard Lee (actor), Jack Lemmon (actor), Herbert Lom (actor), Angela Martelli (miscellaneous crew), Maurice Kaufmann (actor),
Plot: Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
Keywords: based-on-novel, roadboatmovie, switchblade