Europol: Climate is right for increased tobacco smuggling

By Inga Springe

Tobacco smuggling costs EU nations $12 billion each year

Excerpts from this story referencing "Moldova":

"… of genuine low-cost cigarettes produced in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova and targeted for western countries with high tobacco taxes.The most popula …"

"… brand is Jin Ling, produced in massive quantities in Russia, Ukraine and Moldova. Jin Ling was among the brands highlighted in a 2009 series Tobacco Underg …"

Third annual Arab investigative journalism conference

By Simona Raetz

Our colleagues at the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) are staging their third annual conference in Amman, Jordan, Novembe

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"… stin Arenstein (South Africa); Miki Mistrati (Denmark); and Dumitru Lazur (Moldova.). ICIJ members Fredrik Laurin, Drew Sullivan (USA) director for the Organ …"

Europe's future mafia states

By Marina Walker Guevara

The National Intelligence Council released its latest study on the world’s future last week, Global Trends 2025. The report, produced by exp

Excerpts from this story referencing "Moldova":

"… e all too happy to name names. Topping the list of potential Mafia states: Moldova, that ex-Soviet cauldron of crime and corruption, and the Balkan nations o …"

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Ukraine’s ‘lost’ cigarettes flood Europe

By Vlad Lavrov

Big tobacco’s overproduction fuels $2 billion black market

Excerpts from this story referencing "Moldova":

"… rainian excise stamps is also flourishing on the Internet through numerous Moldova-based online stores, which deliver them to customers worldwide.“Tobacco …"

"… yields about two dozen online stores, most of them located in neighboring Moldova. The sites offer all the well-known brands, from Marlboro to Winston, with …"

SMOKE2U

By Te-Ping Chen

Tobacco sales take off in cyberspace

Excerpts from this story referencing "nonpartisan research":

"… y cavalier attitude toward the law. As Patrick Fleenor, chief economist at nonpartisan research group the Tax Foundation, puts it, buying untaxed cigarettes online “is …"

Made to be smuggled

Russian contraband cigarettes ‘flooding’ EU

Excerpts from this story referencing "Moldova":

"… have spent $45 million on new machinery. The tenth company, located in the Moldovan capital of Chişinău, may be acting as a “franchise,” officials say. …"

"… n capital of Chişinău, may be acting as a “franchise,” officials say.Moldovan state records, however, suggest that the company is not linked by direct …"

"… d Egypt. His patent lawyer, Leonid Cotruta, told an ICIJ reporter that the Moldovan Jin Ling cigarettes were made “only for exporting purposes, in countrie …"

"… cigarette trading shop adjoining the EU border with Romania at Sculeni.The Moldovan Jin Ling plant reportedly only began production recently, but its version …"

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Authorities in the U.S., U.K. and Australia announce new international tax haven investigation

Government data appears similar to 2.5 million secret files unearthed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Moldova":

"… y, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippine …"