Word: traded
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Before globalization, there was trade. Some ports, like Hong Kong or New York, began by handling tea or opium, then progressed to manufacturing and finance. Others, like Alexandria or Pulau Run (one of the Indonesian Spice Islands that, in 1667, the Dutch swapped with the English for Manhattan) failed to move with the times...
Quotes About: "It's no secret about Wali Karzai and drugs. A lot of people in the Afghan government are involved in drug trafficking." - U.S. informant Hajji Aman Kheri, alleging Karzai's involvement in the heroin trade (New York Times...
...That is complete nonsense. Ahmad Wali was already accused of dealing in drugs. I investigated it thoroughly: naturally, none of it is true." - Hamid Karzai, denying Wali Karzai's involvement in the drug trade (Der Spiegel...
...hard, direct evidence that you could take to get a criminal indictment. That allows [Hamid] Karzai to say, 'where's your proof?'" - A Bush White House official on the difficulties of trying to get President Karzi to look into his brother Wali Karzai's alleged involvement in the drug trade. (New York Times...
Quotes By: "I am not a drug dealer, I never was and I never will be. I am a victim of vicious politics." - Denying his involvement in Afghanistan's $4 billion a year drug trade (New York Times...