Terrorism and tobacco

By Kate Willson

Extremists, insurgents turn to cigarette smuggling

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kurdistan Workers’ Party":

"… gling cigarettes; so are the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Terrorist financing through cigarette smuggling is “huge,” says …"

"… ies, is also the hotbed of cigarette counterfeiting in Pakistan.The PKKThe Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) long controlled the smuggling routes between Turkey and northern Ira …"