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1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Intro -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Combatting Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products: Comparative Analysis of Law and Practice -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic Parameters of Licit and Illicit Tobacco Trade and Markets -- 2.3 Legal Framework and Strategies Against Illicit Tobacco Trade -- 2.4 Supply Chain Control -- 2.5 Offences, Sanctions and Other Consequences -- 2.6 Authorities Responsible for Combatting ITTP -- 2.7 Investigations in ITTP Cases -- 2.8 Institutional and International Cooperation -- 2.9 Comparative Conclusions |
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3.2.3 What Is Needed to Start an Illegal Cigarette Factory? Precursors and Their Legal Trade -- 3.2.3.1 Tobacco -- 3.2.3.2 Machines -- 3.2.3.3 Venues -- 3.2.4 The Organisation of Illegal Production: Flexible Networks -- 3.2.5 Illegal Cigarette Production: A Profitable, Low Risk Business -- 3.2.6 Illegal Production in West European Countries -- 3.2.7 Illegal Production of Shisha Tobacco -- 3.2.8 Mirrors: Reflecting on Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat Illegal Production -- 3.2.8.1 National Enforcement Philosophies and Inter-Agency Frictions -- 3.2.8.2 European Cooperation |
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3.2.8.3 Cooperation with Big Four Producers -- 3.3 Smuggling Cigarettes into EU Countries -- 3.3.1 What Is Smuggled? Cheap (Illicit) Whites, Counterfeits, and Genuine, Registered Brands Cigarettes -- 3.3.1.1 Cheap Whites -- 3.3.1.2 Contraband of Genuine, Big Four Brands Cigarettes -- 3.3.2 Actors and Organisation: The ̀Who ́of Contraband -- 3.3.2.1 ̀Ant-Smuggling ́at the Borders of the EU: Small and Medium-Scale Contraband -- 3.3.2.2 Large Scale Smuggle Organisations -- 3.3.3 Smuggle Log(ist)ics: The ̀How ́of Contraband |
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3.3.3.1 Transporting Illegal Cigarettes: Air, Water, Railroads and Highways -- 3.3.3.2 ̀Leave the Goods, Cut the Line, Throw the Phone ́ -- 3.3.4 Routes: The ̀Where ́of Contraband -- 3.3.5 Mirrors: Reflecting on Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat Smuggling, and Ways to Evade Them -- 3.3.5.1 Effective Law Enforcement: Are Confiscations a Good Measurement Tool? -- 3.3.5.2 Practical Obstacles: Lack of the Appropriate Technology or Lack of Their Effective Use? -- 3.3.5.3 Socio-Cultural Aspects: Acceptance of Smuggling -- 3.3.5.4 Legal and Regulatory Obstacles: Free Trade vs. Fighting Illicit Goods? |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the enforcement aspect of tobacco control policy, and argues that the intense regulation of the tobacco market will never be successful as long as it can be circumvented by the availability of illicit tobacco products. Yet, current efforts to combat illicit tobacco trade are insufficient, suffering from several flaws and gaps at the regulatory and operational levels. The aim of this book is to provide an analysis of the legal framework and practice of enforcement with regard to illicit tobacco products. Combining criminological and legal perspectives, it presents and critically analyses the phenomenon of illicit tobacco trade, as well as the policies, legal frameworks and practices in six EU countries with regard to combatting this phenomenon, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their approaches. Furthermore, it studies the relationship between the EU and third countries (e.g. Ukraine) in terms of how the EU can influence policy and enforcement in these countries in order to counter illicit tobacco trafficking. Not exclusively focusing on the EU, the book also includes an analysis of enforcement against illicit tobacco products in the US. The EU Member States analysed in the book (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and Poland) reflect the range of currently available approaches. Some of them have ratified the WHO Protocol against tobacco smuggling; others have not. They belong to different legal traditions and face different challenges due to their respective border situations. While Belgium and the Netherlands are key entry ports to the EU, Poland and Latvia represent the Eastern land border of the EU, with various regional challenges. Italy has a long maritime border, where trafficking is possible from Northern Africa and from the Middle East. It also has significant experience in fighting organised crime. Lastly, Germany is the largest market in Europe and situated in the middle of these trafficking routes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 23, 2022) |
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Tobacco industry -- Corrupt practices -- European Union countries
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Tobacco smuggling -- European Union countries
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Tobacco -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries
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Tobacco industry -- Corrupt practices
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Tobacco smuggling.
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Tobacco -- Law and legislation.
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Tobacco industry -- Corrupt practices
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Tobacco -- Law and legislation
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Tobacco smuggling
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European Union countries
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Tosza, Stanislaw, editor.
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Vervaele, J. A. E. (John A. E.), 1956- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030678029 |
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3030678024 |
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