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Organized cigarette bootlegging fuels crime and tax loss
A government advisory panel says interstate cigarette smuggling profits organized crime and finances other illegal activity. The report cites a $391 million annual enforcement cost and urges federal penalties, cross‑state cooperation, and restrained tax increases to curb the bootlegging network centered in a dozen states.
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Washington
The
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental
United States
North Carolina
New York State
New York City
Commission
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
New York
Texas
Florida
Pennsylvania