COUNTERFEIT ARRESTS
May 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INVESTIGATIONS coordinated by EU anti-fraud agency OLAF led to arrests of seven smugglers for illicitly shipping tobacco from the Baltic States to the Netherlands, where 10.35 million black-market cigarettes were seized. Three Latvian smugglers were also arrested - in Germany - and 4 million smuggled cigarettes were found in Belgium, near 35 tonnes of illicit hand-rolling tobacco.
INVESTIGATIONS coordinated by EU anti-fraud agency OLAF led to arrests of seven smugglers for illicitly shipping tobacco from the Baltic States to the Netherlands, where 10.35 million black-market cigarettes were seized. Three Latvian smugglers were also arrested - in Germany - and 4 million smuggled cigarettes were found in Belgium, near 35 tonnes of illicit hand-rolling tobacco.
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