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Tobacco smuggling shoots up by 28 per cent

July 17, 2016 by admin News 0 comments

The amount of tobacco smuggled into Malta grew by some 28 per cent last year, costing the Treasury about €10 million in lost revenue, an EU-wide report seen by the Sunday Times of Malta has estimated.

The study found that while the total legal consumption of cigarettes declined the amount of contraband and counterfeit cigarettes entering the Maltese market went up..

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160717/local/tobacco-smuggling-shoots-up-by-28-per-cent.619026

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