Colorado smuggling to rocket with tobacco tax hike
An initiative that may appear on Colorado’s November’s ballot would, if adopted, nearly triple the state’s current cigarette...
Learn MoreCornwall Regional Task Force seized $175K of contraband in July
About $175,000 worth of contraband tobacco was seized by the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) during recent smuggling arrests....
Learn MoreIllicit tobacco: Three retailers share their experiences
Illicit cigarettes account for approximately one in six of those smoked in the UK last year and almost half of rolling tobacco is...
Learn MorePolice bust gang which made illegal tobacco-making machines
SHANGHAI police have busted a seven-member gang which produced and sold illegal tobacco machines nationwide, Shanghai Television...
Learn More18000 smuggled cigarettes seized at Dublin Airport
The cigarettes were found in the checked-in luggage of a 42-year-old man from Estonia.
They are worth around €9,700 with a...
Learn MorePeople are selling fake Jeffree Star Lipsticks and it could be seriously dangerous
It might seem like a bargain to shop the pricey celeb beauty lines elsewhere, but buying imitation cosmetics could have a very...
Learn MoreTerror Financing And The Black Market Cigarette Trade
In Pennsylvania last month, state representatives Russ Diamond and Rick Saccone challenged a $1-per-pack cigarette tax increase...
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Chinese customs clean up ‘luxury’ smugglers.
The General Administration of Customs People’s Republic of China (GACC) has become increasingly successful in its ongoing...
Learn MoreStudent Hongtao Zhang jailed for dodging more than $460,000 in tax revenue by illegally importing almost 700,000 cigarettes
A HIGHLY organised tobacco smuggling operation run by a Chinese student couple in Adelaide has literally ended in tears in court...
Learn MoreTBS, police hailed for crackdown on fake products
The Marketing Manager of Oryx Energies Tanzania, PenduBahebe, said the intervention by the state organs has significantly...
Learn MoreContraband smokes creating series of problems
Think it doesn’t matter if that smoke you’re puffing was taxed?
Think again, says Gary Grant of the National Coalition Against...
Learn MoreRs. 7.5 crore worth of cigarettes seized
Foreign branded cigarettes worth nearly Rs. 7.5 crore were seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Saturday at...
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