Brussels, 17/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - Last year, the customs services of the EU seized around 816 million cigarettes and 240,000 litres of alcohol in a period of 10 months, a European Commission report revealed on Monday 16 June.
Around one third of the units seized came from countries targeted by the operation “DISMANTLE”, which include Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. “DISMANTLE” is a targeted customs operation aiming to reduce the risk of smuggling...