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[New York] Captured Palestinian Cigarette Smuggler behind Ari Halberstam 1994 Murder

On March 1, 1994, Lebanese-born immigrant Rashid Baz shot many rounds of automatic fire at a van carrying 15 Lubavitch students on the Brooklyn Bridge. Four students were hit, two were very seriously injured. Ari Halberstam, 16, died four days later from
The Jewish Press
added May 20, 2013 09:26
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[New York] EDITORIAL: Cigarette smuggling steals tax money and aids terrorists

Now, the players could be plotting attacks on New York and America — and the amounts of money stolen has risen exponentially. Enforcement must be stepped up, especially if Indian reservations — once a huge source of illegal, untaxed cigs — start selling
New York Daily News
added May 19, 2013 18:49
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Traders of illicit cigarettes in Northeast Bulgaria burn down smuggled fags in their central heating

Ruse. Owners of a commercial outlet trading with illicit cigarettes performed a real theatre show before the customs and police officers on Friday afternoon, which lasted for several hours, the National Customs Agency announced for FOCUS News Agency.
Focus English News (bg)
added May 19, 2013 16:11
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[New York] 16 Accused of Smuggling Cigarettes Worth Millions

One of the men had once lived in the same Brooklyn building as the personal secretary of a senior Hamas member, the authorities said. Another was something of a father figure to the terrorist who fatally shot at a van full of yeshiva students on the Broo
New York Times
added May 19, 2013 07:52
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[Hong Kong] Customs seizes record high illicit tobacco seizures from transshipment containers

Hong Kong Customs yesterday (May 16) smashed a transshipment smuggling case at Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound and seized record high illicit tobacco weighing 5339 kilograms and valued at about $4 million with a duty potential of around
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added May 18, 2013 22:57
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[Delaware, Maryland, New York] Alleged cigarette smuggling site quiet Friday

That's the warehouse space at 27515 Hodges Lane that New York authorities allege was central to Basel Ramadan's multi-million-dollar-generating cigarette smuggling operation. It's exactly 23 miles from Ramadan's home in the Oyster Harbor neighborhood of
DelmarvaNow.com
added May 18, 2013 11:26
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[New York] Officials: Cigarette-smuggling ring in East Coast may have terror link

* Suspects allegedly smuggled untaxed cigarettes across various states * One suspect had links to a blind cleric serving life for plotting to blow up New York City landmarks
CNN
added May 18, 2013 11:16
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[New York] Cigarette bans at city jails fuel $200-a-pack black market, surge in arrests

Since January 2012, there have been 85 arrests in connection with the black market. A single cigarette at Rikers Island goes for $30 on average, jail sources say.
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:54
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[New York] Terrorists may get money from regional, cheap cigarette smuggling ring: Ray Kelly

Some of those arrested in the bust have links to Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind sheik, and Rashid Baz, who opened fire on a van of Yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge, killing Ari Halberstam. ‘We're concerned because similar schemes have been used in t
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:48
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[New York] Arrested cigarette smuggler linked to 1994 murder of Yeshiva student Ari Halberstam on Brooklyn Bridge

an anti-Semitic livery driver has been doing time for shooting up a van full of Yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge — and killing Ari Halberstam. Now cops have nabbed his “Palestinian uncle.” Muaffaq Askar has long been suspected of supplying convic
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:44
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