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Artiklu tal-aħbarijiet14 Ottubru 2021L-Uffiċċju Ewropew ta’ Kontra l-Frodi

14.5 tonnes of smuggled cigarettes intercepted in Odesa, Ukraine thanks to OLAF tip-off

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Tyres or cigarettes? Earlier this week, the Ukrainian State Customs Service inspected a cargo travelling from India to Ukraine after OLAF provided them with a lead on the shipment’s suspicious nature – it seemed unlikely that the goods involved were indeed ‘’pneumatic rubber tyres’’ as claimed by the official documentation.

As it turned out, the cargo was in fact a smuggling attempt of no less than 13.2 million cigarettes – the equivalent of around 660,000 packs. The total weight of the cigarettes was over 14.5 tonnes. Needless to say, the corresponding excise duties had not been paid.

The intervention was possible thanks to the information that OLAF relayed from Indian Customs to the Ukrainian authorities.

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Data tal-pubblikazzjoni
14 Ottubru 2021
Awtur
L-Uffiċċju Ewropew ta’ Kontra l-Frodi
News type
OLAF news article