Illicit Trade

US imposes sanctions on Congo armed group, mining firms over illicit minerals  Club of Mozambique

Den of thieves: Mapping organized crime in the South Caucasus  Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

US Imposes Sanctions on Congo Armed Group, Mining Firms Over Illicit Minerals  U.S. News & World Report

Treasury targets networks facilitating illicit trade and UAV transfers on behalf of Iranian military | Türkiye | Global law firm  Norton Rose Fulbright

LDEA Official Alleges High-Level Government Officials’ Involvement in Liberia’s Illicit Drug Trade  FrontPageAfrica

SARS fights on, as illicit trade ‘devastates’ SA’s fiscus  Algoa FM

Livestock transport is trading, not smuggling: Meghalaya minister amid border trafficking concerns  sentinelassam.com

HITO flags alarming rise in livestock smuggling in Meghalaya, urges uncompromising action  India Today NE

Sars fights on, as illicit trade ‘devastates’ SA’s fiscus  Moneyweb

Suspicion of illegal trade across Greek-Bulgarian border  eKathimerini.com

Three-day illegal trade crackdown seizes goods worth K1.9B | Ministry Of Information  Ministry Of Information

Three-day illegal trade crackdown seizes goods worth K1.9B  Global New Light Of Myanmar

Number of Ayrshire shops where illegal products seized revealed  Ayr Advertiser

Number of Ayrshire shops where illegal products seized revealed  Ayrshire Today

Malaysia, Vietnam emerge as key hubs in global rhino horn trafficking: Reports  The Assam Tribune

Filipino officials push for stronger ASEAN cooperation vs illicit trade  MSN

Five suspects arrested for involvement in smuggling and illegal trafficking of firearms  ILoveQatar.net

Drug trafficking: preventive detention recommended for 40 persons in seven months  The Hindu

Iraq Rejects U.S. Allegations of Aiding Iran’s Illicit Oil Trade  kurdistan24.net

SA’s largest illegal tobacco sting shuts down Riverland stores  The Advertiser

Operation Chokes Illicit Tobacco Trade, Protecting Tasmania’s Health  Tasmanian Times

Man convicted for trading depleted but still radioactive uranium — NBI  Manila Bulletin

PH authorities advocate cross-border cooperation to fight illicit trade in Southeast Asia  journalnews.com.ph

Filipino officials push for stronger ASEAN cooperation vs illicit trade  Philstar.com

CHARLES DEDNAM: Exposing the illicit trade in steel  BusinessLIVE

ATM SUPPLIER ATM2GO BEGINS REMOVES MACHINES FROM STORES LINKED TO ILLICIT TOBACCO TRADE  Australian Association of Convenience Stores

Saudi Arabia, Iraq sign MoU to combat drug trafficking  Arab News PK

Saudi Arabia, Iraq sign MoU to combat drug trafficking  Arab News

Saudi Interior Minister, Iraqi Health Minister sign MoU on combating illicit trafficking of narcotics  وكالة أنباء البحرين

₱40 billion in lost revenue: Illicit cigarette trade cripples gov’t coffers  Manila Bulletin

The woman with $2m cash in her boot and the violent trade as ‘lucrative as drugs’  The Sydney Morning Herald

US, Mexico to Curb De Minimis Imports to Prevent Illicit Trade  Mexico Business News

PH lost $2b to illicit tobacco trade last year  Manila Standard

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Serious damage caused by deforestation of teak plantations for illicit trafficking by armed groups  Agenzia Fides

State Taxes and Excise Department cracks down on illicit liquor trade -Registers 247 cases and over 10,500 liters of illicit liquor seized in July  :: India News Calling ::

Court hears Molefe involved in illicit drug trade and murders of DJ Sumbody & DJ Vintos were linked to this  EWN

(PDF) The Illicit Antiquities Trade as a Transnational Criminal Network: Characterizing and Anticipating Trafficking of Cultural Heritage  researchgate.net

Largest ever haul of illegal vapes and counterfeit goods uncovered in Walsall raid  Walsall Council

Slower GDP growth, illicit trade threaten BIR tax collection goal  Manila Standard

Phl losing $2B annually to illicit tobacco trade — Consultancy firm  Daily Tribune

FTT Chairman calls for sustained crackdown on illegal cigarette trade  Associated Press of Pakistan

Provincial police bust R30 million counterfeit operation  Rising Sun Newspapers

Tobacco revenue falls despite tax hike due to illicit trade: NBR  daily-sun.com

Mexican cartels fuel surprising new smuggling trade near Texas  MySA

New liquor policy curbed illicit trade: Parthasarathy  The Hans India

Portugal questions EU tobacco tax overhaul, warns of illicit trade and budgetary impacts  EU Reporter

Tobacco sector: potential & illicit trade challenges  The Express Tribune

ED Probe Axis Mutual Fund: Ex-Fund Manager Held in ₹200 Cr Front-Running Scam  Deccan Herald

ED arrests ex-Axis MF fund manager in ‘front-running’ case  The Hindu

Uganda’s illicit tobacco crisis is a threat to revenue targets and economic growth  Daily Monitor

Second ATM supplier pulls machines from suspected illegal cigarette stores  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Stoke continues campaign to undermine tobacco crime  Talking Retail

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  The Malaysian Reserve

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  The Malaysian Reserve

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  The Malaysian Reserve

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  PR Newswire

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  Press Trust of India

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  TheWire.in

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  Press Trust of India

PMI Calls for Ongoing G2G Dialogues with Source and Transit Countries to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade  Tribune India

August 1, 2025: District Attorney Hochman Announces Six Charged in ‘Operation Sugar Diamond’ Probe of Illegal Cannabis Lab Blasts That Killed Five Workers  Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office (.gov)

Thousands of illegal vapes seized in $860,000 Tasmanian tobacco bust  Pulse Tasmania

How criminal networks use East and Southern Africa as hubs for global smuggling  The Eastleigh Voice

Illicit cigarettes cost Mpumalanga store R600,000  BusinessLIVE

Cracking Down on Illicit Trade: Industry Leaders Call for Stricter Enforcement and Responsible Alcohol Consumption  Nilepost News

Cracking Down on Illicit Trade: Industry Leaders Call for Stricter Enforcement and Responsible Alcohol Consumption  Nilepost News

How criminal networks use Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania as hubs for global smuggling  The Eastleigh Voice

£700,000 of illegal tobacco and vapes seized in Stoke  Rayo

Alcohol firms decry ‘vast’ illicit liquor in the market  IPP Media

SAC Vice Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win delivers speech at coordination meeting 3/2025 of Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee  CINCDS Myanmar

Business fined R600k, ordered to supply desks in illicit cigarette plea bargain  News24

Myanmar steps up crackdown on illegal trade  Ministry Of Information

Myanmar steps up crackdown on illegal trade  Global New Light Of Myanmar

The new drug trade – Behind the illicit items found on Facebook Marketplace  NZ Herald

Mapping organized criminal economies in East and Southern Africa  Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

New Study Links Tobacco Tax Hikes to Surge in Greece’s Illicit Trade  tovima.com

Illegal Liquor Trade Triggers Uproar in Goa Assembly; CM Promises Action, Admits Lapses  heraldgoa.in

Cannabis  Europol

Synthetic drugs  Europol

The trade in illicit drugs  Europol

The trade in illegal firearms and explosives  Europol

Illicit Trade Threat to National Security, Needs Unified Action: Delhi Police Officer  outlookbusiness.com

Mississauga group stole baby formula to trade for drugs, Peel police say  CBC

Illicit trade threat to national security, needs unified action: Delhi Police officer  Press Trust of India

Illicit Trade Poses Serious Threat to National Security, Urges Unified Action from Delhi Police Officer  Goodreturns

Illicit Trade Threatens National Security  Rediff

Illicit trade threat to national security, needs unified action: Delhi Police officer  Mint

Illicit trade threat to national security, needs unified action: Delhi Police officer  Press Trust of India

‘Illicit trade and organised crime require unified action’  MillenniumPost

Illicit trade threat to national security, needs unified action: Delhi Police officer  Press Trust of India

Japan Tobacco International SA says tobacco bill will cost jobs and fuel illicit trade  BusinessLIVE

Two-day illegal trade crackdown seizes goods worth K754M  Global New Light Of Myanmar

Jail time and evictions: Labor announces crackdown on illegal tobacco  The Sydney Morning Herald

Calls for crackdown on counterfeit goods as South Africa’s illicit trade crisis escalates  capetimes.co.za

PS Omollo raises concern over illicit trade in weapons  standardmedia.co.ke

Portsmouth Trading Standards wins prestigious award for fighting fake goods trade  conveniencestore.co.uk

Gangs are going global and so is the illegal gun trade – NZ can do more to fight it  The Conversation

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining  Huron Daily Tribune

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining  ABC News

Illicit tobacco on the increase – Comprehensive strategy needed to fight the illegal trade  Grocery Trader