Australian crime syndicates using fake tobacco packaging to flood legal market
Australian crime syndicates are using fake plain packaging — mass produced out of Chinese factories — to legitimise…
WA government announces Department of Health taskforce to crack down on illicit tobacco trade
A taskforce will be assembled to combat Western Australia’s illicit tobacco market, with plans to pull retired and…
Tony Burke celebrates Kaz Hamad’s arrest as illicit tobacco expert warns it may leave a power vacuum
Australia’s alleged tobacco kingpin Kazem Hamad was once considered untouchable. Living in Iraq beyond the arm of Australian…
Health expert says ‘it’s a mystery’ why WA is falling behind eastern states on illegal tobacco laws
A prominent public health expert says “it’s a mystery” why Western Australia is lagging so far behind the…
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…
As illicit tobacco sales rise into the billions, economist Arthur Laffer puts blame on high tobacco taxation rate
Internal tobacco industry data estimates the illicit tobacco market now makes up 64 per cent of all tobacco…
Illegal tobacco products worth $70,000 seized from stores across SA’s Riverland
South Australia’s illicit tobacco task force is continuing to see “larger volumes of product” seized in regional areas.…