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[Canada] National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco | Media Advisory - NCACT to Release Report on State of Contraband Tobacco

May 7th marks the fifth anniversary of the RCMP's Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Strategy. Contraband tobacco funds the activities of more than 175 criminal gangs, including drugs, guns, and human smuggling. Contraband's low price and easy availability al
Canada Newswire (CNW) (ca)
added May 9, 2013 13:32
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[North Carolina] Cigarettes bill stubbed out

A bill that would have created a new cigarette trafficking crime was stubbed out before it could be introduced Wednesday. ... Daughtry declared. "A number of people go through Johnston County going to New York or Florida or wherever they're going, and I
WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
added May 9, 2013 00:49
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[Kentucky] Feds Reach Deal With Online Cigarette Company

Federal prosecutors have reached a $3.1 million settlement with the owners of an online cigarette dealership over taxes owed on the smokes ... Prosecutors say the invoices were an attempt to avoid more than $2 million in excise taxes. Israel and Pam Chave
AP - Associated Press
added May 9, 2013 00:32
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[UK] Smuggling controls working as illegal tobacco trade on the wane

Smuggled tobacco now represents only nine per cent of the total North East tobacco market, according to a major tracking survey of smokers and non-smokers in the region. The tobacco industry has released a slew of studies attempting to show that smuggli
Press Association (uk)
added May 8, 2013 22:57
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[UK] Illegal Blackburn shisha den closed down after police raid

Police, sniffer dogs and staff from the council’s public protection unit stormed Velvet shisha lounge, in Blackburn, after obtaining a warrant. Around 30 people inside were spoken to by police, who were following up information about the alleged storag
Blackburn, Darwen And Hyndburn Citizen (uk)
added May 8, 2013 14:40
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[Asia] Uzbekistan raises import duties on cigarettes

AzerNews (az)
added May 8, 2013 14:06
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[Canada] MCA gets approval for tobacco pilot project

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has received a $476,115 two-year grant from the Government of Ontario to support the development of an Akwesasne Tobacco Law and Regulatory Framework. The “Akwesasne Tobacco Pilot Project” is one of two First Nation projec
Cornwall (ON) Seaway News (ca)
added May 8, 2013 13:50
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[Missouri, New York] Local company involved in cigarette fraud scheme

Federal authorities say an Independence company has been part of a $4 million scheme to illegally sell cigarettes and avoid taxes. But they won't say who it is.
Independence (MO) Examiner
added May 8, 2013 12:48
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[Gibraltar] GSD say tobacco smuggling is on the up, given the economic crisis in Spain

As a result of increased smuggling activity the GSD have said that they support the provision of a permanent berth in the sheltered waters on the east side of the Rock, to be used by law enforcement agencies. Recalling that this berth was promised by th
Gibraltar Chronicle (gi)
added May 8, 2013 12:38
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[New York] PM USA Sues NYC Retailers for Selling Counterfeit Cigarettes

filed suit in U.S. District Court against 30 New York City retailers for selling counterfeit versions of the company's Marlboro brand cigarettes. PM USA said that it continues to take action against counterfeit sellers to protect its valuable trademarks,
Convenience Store/Petroleum (CSPNet)
added May 8, 2013 01:48
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