INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST SMUGGLERS WORKS – SAY OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY
March 9th, 2015
EUROPEAN cigarette smuggling has evolved and diversified over the past ten years, and international cooperation is often the best way to counter them, argue European Union (EU) anti-fraud officials. Meanwhile, the tobacco industry has accepted that liaising with these initiatives does bring benefits. While a decade ago, illicit cigarettes sold in the EU, were largely smuggled from neighbouring non-member countries, with little illegal production being undertaken in the EU, now clandestine production in Europe has been ramped up. These are either sold direct to EU ...
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