Thursday 30th August 2018
Cigarette smuggling ‘kingpin’ must pay £412k or face jail
The mastermind of a plot to bring 10 million illicit cigarettes into the UK must pay back more than £400,000 or face four more years in prison. ...more
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Thursday 30th August 2018
Big Tobacco is consistently overstating black market in cigarettes – new findings
What’s the size of the black market in tobacco and who is behind it? ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Three jailed after being caught with 1.5million illegal cigarettes worth more than £500,000 in unpaid tax
Three men have been jailed after they were caught with more than 1.5 million illegal cigarettes in a South Shields warehouse…. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Illicit tobacco campaign generates hundreds of tip offs
Hundreds of people have come forward with illicit tobacco tip offs since the launch of a new local authority-funded campaign in the North East of England. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Campaign to tackle illicit tobacco reports hundreds of tip offs
Hundreds of people have come forward with tip offs about illegal tobacco following the launch of a local initiative. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Anonymous tip offs boost illegal cigarette campaign
MORE than 350 anonymous tip offs from the public have been received by trading standards teams since the launch of a campaign tackling the sale of illegal tobacco. ...more
Thursday 23rd August 2018
Trio jailed for smuggling cigarettes
THREE men have been jailed after they were caught with more than 1.5 million illegal cigarettes disguised as road surfacing material at a warehouse Northern Echo ...more
Friday 3rd August 2018
Thousands of illegal cigarettes seized from home
Thousands of illegal cigarettes with a market value of £24,000 have been seized from a home in Newcastle. Trading standards officers with Newcastle City Council visited the residential property on Wednesday morning. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/illegal-cigarettes-tobacco-newcastle-west-14982927 ...more
Wednesday 1st August 2018
Shop targeted in illegal tobacco raid loses booze licence
A Stockton shop has lost its booze licence after the owner tried to transfer his licence to a “mate” following a trading standards raid. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/shop-targeted-counterfeit-raid-loses-14969984 ...more
Friday 15th June 2018
Tobacco industry seeking to control anti-smuggling measures, say critics
The tobacco industry is working to secure control of a system to track the movement of cigarettes around the world, allegedly because it is complicit in the smuggling of its own products, according to a new research paper. ...more
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