US: Sprits sales increased by 75% year on year. NewWeek.com
Online alcohol sales increased 291% in the last week of March TheIndependent.co.uk
Online alcohol sales increased 291% in the last week of March TheIndependent.co.uk
RUSSIA: Misconception that alcohol will protect drinkers from the virus resulted in a 65% increase in alcohol sales according to the market research firm GfK.
WHO have issued a report on “myth” and “facts” you can check out here:
euro.who.int/__data/assets/…
WHO have issued a report on “myth” and “facts” you can check out here:
euro.who.int/__data/assets/…
Drugs. The #pandemic has resulted in supply shortages & increased prices. These disruptions are likely to increase variability of purity & contamination of supply”. transformdrugs.org/reality-check-…
ONLINE: “Dark market revenue has fallen following bitcoin’s recent price drop," Chainalysis reports that supply problems for Mexican cartels & dealers in China’s Hubei province could be "hampering darknet market vendors’ ability to do business." forbes.com/sites/billybam…
SPAIN: A man was arrested for posing as a taxi driver in order to avoid travel restrictions to deal drugs around Madrid. He allegedly hid drugs in chewing gum and paracetamol packaging theolivepress.es/spain-news/202…
SPAIN AGAIN: Police arrested three people for attempting to deliver drugs whilst disguised as delivery drivers. newstube.ru/media/spain-po…
RUSSIA: “A suspected drug dealer dressed as a food deliveryman was arrested in quarantined Moscow, Russia’s National Guard said Tuesday” themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/08/dru…
SOUTH AFRICA: “Drug dealers posing as funeral directors used coffins to smuggle cannabis in South Africa. Police found 80kg of cannabis packed in 30 bags, with a street value of £35,000” dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
USA: Police report that dealers are dressing up in supermarket & parcel delivery worker uniforms in order to make drop-offs on street corners and in people's homes vice.com/en_au/article/…
UK: One noticeable change seen by police is that young runners have been pulled back & bosses are dealing themselves because young people out in public are sticking out more than adults, and are deemed too risky to transport large amounts of drugs”.
SEX: “A new gig economy job has emerged with people stuck at home during the #coronavirus and unemployment skyrocketing: selling nudes online”.
Platforms like OnlyFans have seen a 75% increase in sign-ups, with more than 170,000 new users each day,3.5 million in March according to a company email. Amongst them were 60 thousand new creators according to the Daily Beast huffpost.com/entry/coronavi…
Patreon reported 50,000 new creators in March — its fastest ever rate of growth”. New creators made about $300 a week.huffpost.com/entry/coronavi…
“Niles, a dancer at Hustlers in San Francisco, turned to online sex work after getting laid off due to the virus. Now she doesn’t have to commute, worry about patrons, environmental factors or club fees. She’s made around $2,000 in the last 6 weeks. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
CamSoda, another camming site, saw a 37% increase ”in new model sign-ups this March. nytimes.com/2020/04/10/sty…
Bella French, the co-founder and C.E.O. of ManyVids, another cam site, said that there was a 69% increase in new model sign-ups” nytimes.com/2020/04/10/sty…
Alexandra Manole launched her own cam platform in 2017 says that: ““Applications increased by 100 percent and the number of users doubled. Ours is a business that works in a situation like this. “A lot of new girls are applying: balkaninsight.com/2020/04/08/glo…
PornHub, the world’s largest adult website, reported a daily increase in traffic of 5.7% in March. In Italy, the European epicentre of the European pandemic, daily traffic was up more than 13.8%. balkaninsight.com/2020/04/08/glo…
Miami-based Joslyn Jane sells solo videos and partner performances on OnlyFans and ManyVids for $5.99 to $32, said she has increased her weekly earnings by 61% nypost.com/2020/03/14/bus…
#GAMBLING #AUSTRALIA: credit bureau & analytics firm AlphaBeta conducted research on how covid-19 affected different spending categories, showing an increase of 67% in online gambling.
ONLINE: The virus has brought about a resurgence in online poker. Since social distancing and lockdowns took effect, it has increased by 43%. First-time poker players have increased by 255% in the same period prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
#FRANCE: Gaming regulator press release warned that #poker is attracting more players and in particular new players arjel.fr/IMG/pdf/202004…
The virus impacts every part of human life. But vice is adapting faster & with more agility than many or the more prosaic aspects of our day to day. As we look to the world that emerges beyond the vaccine we can be sure that our VICEs will continue to be primary drivers of change
Thanks to @NathalieBcht for her help researching this topic.
