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The Tobacco Underground is a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a program of the...

Israel’s dozen major crime families have become more brazen in recent years as they fight over the usual industries – drugs,...

Israel’s dozen major crime families have become more brazen in recent years as they fight over the usual industries – drugs,...

“For my friends, anything; for my enemies, the law.” - former Peruvian President Oscar R. Benavides. Why do Russian public...

In an unprecedented move, the EU has withheld funds from new member Bulgaria because the ineffective measures it’s taken...

A case involving a town mayor, customs officials and border police opens a window on the interworkings of the illegal...

In an unprecedented move, the EU has withheld funds from new member Bulgaria because the ineffective measures it’s taken...

“For my friends, anything; for my enemies, the law.” - former Peruvian President Oscar R. Benavides

The agency is seizing thousands of cigarettes and imposing fines on offenders, but results are uneven among counties.

Nine private companies with ties to public officials and organized crime make enormous profits moving millions of packs of...

Duty-free shops remain open after intrigue in the Romanian Parliament over efforts to close them. Cigarette smuggling is so...

Cigarette smugglers big and small use an array of tricks to reap big profits on illegal tobacco entering the country from...