IRAQ ORGANISED CRIME
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA UNITED Nations fact-finding mission sent to investigate the growth in organised crime in Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein has concluded that cigarette smuggling is a key problem facing the occupation authorities. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said that the illicit trafficking of cigarettes had grown, with the trade being underpinned by past custom, especially on the Iran-Iraq border. Here, smuggling by tribal groups of this and other goods "has been well developed for some time, and was encouraged by the 20 per cent tax on ...
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