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Smuggling
Smuggling
year, an international investigation has discovered. A network of factories and routes has been put
together across Europe since 2004, following large-scale smuggling routes previously supplied by
major multinational tobacco companies. The new underground smoking trade involves only one brand,
Jin Ling, which is turning up in more cities and countries across Europe every month.
Jin Ling, virtually unknown to the authorities three years ago, has grown so rapidly that law
enforcement officials say it now rivals Marlboro as the top smuggled brand being seized in the
European Union.Jin Ling cigarettes have no legal market in any European country, according to
customs officials. The brand is never advertised and cannot be bought in shops. It is only sold
illegally — smuggled by gangs who hope to pocket immense profits by selling unlicensed, untaxed
cigarettes on black markets across Europe.
Relying on corporate records, customs data, and undercover reporting from inside the main Jin
Ling production center, It has pieced together the unique story of the world’s first ever cigarette
brand designed and manufactured only for smuggling.
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