# black-market - Saturday 14 April, 2018
Totoaba swim bladders can sell for up to over €16,000 in China.
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# black-market - Monday 1 May, 2017
Irish men aged 38 and 29 were arrested as part of Operation Thor.
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# black-market - Thursday 16 March, 2017
Black market goods can represent a huge loss to the Exchequer.
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# black-market - Monday 20 February, 2017
Revenue officials have not decreased their checks.
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# black-market - Wednesday 8 June, 2016
An officer in Kolkata said Rao was wanted in a number of such cases across several South Asian countries.
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# black-market - Saturday 13 February, 2016
The note is seemingly being “used more for hiding things than buying them”.
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# black-market - Thursday 7 January, 2016
A lot of drugs were seized too.
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# black-market - Friday 11 December, 2015
Fake versions of MAC, Urban Decay and Benefit products were identified.
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# black-market - Sunday 31 May, 2015
Some 31.5 million black market cigarettes have been seized since January.
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# black-market - Friday 29 May, 2015
Ross Ulbricht earned $18 million from commissions on one million online drug deals.
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# black-market - Tuesday 31 March, 2015
No word on whether ‘Don Corleone’ was the Godfather’s brand of choice.
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# black-market - Friday 20 March, 2015
We can’t imagine Enda doing this.
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# black-market - Monday 22 September, 2014
Short version: the crisis really, really helped illegal tobacco.
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# black-market - Saturday 14 June, 2014
Distressing images. Satao was one last surviving of the ‘great tuskers’.
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# black-market - Tuesday 3 June, 2014
The items seized today have a total value of around €50,000.
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# black-market - Wednesday 9 April, 2014
Retailers are calling on the government to step up their fight against smugglers.
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# black-market - Thursday 23 January, 2014
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.
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# black-market - Saturday 14 December, 2013
Cigarettes and a quantity of tobacco were found when a car was stopped by gardaí on the M8 this morning.
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# black-market - Friday 13 December, 2013
In a separate development, a Lithuanian national was detained with over 12,000 cigarettes and hit with a two week jail sentence.
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# black-market - Saturday 5 October, 2013
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
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# black-market - Tuesday 17 September, 2013
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.
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# black-market - Thursday 9 May, 2013
Gardaí and Revenue seized more than three million cigarettes in two separate raids.
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# black-market - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
A major tobacco company’s Irish branch says 28.2 per cent of all cigarettes sold here last year evaded the excise duty net.
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The Irish Small Firm and Medium Enterprises Association believes that the temporary amnesty would help individuals to legitimise their “hidden economy” tax/earnings status.
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# black-market - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Revenue said the illegal laundries represented a possible loss to the Exchequer of €8 million a year.
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# black-market - Friday 8 March, 2013
Revenue said separate discoveries of drugs and cigarettes this week would have been worth about €65,000.
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# black-market - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
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.
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# black-market - Saturday 20 October, 2012
The Revenue Commissioners have warned that the illegal trade in oil laundering represents a serious threat to the Exchequer.
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# black-market - Thursday 18 October, 2012
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.
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# black-market - Monday 15 October, 2012
The Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association says new licence structures will cost them time and money.
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# black-market - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
No arrests were carried out by the PSNI.
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# black-market - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Taxback.com has urged construction workers and tradespeople to comply with Revenue obligations as the October tax return deadline approaches.
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# black-market - Monday 20 August, 2012
Meanwhile, the Irish Cancer Society and Irish Heart Foundation have raised concerns about the origins of the data used in the report.
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Retail Ireland says one-eighth of all diesel sold in Ireland is illegal, while one in six people have made illegal downloads.
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The nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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# black-market - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Dramatic increase in black economy is costing the State €5 billion, says the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association.
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# black-market - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Catherine Noone says tough new measures are needed to tackle the illegal sale of cigarettes in Ireland.
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# black-market - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
It’s alleged that the general secretary of the country’s Olympic committee was planning to sell tickets to UK touts.
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# black-market - Monday 30 January, 2012
Over 109 million illegal cigarettes with a retail value of €45.9m were seized by Revenue Customs officials last year.
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# black-market - Friday 30 September, 2011
A major international operation targeting the sale of illegal and counterfeit medicines online has resulted in the seizure of €150,000 worth of drugs in Ireland.
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