Illegal trade is growing rapidly in regional Queensland
Warnings that 300,000 illegal cigarettes and 3000kgs of loose-leaf tobacco are just the tip of the iceberg and more police enforcement is needed. Illegal trade is growing rapidly in regional…
Warnings that 300,000 illegal cigarettes and 3000kgs of loose-leaf tobacco are just the tip of the iceberg and more police enforcement is needed. Illegal trade is growing rapidly in regional…
Representatives of thousands of small businesses say tougher penalties on illicit tobacco sales is needed to halt criminal tobacco trade. The leaders of three major national retail groups representing thousands…
The Integrity Commissioner and head of the ACLEI, Jaala Hinchcliffe, has today published her report on Operation Turner...
Investigations are underway following the detection and destruction of 18 million illicit cigarette sticks by the Australian Border Force.
Reports today say VIC Commissioner for Better Regulation will carry out an independent review of the state’s tobacco laws
A 49-year-old NSW man has been sentenced to 2 years 11 months in jail after pleading guilty to a tobacco smuggling offence contrary to the Customs Act 1901. On 9…
In July, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia established Project Portcullis 2021, the ASEAN-Australia Task Force on Illicit Tobacco to combat the smuggling of illicit tobacco.Throughout June,…
Police have intercepted a New South Wales registered semi-trailer at the Queensland – New South Wales border checkpoint at Coolangatta, locating a large quantity of illicit tobacco and tobacco-related products.…
264 tonnes of illicit tobacco destroyed by the ITTF (Illicit Tobacco Taskforce) In July 2021, the ITTF celebrated its third anniversary. Since its establishment in July 2018, the ITTF has…
Illicit Tobacco Taskforce Australian Border Force Commander Greg Linsdell said that in the past 12 months there had been a significant increase in seizures involving the domestic growth of illicit tobacco as criminal groups look to maintain their supply after COVID-19 impacted imports.