POLITICAL SENSITIVITIES OVER NATIVE RESERVES HELP FUEL US-CANADA TOBACCO SMUGGLING
November 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON, MJ DESCHAMPS
Political sensitivities over native reserves help fuel US-Canada tobacco smuggling
Illicit tobacco manufacturing on Mohawk territory that spans the US-Canada border between Montreal and Toronto is helping fuel smuggling, claims the Canadian police. Native authorities call on tobacco consumers to avoid contraband tobacco, because it strengthens organised crime.
CONTRABAND tobacco is gaining an ever-increasing share of the tobacco market in Canada according to the national police service, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). ...
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