NationStates Jolt Archive


Black Market Trading Thread

Siap
11-07-2006, 01:08
This is similar to other trading threads, but instead of posting a nation with its resources, one posts their criminal organization with what they have to trade and what they need. It is also important to note what means of transporting the goods are available (500 kilos of heroine can't be mailed. One needs couriers, or planes and ships that can get past customs one way or another). Also, please post a history of your organization to make it interesting.

The Romano Group

History: Artemis Romanokovski is the last survivor of the Romanokovski Family, which was an infamous crime family in Siap and later seized control of the island nation Ceyolia. Unfortunately, his family was murdered, and Artemis spent most of his childhood in hiding, and changed his last name to Romano and shortened his first to 'Art'. He found safety in the Community after helping the political faction known as the "Nine Families" aquire nuclear weapons during the period of anarchy. This affords his organization much political protection, but Art prefers to maintain a low profile in Siap and get involved in other countries. His organization is small, but he has helped many wealthy and powerful attain their positions, and he is distinguished by his will to do what others won't.

Can Supply:

Marijuana
Hashish
Money-laundering services
Transportation services

Needs:
Gems
Luxury Items (Tobacco, non-Siapian liquor and other goods are heavily taxed)
Weapons
Chemical Production Material
Foreign Manufacturing Facilities

Transportation methods:
4x Small Handy Size Container ships (20,000 tons cargo capacity)
-estimates show that, at best, only 200 tons of cargo could be reliably concealed from customs agents.

1x DC-10 (263,065 Kg max cargo capacity)

2x Mi-2 Hoplite Cargo helicopters (cargo capacity: 1500 kg inside and out)

20x Couriers
- generally can conceal conceal up to 5 kg.

1x shipping terminal
-owned by a front company, customs enforcement is lax

1x Cargo Hangar at Esmund International Airport
-Customs has been paid off, and does not visit this hangar.
Cruxium
11-07-2006, 01:10
OOC: My aunt sends me 250 kilos of heroin in the mail once a month. By that logic two seperate postal deliveries could work.
Siap
11-07-2006, 01:13
OOC: How does that work out? I thought Heroine was illegal almost everywhere.
Blackhelm Confederacy
11-07-2006, 01:15
OOC: Why does your aunt send you heroin?

IC: The Griffincrest Corporation would be interested in selling you arms
Kologk
11-07-2006, 01:17
Kologkian Real Estate Lmtd:

A quasilegitimate buisness venture (due to Kologk's more or less constant state of war there's no laws against it's practices) that buys and sells from all the shifting factions in the war. Also con

Can supply: Land in Kologk
Most forms of firearms (exoctic ones may require some time for construction)
Diamonds
Human resources (mercenaries, prostitutes, etc.)
A customs free area to buy and sell.

Needs: Land in other nations to expand.
Money (currently there is no currency of any real value being printed in Kologk)
Gold.

Transportation Methods:
10 converted luxury yachts, capable of concealing up to fifty tons of merchandise, and openly carrying another three hundred.
Three Kologkian Airways Cargo Planes: Capable of carrying up to five hundred tons of concealed merchandise.
Four airstrips capable of landing, refueling, and storing cargo planes.
Kologk
11-07-2006, 01:34
To: Art Romano
From: Jerome Hassleton of Kologkian Real Estate Lmtd.

I think that you and I could come to an arragement. I have been seeking to expand into the drug trade, and this offers an opportunity. If you ship hashish to me, the ships can return laden with high quality diamonds.
Siap
11-07-2006, 03:20
From: Claude DeCell (OOC: Soldier in the Romano Group)
To: Jerome Hassleton

We are interested by your offer of land, and if you can provide us with space to open chemical manufacturing facilities we will compensate you with plenty of Hashish and whatever else we can provide you with. For the diamonds, we would like to know more about what you can provide us with. (OOC:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond (more about diamonds)) We would like to know the exact specifications of each gem, and we would like to keep our initial purchases small, so we can keep demand high.

If you are interested, we will send a courier with 4 kilos of your product to meet with a representative of your organization. If that representative could bring one or several of the diamonds you have for inspection, we may purchase more in the future. If there are commuter flights to your nation, we can meet there, or we can meet at Esmund International Airport-your choice.