11.   Acting market manager Akraporn Bunnag denied there was a thriving animal trade at Chatuchak.

12.   But a thriving clandestine trade persists.

13.   Iraqi crude oil and byproducts are said to be smuggled into Iran in a thriving contraband trade.

14.   Herat, located on the Iranian border had traditionally been a thriving trade centre in western Afghanistan.

15.   A thriving legal trade in antiquities existed in Egypt earlier in the century, but has since been restricted by legislation.

16.   Chauzy also pointed out that gangs in Albania are well-established, and there is a thriving illicit trade based on smuggling migrants on all sides of the Mediterranean Sea.

17.   Copyright violations are rife in Myanmar where felons have previously only been deterred by fines, leading to a thriving trade in pirated video and music CDs.