Smoking Gun: Strategic containment of contraband tobacco and cigarette trafficking in Canada
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Authors
Leuprecht, Christian
Date
2016-03
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other
Language
en
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Abstract
Canadians think of contraband tobacco and cigarettes as a nuisance at best, or a tax-revenue problem at worst, not in terms of organized crime or terrorism.
This authoritative study of the size, scope, and operations of contraband tobacco and cigarettes in Canada reveals this to be a false dichotomy. Canadian law enforcement seizures of contraband tobacco routinely include high-powered weapons, hard and designer drugs, stolen vehicles and other merchandise, and lots of cash. Indeed the week this report was released, police in Quebec carried out 70 raids and made 60 arrests against an international criminal network involved in drug and contraband tobacco trafficking, and money laundering, in the largest anti-contraband operation to date.
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Copyright © 2016 Macdonald-Laurier Institute. May be reproduced freely for non-profit and educational purposes.
Citation
Leuprecht, Christian. Smoking gun: Strategic containment of contraband tobacco and cigarette trafficking in Canada. Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2016.
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Macdonald-Laurier Institute