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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10256
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud

Record seizure of counterfeit cigarettes in Spain

Brussels, 15/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - Investigations by the European anti-fraud office (OLAF), working together with the Spanish customs authorities, led to the seizure of 90 million counterfeit cigarettes and the arrest of six people, the Commission announced on 12 November. This marks an end to the largest network of cigarette counterfeiting in Spanish history.

The Spanish customs authorities launched operation BALMAN in February 2010 as a result of information provided by OLAF...

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