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Center for Public Integrity
Russian Contraband Cigarettes 'Flooding' Europe
November 9th, 2008
A renegade network of Russian and Eastern European factories is behind at least $1 billion worth of contraband "Jin Ling" cigarettes pouring into Europe, according to a five-month investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a project of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. The story, "Made To Be Smuggled," leads off a six-part ICIJ series on cigarette smuggling -- Tobacco Underground -- with interactive maps, undercover video, online interviews with experts, and links to groups and documents worldwide. As delegates from nearly 160 countries...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-11-09)
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