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From the archives: State Takes Aim At Lucrative, Illegal Amber Business

Whoever has been behind the illegal and lucrative amber trade must have been powerful. Only now has the state taken aim at the $500 million a year business that has bypassed legal channels and damaged the environment.
Ukraine’s oligarchs, while less rich, still remain too powerful in the eyes of many as the de-oligarchization drive by the government has yet to take off.

Read the Aug. 7, 2015 edition