Others are stolen by special order or bought illegally from temples by collectors and smugglers.

In 2004 and 2007, families who had been swindled into illegally buying lands in the park lost their homes as they were evicted.

In April 1998, after he had left the country, the government charged him with tax evasion and illegally buying real estate in Belgium.

They would then illegally buy stock on the basis of that information, the S.E.C. said.

What if that gun you buy illegally was used in a murder?

The investigation has already resulted in guilty pleas from 15 people who illegally bought or sold the guns, Federal agents said.

It did, though, secretly and illegally buy banks and other financial institutions in the United States.

The Angola & Metropole illegally bought foreign exchange from him at premium.

Currently the law comes down much heavier on those selling the alcohol than those illegally buying it.

Firearms also became easier to buy illegally.