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Illegal tobacco syndicates are a problem Australia and Asia doesn’t need

26 July 2021

7:15 PM

26 July 2021

7:15 PM

Recently, the joint Australia-ASEAN Taskforce on Illicit Tobacco seized over 19 million illegal cigarettes bound for our Indo-Pacific region. The seizure follows multiple police raids over a single month in Malaysia that seized over $9.32 million AUD of contraband cigarettes, and raids across Victoria and Queensland that collectively seized over 400,000 illegal cigarettes and 4.5 tons of loose tobacco.

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