A new report from global consultancy KPMG has revealed a sharp rise in illicit cigarette consumption across the European Union, with France and the Netherlands emerging...
Europe’s economic stability and public security are increasingly under threat from so-called “blended threats”—complex combinations of organized crime, terrorism, cyber-attacks, and illicit trade. A high-level roundtable...
How organized crime is profiting from inefficient anti-smoking policies. France reigns over the illicit cigarette market in Europe. The trade in counterfeit and illicit cigarettes is...
Spanish police raided three clandestine tobacco factories earlier this year, seizing nearly €40 million worth of tobacco leaf and illicit cigarettes. At one, in the northern...
In 2021, world-wide operations involving the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) resulted in the seizure of hundreds of millions of illicit cigarettes. OLAF’s investigators were also busy...
