Tobacco smuggling shoots up by 28 per cent
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..
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