"its buying from a small producer who kills their own animals, or from some shady figure who kills other producer’s animals" That is a very marginal case. The

"its buying from a small producer who kills their own animals, or from some shady figure who kills other producer’s animals" That is a very marginal case. The vast majority of revenue in the meat business goes through the big corporations. "Another example is alcohol and cigarettes that are bought at duty free shops by mules and then sold tax free in street markets." Oh yeah, if you burden the legal producers with extraordinary, punitive taxes, the black market unburdened with them can flourish.