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[Virginia] 60% of cigarettes sold in New York are smuggled: report

The Tax Foundation said that 60.9% of cigarettes sold in New York State are smuggled in from other states. This makes New York the biggest importer of black market cigarettes, along with the state's highest tax rate of $4.35 per pack. That's compared to
CNN/Money
added Jan 11, 2013 08:46
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[New York] Oklahoma's Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco Company bank account seized

The federal government has seized more than $266,000 from the bank account of a tobacco company owned by the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma and detained a tobacco wholesaler in New York as part of a multistate investigation into the alleged illegal traf
The Oklahoman
added Sep 27, 2012 08:45
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[Canada] Letter: SHATENSTEIN: Cigarette smuggling and the tobacco industry

The salient point missing from Christopher Curtis’s stories on the illicit Mohawk cigarette trade is the culpability of the tobacco industry. As recently as 2010, Canadian giant JTI-Macdonald and Northern Brands International, a subsidiary of U.S. major
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added Apr 15, 2013 15:22
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[Canada] Tobacco smuggling study poorly researched, misleading: Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

study conducted and released by the MacDonald Laurier Institute this week is misleading ... Who asked for this study? Who paid for this study? Based on the final report, it seems quite apparent that there is an agenda being pushed.”
Cornwall (ON) Free News (ca)
added Apr 4, 2013 07:32
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[USA, Washington] Cross-border smuggling epidemic exposes Canada, U.S. to security threats, new MLI study warns

Perpetuating the status quo is both irresponsible and dangerous; it would effectively surrender control of a wide swath of the Canada-U.S. border to organized crime factions that control the contraband trade in tobacco.
Macdonald-Laurier Institute (ca)
added Apr 1, 2013 10:03
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[Canada, USA, Washington] CROWLEY: Tobacco smuggling jeopardizes border traffic

According to research for my institute, the illegal tobacco trade is clearing about $75 million a year in the 401 corridor alone. That attracts organized crime in a big way and generates ancillary activities such as bulk cash smuggling and money launderin
Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
added Apr 1, 2013 09:51
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[Canada, USA, Washington] CROWLEY: Tobacco smuggling jeopardizes border traffic

Progress will only come when authorities on both sides of the border take tobacco smuggling seriously and take the steps to put it, and the pipeline it supports, out of business. If we could also bring the Mohawk into the mainstream of economic life and
Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
added Mar 30, 2013 20:14
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[Missouri, New York] Untaxed cigarettes behind federal raid on Seneca Nation warehouse

Federal agents conducted a raid related to cigarettes on a warehouse on a Seneca Nation reservation in western New York on Wednesday, a witness said.
AP - Associated Press
added Sep 27, 2012 09:45
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[New York] Circuit Reinstates RICO Action in Sale of Contraband Cigarettes ($$)

The court rejected defendant Rodney Morrison's claim that the circuit's decision to certify questions on the New York Tax Law on cigarettes to the state's highest court indicated the law under which he was prosecuted was unconstitutionally vague.
New York Law Journal
added Jul 17, 2012 06:10
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[New York] Taxing questions about Indian cigarette sales

Watertown (NY) Daily Times
added May 17, 2012 12:07
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