Revenue seize €70,000 worth of cigarettes during search of Italian-registered ship
During a search of the vessel, 118,00 cigarettes, branded L&M, Marlboro and Winston, were seized.
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During a search of the vessel, 118,00 cigarettes, branded L&M, Marlboro and Winston, were seized.
Totoaba swim bladders can sell for up to over €16,000 in China.
Irish men aged 38 and 29 were arrested as part of Operation Thor.
Black market goods can represent a huge loss to the Exchequer.
Revenue officials have not decreased their checks.
An officer in Kolkata said Rao was wanted in a number of such cases across several South Asian countries.
The note is seemingly being “used more for hiding things than buying them”.
A lot of drugs were seized too.
Fake versions of MAC, Urban Decay and Benefit products were identified.
Some 31.5 million black market cigarettes have been seized since January.
Ross Ulbricht earned $18 million from commissions on one million online drug deals.
No word on whether ‘Don Corleone’ was the Godfather’s brand of choice.
We can’t imagine Enda doing this.
Short version: the crisis really, really helped illegal tobacco.
Distressing images. Satao was one last surviving of the ‘great tuskers’.
The items seized today have a total value of around €50,000.
Retailers are calling on the government to step up their fight against smugglers.
The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Bill 2013 was discussed by the Oireachtas today with a focus on the impact it could have on the black market.
Cigarettes and a quantity of tobacco were found when a car was stopped by gardaí on the M8 this morning.
In a separate development, a Lithuanian national was detained with over 12,000 cigarettes and hit with a two week jail sentence.
The research firm MS Intelligence examined discarded cigarette packs on the streets and in bins and found that Drogheda and Tallaght were the worst affected areas
The cigarettes had a retail value of €4.3 million and were uncovered when officials searched a truck and 4 x 4 at a service station near Castlebellingham.
Gardaí and Revenue seized more than three million cigarettes in two separate raids.
A major tobacco company’s Irish branch says 28.2 per cent of all cigarettes sold here last year evaded the excise duty net.
The Irish Small Firm and Medium Enterprises Association believes that the temporary amnesty would help individuals to legitimise their “hidden economy” tax/earnings status.
Revenue said the illegal laundries represented a possible loss to the Exchequer of €8 million a year.
Revenue said separate discoveries of drugs and cigarettes this week would have been worth about €65,000.
The plant in Dundalk had the capacity to launder some 18 million litres of fuel a year with a potential loss of €9 milllion to the exchequer.
The Revenue Commissioners have warned that the illegal trade in oil laundering represents a serious threat to the Exchequer.
An investment of €6.5 million in additional staff focused on targeting black market activity and increased audit activity could bring in the funds, Michael Noonan has said.
The Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association says new licence structures will cost them time and money.
No arrests were carried out by the PSNI.
Taxback.com has urged construction workers and tradespeople to comply with Revenue obligations as the October tax return deadline approaches.
Meanwhile, the Irish Cancer Society and Irish Heart Foundation have raised concerns about the origins of the data used in the report.
Retail Ireland says one-eighth of all diesel sold in Ireland is illegal, while one in six people have made illegal downloads.
Dramatic increase in black economy is costing the State €5 billion, says the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association.
Catherine Noone says tough new measures are needed to tackle the illegal sale of cigarettes in Ireland.
It’s alleged that the general secretary of the country’s Olympic committee was planning to sell tickets to UK touts.
Over 109 million illegal cigarettes with a retail value of €45.9m were seized by Revenue Customs officials last year.