Illicit tobacco trade thriving in the EU with illegal manufacturing facilities in nearly every member state. Auditors warn that fragmented enforcement puts billions of euros in tax revenue at risk. The EU does not know how much tax revenue it loses to illegal tobacco trade because current efforts to stop it are not working, according […]
Smuggling from outside the European Union is no longer the only problem. Criminal networks are now setting up their own factories in the heart of the continent, close to consumers.