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Vecer: Tobacco mafia causes about EUR 40 mln loss to Macedonia 

Skopje. The telephone numbers and whereabouts of all people arrested in a huge action of Macedonian police for combat against Pepel cigarettes smuggling were presented to the police authorities of the Balkan countries, Macedonian Vecer newspaper writes on Tuesday. Police officers in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria received the information send by their Macedonian colleagues and reached agreement for the action to be expanded to a regional level. . . .

The Tobacco mafia managed to cause a loss of nearly EUR 40 million to Macedonia in less than two years, the newspaper states.

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