{"id":69478,"date":"2015-06-09T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=69478"},"modified":"2015-06-09T12:26:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:26:06","slug":"persians-have-a-new-earner-but-it-may-not-be-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=69478","title":{"rendered":"Persians have a new earner but it may not be legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m hearing about Persians around Beverly Hills making a few bucks from this angle. <\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/article\/20140721\/LEGALFILE\/307219975\/selling-vehicles-for-export-angers-automakers-but-is-it-illegal?\">REPORT<\/a>: &#8220;Authorities, who say these types of transactions happen frequently, began working last year to stop the increasing flow of high-end cars overseas. 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