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An Investigation into the Petroleum, Alcohol, and Tobacco Bureau of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (PDF)
The Inspector General found that from 2002 until mid-2010, PATB former Director Thomas Stanton ran a multi-million dollar cigarette interdiction operation absent basic investigative protocols and controls. These deficiencies included inadequate policies
May 20, 2013
New York State Office of the Inspector General
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May 21, 2013 06:53
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[New York] NY cigarette tax probes called weak, sloppy
Sting operations aimed at black market cigarettes in New York had such weak investigative protocols and financial controls that money went missing and prosecutions were dismissed, the state inspector general reported Monday.
May 20, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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May 21, 2013 06:38
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[New York] Cigarette-smuggling Palestinian linked to Ari Halberstam's Brooklyn Bridge murder
One of 16 Palestinians arrested in a cigarette-smuggling ring was linked to the 1994 murder of yeshiva student Ari Halberstam in a terror attack on the Brooklyn Bridge. Muaffaq Askar, who was arrested late last week in New York in a plot that is believed
May 20, 2013
JTA - Global Jewish News
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May 20, 2013 09:53
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[New York] LETTERS: Vito Lopez and terrorist-funding cigarette smugglers
My family has always complied with the tobacco tax law in our Bronx deli, but many of our competitors sell cheaper, untaxed cigarettes. That makes it hard for honest small businesses to compete, encourages young people and others to smoke, cheats New Yor
May 20, 2013
New York Daily News
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May 20, 2013 09:38
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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
May 20, 2013
The Jewish Press
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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
May 19, 2013
New York Daily News
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May 19, 2013 18:49
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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
May 17, 2013
New York Times
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May 19, 2013 07:52
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[New York] For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar
a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life ... Sharing cigarettes is also bad, but there is a theory in the literature that this is not because of the exchange of saliva but because smoking irritates the mucous mem
May 19, 2013
New York Times
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May 19, 2013 07:40
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[New Jersey, New York] Editorial: Proposal to raise N.J. tobacco sales age to 21 is well-intentioned, but unnecessary
Rather than raising the cigarette purchasing age in New Jersey, resources would be better spent on anti-smoking campaigns, smoking cessation programs and enforcement of the current age limit to make it harder for those under 19 to buy tobacco.
May 17, 2013
Trenton (NJ) Times
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May 18, 2013 23:02
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[New York] LETTER: Smoking Around Kids Should Be Criminal
With so many smoke free zones in this country, I think there should be more laws on the books regarding this, especially around kids. It should be criminal to smoke around them period, especially in automobiles. It's bad enough to run into smoke at the s
May 18, 2013
Jamestown (NY) Post-Journal
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May 18, 2013 21:32