TRI-BORDER ZONE FUELS ILLICIT TOBACCO TRADE
January 1st, 2009
BY PACIFICA GODDARD and KEITH NUTHALL
THE TRI-BORDER area between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay in South America is a notorious breeding ground for illicit activity, and the tobacco industry suffers more than most. Contraband goods of every description pass through Paraguay's trading hub, Ciudad del Este - CD's and DVD's, fake designer clothing, sunglasses and watches, sports shoes, games and electronics, and of course one of the world's most smuggled and lucrative legal substances: cigarettes.
British American Tobacco's (BAT) global head of anti illicit trade ...
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