Human trafficking allegations test diplomatic immunity

By Traver Riggins

Allegations of human trafficking against Qatar diplomat highlight immunity issue

Europol: Climate is right for increased tobacco smuggling

By Inga Springe

Tobacco smuggling costs EU nations $12 billion each year

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"… Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova and targeted for western countries with high tobacco taxes.The most popular “cheap whites” brand is Jin Ling, produced in m …"

"… tigative Journalists. Jin Ling has captured 20 percent of Germany’s tobacco black market, Europol said.China, the world’s leading tobacco products p …"

"… ermany’s tobacco black market, Europol said.China, the world’s leading tobacco products producer, remains the largest source of contraband tobacco. Knock …"

"… eading tobacco products producer, remains the largest source of contraband tobacco. Knock-off brands of cigarettes such as Chinese-made Marlboro arrive in Eu …"

Cigarette smuggler arrested, released in Paraguay

By Marcelo Soares

Roque Fabiano da Silveira, profiled in the 2009 ICIJ series Tobacco Underground, has another encounter with the cops and courts....

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"… in the newspaper ABC Color.Silveira was featured in a 2009 ICIJ report, “Smuggling Made Easy,” published as part of the Tobacco Underground series on the g …"

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Mexico demands information on controversial ATF gun investigation

By John Solomon

Mexico's foreign ministry is demanding information from the U.S. government on a controversial Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Expl

Investigations around the world

By Simona Raetz

Stories from the Balkans, Tanzania and the United States.

Daily Watchdog: Deteriorating conditions in Central America pose security threat

By Laurel Adams

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Smuggler pleads guilty to moving 27 million smokes

By Kate Willson

A Miami man pleaded guilty Friday in the U.S. Southern District Court of Florida in a cigarette smuggling case with ties to the Real Irish R

Black markets, organized crime ravaging West Africa

By Kate Willson

A thriving cigarette black market is depleting West African economies of tax dollars, fueling corruption, and possibly funding insurgencies,

Top Swiss organized crime case ends, only two convicted

By Marina Walker Guevara

ICIJ’s story “The Montenegro Connection” on the ties of Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic to one of Europe’s largest ever cigarett

Not-so-hot off the press: Human trafficking report

By Amy Biegelsen

The State Department’s internal watchdog has released a report stamped “sensitive but unclassified” that assesses a unit in charge of fighti

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