Illegal tobacco on Merseyside: Buying cheap cigarettes is not a victimless crime
Tobacco smugglers are putting legitimate shops – and their workers – at risk by encouraging smokers to turn to black...
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Shockingly, in May, police said more than 5,000 websites selling counterfeit “luxury” goods had been shut down over...
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Coast makes it easy for illegal tobacco smuggling to be industry in own right
Torquay – The close proximity of the English Channel to South Devon has made it easy for tobacco to be illegally smuggled.
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Melbourne – Police have seized more than $8 million of assets after busting an alleged illicit tobacco importation gang....
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Bac Giang destroys smuggled Chinese products
BAC GIANG— BacGiang’s market management forces yesterday confiscated and destroyed three tonnes of smuggled Chinese...
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Former county corrections officer pleads guilty in contraband smuggling operation
Annapolis – A former county corrections officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a contraband smuggling...
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Virginia – Organized crime has long profited from black-market deals in prohibited or expensively regulated goods ,ranging...
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Tredworth – Police raided a house in Tredworth alongside trading standard officers last week as the house was believed to...
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800,000 fewer illegal cigarettes on our region’s streets
More than 800,000 illegal cigarettes have been seized by West Yorkshire Trading Standards as part of a crackdown on illegal...
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Lahore – In two different raids in Lahore on Friday and Saturday, Law Enforcement Authorities raided retailers selling...
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Black Country cigarette smuggler jailed for three years
Gulan Shaikh, aged 64, of Essington Road, Willenhall, was spotted using a mobile phone while driving in September 2014. Officers...
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Fake cement hits Malawi market
One of the cement manufacturing companies in Malawi, Lafarge, has expressed concern over the huge number of fake cement being...
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