BEAT TOBACCO COUNTERFEITERS AT SOURCE, SAYS EU FRAUD SUPREMO
January 1st, 2017
THE DIRECTOR-general of the European Union’s anti-fraud office - OLAF - has argued that the only way to stop counterfeit cigarettes and other goods entering Europe is to tackle the trade at source. Giovanni Kessler spoke out at a joint OLAF press conference with the Belgian Customs and Excise Administration in December to showcase how their cooperation had smashed a cigarette smuggling ring.
Vincent Sauvalere, head of OLAF’s tobacco and alcohol unit, recalled how the EU agency (which has a French acronym - Office européen de lutte contre la fraude) had ...
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