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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9961

25 August 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud
Major cigarette smuggling racket halted

Brussels, 24/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 18 August, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) announced that one of the players in a major international cigarette smuggling investigation had pleaded guilty in the United States courts in Miami for his part in defrauding European taxpayers of several million euro in taxes and customs duties. The defendant had conspired with individuals residing in Miami and in Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany to smuggle cigarettes from the port into...