ILLICIT TOBACCO PROBLEM IS REBORN IN HIGH TAX SPAIN
May 1st, 2011
BY ALYSSA MCMURTRY
Illicit tobacco problem is reborn in high tax Spain
In the 1990's Spain was a by-word for smuggled tobacco, but then the country successfully stifled the black market. Now, with higher taxes, contraband tobacco is back in Spain, and legitimate traders are worried.
THE BLACK market for tobacco in Spain is thriving once again. After bringing the country's trade in illegal tobacco down from alarmingly high rates in the 1980s and 1990s the industry and police are observing new increases.
Although there is no consensus about the proportion of ...
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