Illicit Trade

New laws target Tasmania’s illicit tobacco trade  The Mercury

AACS warns Australia Post exploited by illicit tobacco trade  Convenience & Impulse Retailing

‘Frightening’: Organised crime dominates the illicit tobacco market and it’s now online  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tanzania’s Gold Smuggling Crackdown and Africa’s $30B Crisis  Discovery Alert

Tougher prosecution to curb illicit tobacco trade pushed  Philstar.com

Bangladesh Banking on Technology to Fight Illicit Tobacco  Tobacco Reporter

Cigarette industry stares at turbulent FY27 as tax hike, illicit trade cloud outlook  The New Indian Express

Australia’s Tobacco Tax Debate Intensifies as One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce Warns of Illicit Market Growth  2Firsts

CORNÉ VAN WALBEEK AND NICOLE VELLIOS | Illicit alcohol trade: threat or industry scare tactic?  Business Day

East Riding Trading Standards Reveals Extent Of Battle Against Rogue Traders And Illegal Goods  This is the Coast

Govt takes technology-led anti-tobacco strategy to stop illicit trade, boost revenue  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

Seven arrested as detectives seize 13,200 litres of ethanol in Thika  the-star.co.ke

Police arrested nearly 400 women working at illicit Long Island massage spas. They let male customers go free.  Newsday

Rewind: India’s Rs 11.76 lakh crore illicit trade economy — a silent economic emergency  Telangana Today

Why the government won’t cut cigarette excise to combat illicit tobacco  SMH.com.au

Customs, NBI inspect 25 containers with illicit cigarettes in Cebu  The Manila Times

Morocco among top countries for Cannabis seizures and cash smuggling cases  HESPRESS English – Morocco News

Three undocumented foreigners face court after R3.6m Illicit cigarette bust  novanews.co.za

BOC, NBI inspect 25 containers with illicit cigarettes in Cebu  pna.gov.ph

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NBI, BOC seize P3B worth of smuggled cigarettes  Daily Tribune

NBI, BOC Join Forces Vs. Smuggling; Over P3-B Worth Of Illicit Cigarettes Seized  journal.com.ph

New illicit tobacco laws expose federal failure says Aldred  Sentinel-Times

#PTVNewsTonight | BOC continues strict surveillance against attempts to smuggle illegal cargo into the PH  facebook.com

Three arrested as Free State police seize R3.6 million in illicit cigarettes  IOL

Illicit Trade Picking Up in Wales  Tobacco Reporter

‘Rules only work if they are enforced’  Police Professional

PNP nets P3.31-B illicit cigarettes in Caraga, highest in PH  Manila Bulletin

Illegal tobacco costs UK £1.7bn in lost tax revenue  Better Retailing

Crushing Nigeria’s illicit alcohol trade before it costs more lives  Vanguard News

Crushing Nigeria’s illicit alcohol trade before it costs more lives  Vanguard News

Illicit trade linked to e-commerce is growing: the Americas account for 68% of cases, according to the WCO  Aduana News

Draft Penal Code targets data trafficking with stricter prison sentences  SGGP English Edition

The NDLEA N1.5trn illicit drug haul  Blueprint Newspapers

Beating back the illicit tobacco trade  RNZ

BRICS adopts Guwahati Declaration to strengthen cooperation against illicit drug trafficking  The New Indian Express

Beating back the illicit tobacco trade  Newsroom

Monitoring online illegal wildlife trade: Featuring musk deer in South Asia and ostrich trade in Cameroon  Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

URA: Uganda loses $700m annually to smuggling  The Independent Uganda

Call of Martinique “Countering narcotrafficking and illicit trafficking in the Caribbean and across the Americas”  canada.ca

Multimillion-dollar investment will curb illicit tobacco trade, says minister  6PR

Illegal tobacco found in one in four Liverpool shops  Better Retailing

Council of the Americas and CNI Host Roundtable on Illicit Trade in Brasilia  AS/COA

Illegal timber from Cambodia and Laos bypasses Vietnam safeguards: report  Eco-Business

PMI Oral Products Chief Says Lack of Rules May Push Nicotine Pouch Market Into Illicit Trade  2Firsts

Newport seeing ‘surge in illicit tobacco activities’  Asian Trader

OLEBOGENG RAMATLHODI | Illicit trade, affordability and South Africa’s shrinking fiscal room  Business Day

Growth in petroleum industry has fueled illicit trade of products – PS Omollo  The Eastleigh Voice

‘Three-tier govts must work in tandem to curb illegal trade’  The Rising Nepal

OLEBOGENG RAMATLHODI | Illicit trade, affordability and South Africa’s shrinking fiscal room  TimesLIVE

OLEBOGENG RAMATLHODI | Illicit trade, affordability and South Africa’s shrinking fiscal room  Business Day

OLEBOGENG RAMATLHODI | Illicit trade, affordability and South Africa’s shrinking fiscal room  TimesLIVE

Excise dept cracks down on illicit liquor trade in Odisha’s Kalahandi  orissapost.com

Alleged cigarette smuggler Mazzotti admitted to illegal tobacco trading, Madlanga commission hears  The Citizen

Kenya intensifies crackdown on illegal mineral trade as three foreigners face emerald possession charges  The Kenyan Diaspora Media

Another African country tightens grip on its gold sector after up to $3.8 billion in annual exports go undeclared  Business Insider Africa

South Africa ramps up crackdown on illicit trade as R245 million goods seized  Cape Argus

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry, WCS Indonesia and CMA CGM strengthen partnership to combat illegal wildlife trade  American Journal of Transportation

KRA destroys illicit goods worth Sh218mn in crackdown  Capitalfm.co.ke

Illegal timber imports from Cambodia, Laos skirt Vietnam safeguards, report reveals  news – Mongabay

“Follow the chain, not just the seller” to ensure successful crackdown on illegal ciggie traders  Focus Malaysia

KRA destroys contraband goods worth Ksh.218 million amid crackdown on illegal trade  Citizen Digital

Singapore seizes $42m mansion over Nvidia chip smuggling  Yahoo

Singapore seizes $42m mansion over Nvidia chip smuggling  BBC

NDLEA receives Canadian Loud seized at Lagos port  The Guardian Nigeria News

More than 300 arrests in organised immigration crime crackdown  BBC

AR, customs seize ₹2.8 Crore illegal cigarettes  Brighter Kashmir

Singapore Authorities Seize $42 Million Property in Connection with Nvidia Chip Smuggling Probe – Pre-Earnings Drift  dars.gov.et

KRA Destroys KSh218 Million in Contraband in Nationwide Crackdown  Dawan Africa

KRA destroys Ksh218 million worth of illicit goods in nationwide crackdown  KBC Digital

Telangana Dy Speaker Calls for Unified Action Against Smuggling, Counterfeiting  Deccan Chronicle

Five arrested, 1.3 million illegal cigarettes seized, in major illegal tobacco crackdown  Stuff

Police Uncover Illegal Trade Network of Sodium Cyanide in Indonesia  Tempo.co English

Counterfeiting and smuggling threaten economy and consumer safety, says Deputy Speaker  Telangana Today

Sh95m illicit goods destroyed in Kisumu  standardmedia.co.ke

Kunsu Drug Bust: Inside the Arrest of Four Suspected Traffickers and the Growing Fight Against Illicit Substances in Ashanti Region  Modern Ghana

Kunsu Drug Bust: Inside the Arrest of Four Suspected Traffickers and the Growing Fight Against Illicit Substances in Ashanti Region  Modern Ghana

Smuggling and Illicit Trade in the Era of Globalization  DIIS

N. Korea’s port activity jumps fivefold since 2019, suggesting illicit coal trade: report  The Korea Times

N. Korea’s port activity jumps fivefold since 2019, suggesting illicit coal trade: report  Yonhap News Agency

BoC’s fight vs illicit tobacco gets stakeholders’ praise  tribune.net.ph

The Geopolitics of Plunder: Rwanda, the DRC, and the Illicit Gold Trade  pan african visions

Imperial Warning Landlords to Police Tenants Selling Illicit Products  Tobacco Reporter

Landlords urged to act on retail tenants selling illicit tobacco  Scottish Local Retailer

South Africa ramps up crackdown on illicit trade as R245 million goods seized  themercury.co.za

One illegal market is quietly draining billions from South Africa’s economy  themercury.co.za

INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OBSERVED AT NOKLAK  DIPR Nagaland

Imperial Brands warns commercial landlords are at risk of criminal prosecution if retail tenants caught selling illicit tobacco  Grocery Trader

Imperial Brands warns commercial landlords are at risk of criminal prosecution if retail tenants caught selling illicit tobacco  Wholesale Manager

ITC’s cigarette revenue climbs to Rs 40,600 crore in FY26; Raises concerns over ad restrictions, tax burden  Storyboard18

Nigeria, Netherlands sign Customs pact to boost trade, strengthen border security  The Sun Nigeria

Cosatu urges MPs to tackle illicit cigarette trade  Business Day

Police to forward charge sheets of illicit brew, drug offenders to KRA  the-star.co.ke

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Mwinyi calls for new strategies in anti-drug fight in Zanzibar  thecitizen.co.tz

Will new US sanctions on Rwanda tilt the scales in eastern Congo?  The EastAfrican

NDLEA MMIA Strategic Command seizes 9 tonnes of illicit drugs  Realnews Magazine

NDLEA Intercepts ₦5bn Worth Of Illicit Drugs In Rivers  Channels Television

NDLEA Intercepts ₦5bn Worth Of Illicit Drugs In Rivers  Channels Television

Council to convene ’emergency summit’ over illegal tobacco and vape trade  Grimsby Live