Business busted selling illegal tobacco

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'Australians who buy illicit tobacco should be aware that the proceeds of these sales are supporting a market dominated by criminal syndicates that use the profits from illicit tobacco to fund other illegal activities.' 9News

has uncovered a Geelong business selling black market tobacco while claiming to operate as a hair salon.

ACA's cameras recorded at least a dozen customers purchasing goods from the store, believed to be illicit cigarettes and tobacco, within an hour.It is part of the black "chop chop" market that is trading across the country.an employee at one store in Geelong acknowledged the illegal activity, saying she realised it was illegal.The complex tobacco import operations are not going unnoticed.

In the last financial year, the Australian Border Force made more than 285,000 detections of illicit tobacco., weighing more than 633 tonnes, worth more than $670 million in duty evaded. Illegal tobacco is easily accessible and is sold under the counter at stores and tobacconists around the country. At least a dozen customers purchased goods from the store, believed to be illicit cigarettes and tobacco, within an hour.

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Well der......of the government didn’t make them so freaking expensive people wouldn’t be going elsewhere to try and get them.

Here’s hoping there profits bring in more cheap illicit tobacco.

Yea everyone knows you should buy the heavily taxed version so it can fund the criminal syndicate in parliment house

Are they saying this because the real criminals can't tax it...

People in Australia buying tobacco paying billions in taxes should know they are supporting Australia’s greatest criminal oraganisation, the government and you will never see that money again.

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