Sentence examples for illegal ventures from inspiring English sources

"We try to help these guys realize that the skills they already possess from illegal ventures have real value in the business world," explains Catherine Rohr, founder and chief executive of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, based in Houston.

Hill has not pursued any specific themes in his books, but his lead detectives are always quick to pounce on matters of social conscience, like the undercover involvement of national governments in "sanction breaking, illegal arms deals, out-of-date drugs dumping" and other profitable but illegal ventures that provincial cops are expected to close their eyes to.

To meet the requirement of legal purpose, the insurance contract must be supported by an insurable interest (see further discussion below); it may not be issued in such a way as to encourage illegal ventures (as with marine insurance placed on a ship used to carry contraband).

He became involved in a number of illegal ventures, including a moonshining operation.

At 48, Ricky has been an entrepreneur in legal and illegal ventures since junior high school in Long Beach.

He helped transform gangsters into thriving - if illegal - venture capitalists.

Chase also loaned money to Globo, enabling it to expand its network for the benefit of the "illegal venture" with TI, while at the same time loaning an equivalent amount to TI, according to Kroll.

To "conceal its stake in the illegal venture," the Kroll report alleges Chase "engineered" a deal in which Telecom Italia transfered money to a company in the unregulated Internet sector.

He refrained from talking about his illegal venture openly, but a handful of people in the village had known about it for a while, including the police.

Increasingly, gold extraction is transitioning from large mining operations to small, often illegal, mining ventures.

Artemis Fowl II – The protagonist; a 12-year-old genius, he uses his intelligence to obtain massive wealth through various illegal business ventures; this stems from his family, who have been criminals for generations.