In this world around us, and specifically the world of humans, there are many suspicious things, which call for fear and anxiety, tension and pessimism, and discomfort, and these things may be attributed to blackness,The black market is the market in which commercial transactions are carried out in violation of the regulations and laws imposed on some commodities or the exchange rate of some official currencies, and the reason is due to the appearance of these commodities on the black market; due to the imposition of high prices or fees on legal goods.

The black market is particularly prevalent in countries that restrict economic freedoms and trade with the outside. However, it also spreads in countries that suffer from corruption, regardless of their systems of government. The black market has great damage to the national economy as it deprives the state of tax revenues necessary for the development of infrastructure and public services.

Trade in the black market greatly affects individuals, society, and the economy of countries, and the most important of these effects are the following: Reducing government revenues that can be used for citizens’ services, people working in the black market are not counted among the workforce, many workers are exploited, They do not receive any benefits or legal protection.

Advantages of the black market: The black market is a source of income, providing many jobs for individuals who do not have good job opportunities in the local market. In 2009, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated the black market employment rate to approximately 1.8 billion people, and allows them to bear the costs of medicines health services, and others.

Types of goods on the black market: Consumers can buy and sell many goods and services on the black market, such as legal goods, and illegal goods, such as drugs, counterfeit clothing, cigarettes and alcoholic beverages, weapons and drugs. Currency exchange, medicines, and it is a market for everything, from The cigarette to the human organs, and from the stone to the humans.

Methods of combating the black market: reviewing the forms of disclosure of sources of income and methods of collection, emphasizing the role of the private sector with the role of the government and the public sector, in creating job opportunities in various fields, developing a media and educational plan to inculcate religious values, developing a media and educational plan to instill religious values.

Many think that the black market appears only in times of economic and political crises, and that it only operates in developing or underdeveloped countries and affects foodstuffs and hard currencies. But it is the opposite,The black market has existed since the existence of the market in human societies, and the economic reform programs that have been implemented in many countries of the world, the most important of which are Latin American countries and Southeast Asian countries, have produced negative aspects, the most important of which was the exploitation of economic freedom.