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Canadian Government Legal Action in Major Tobacco Smuggling Operation - http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/newsroom/releases/1999/dec/lawsuit-e.html
Summary of suit filed against major tobacco companies including R. J. Reynolds. |
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Big Tobacco and Smuggling - http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020506&s=schapiro
Feature article from The Nation examines tobacco industry involvement in cigarette smuggling, and how the industry used the Patriot Act to shield itself from liability. |
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RJ Reynolds and Smuggling - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A34758-2002Nov24¬Found=true
Washington Post editorial summarizes the evidence that R. J. Reynolds aided in smuggling, made deals with organized crime and Columbian drug gangs, and violated U.S. sanctions on Iraq. |
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Cigarette Smuggling in Europe: Who Really Benefits? - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/1/66?ijkey=EGS1vJp6cQn7Y
Research concludes "cigarette smuggling is not caused principally by 'market forces'. It is mainly caused by fraud, by the illegal evasion of import duty. The cigarettes involved are not the cheap brands from southern European countries, for which there is no international market. It is the well-known international brands such as Marlboro and Winston." |