Australia to toughen tobacco crime laws as cigarette and vape black markets surge
Criminal gangs cashing in on Australia’s illicit tobacco boom will face tougher penalties and expanded police surveillance powers…
A $7m unpaid tobacco fine and online sales emerge amid government crack down on illegal trade
Illicit tobacco operators are chalking up unpaid fines so large that one player alone owes more than $7…
National Disruption Group to be established to crush tobacco black market
A new National Disruption Group will be convened to stamp out the exploding illicit tobacco market and other…
Health minister concedes tobacco black market has ‘exploded’
Health Minister Mark Butler has conceded the tobacco black market has “exploded” into the biggest threat to public…
Almost all medicines now available in Pakistan following price deregulation – Pakistan
Nearly all medicines needed by Pakistani patients are now readily available at local pharmacies following the government’s decision…
Great white shark found with missing jaws prompts black market trade concerns
A mutilated great white shark found washed up near Port Lincoln on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula was likely…