Street vendor explains why he has no choice but to sell counterfeit goods

Mthatha street traders angry at attempt to remove containers serving as informal shops

“This town is full of amaphara (drug addicts). People are being robbed and cars are broken into every day. Yet they choose to bring guns to

Betting big on secondhand shopping downtown

A global hub for fake luxury goods, Vietnam cracks down on its black market

The Trump administration wants Vietnam to stamp out its booming counterfeit industry. Locals are divided.

Seattle Chinatown rallies against Mayor Wilson for dumping homeless drug addicts into their district during World Cup: 'She's racist'

"We will not be taken advantage of by white city leaders who only come to the CID for dim sum and to buy cheap trinkets," said Gary Lee, a C

Oakland advocates' lawsuit targets city's crackdown on street vendors

Oakland community members are taking legal action against the city to demand that officials stop what they're calling harmful raids on stree

ByWard merchants petition city to backtrack on redevelopment plans

Merchants in the historic ByWard Market Building are asking the city to cancel plans that could see them all evicted after decades in the bu