Jessica Miller | November 22, 2011
DUBLIN AIRPORT HAS become one of Ireland’s cigarette smuggling hubs , a retailers group has warned. Retailers Against Smuggling, which represents nearly 3,000 independent retail outlets in a campaign against the illegal best quality Virginia cigarette trade, said that recent seizures by Customs officers at the capital’s airport indicated it was being targeted by criminal gangs.
Category: cigarettes sales, illegal cigarettes |
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Jessica Miller | November 14, 2011
Chinese police have broken up 122 criminal dens and arrested 78 suspects in a cross-provincial raid on a cheap Virginia cigarettes counterfeiting ring, the Ministry of Public Security said Monday. About 80,000 cartons of bogus cigarettes and 10,000 units of counterfeit logos and cigarette cases were confiscated, according to a statement. Police also seized four pieces of manufacturing equipment and 25 vehicles used in the operation, the statement said.
Category: Cigarette Business, illegal cigarettes |
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Jessica Miller | August 9, 2011
They are already to blame for bad health, ageing skin and foul breath. Now, in Scotland, cigarettes are increasingly linked to organised crime through the black market, according to a new survey. More than one in 10 Prefect cigarettes smoked in some parts of the country were sold illegally, figures published yesterday suggest.
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Jessica Miller | February 28, 2011
An attempt to illegally import approximately four million sticks of Winston cigarettes into the island was foiled by the Customs Department which seized a 20-foot container of the contraband on the wharf. According to the Customs Department, the cigarettes, which have a street value of $120 million, originated from China. Customs also reported that the contents of the container were originally declared as plastic and Styrofoam cups and plates.
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Tags: cigarette consumption, illicit cigarettes, tobacco distributor
Jessica Miller | November 2, 2010
New York City investigators secretly videotaped cigarette dealers on a Long Island Indian reservation illegally selling untaxed Red & White smokes for re-sale at city bodegas, officials said Thursday. The sting operation – during which one seller says on tape “the less I know, the better” – is part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg ongoing fight to stop reservations from selling untaxed cigarettes that end up in New York City.
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Tags: smokes, tax-free cigarettes, untaxed cigarettes