Web Directory

» BAT and Tobacco Smuggling
   Collection of around 150 internal British American Tobacco (BAT) documents, illustrating the extent of BAT's involvement in cigarette smuggling in Asia and Latin America.
   http://www.ash.org.uk/?smuggling

» British American Tobacco and Tobacco Smuggling
   Statements published by the Select Committee on Health of the House of Commons in the UK.
   http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan/bat/bindex.htm

» Canadian Government Legal Action in Major Tobacco Smuggling Operation
   Summary of suit filed against major tobacco companies including R. J. Reynolds.
   http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/nwsrm/rlss/1999/m12/lwst-eng.html

» Cigarette Makers Eye Surge in Suits, Investigations
   Cigarette makers are facing a surge of lawsuits and investigations involving their role in cigarette smuggling.
   http://cjonline.com/stories/081000/new_cigmakers.shtml

» Cigarette Smuggling in California: Fact and Fiction
   Scientific analysis examines tobacco industry financials and comrpes them to industry claims about cigarette smuggling.
   http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmus/Smuggling2003/

» Cigarette Smuggling in Europe: Who Really Benefits?
   Research concludes "cigarette smuggling is not caused principally by 'market forces'. It is mainly caused by fraud, by the illegal evasion of import duty. The cigarettes involved are not the cheap brands from southern European countries, for which there i
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/7/1/66?ijkey=EGS1vJp6cQn7Y

» European Community v. RJR
   Complaint brought by European Community against RJR over money-laundering/smuggling.
   http://www.tobacco.org/resources/Documents/021030ecvrjr.html

» Guardian Unlimited: Special reports: BAT
   Details on British American Tobacco's activities around the world, with an emphasis on smuggling.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/bat/

» How Can Cigarette Smuggling Be Reduced
   Article from the British Medical Journal.
   http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7266/947

» How Smuggling Helps Lure Generations of New Smokers
   News article reports that "executives of British-based tobacco giant BAT sought to manage cigarette black markets in the drive to increase profits".
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/jan/31/duncancampbell

» Made In The USA
   60 minutes story covers the evidence that R. J. Reynolds is involved in illegal cigarette smuggling.
   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/12/60II/main540346.shtml

» NOW: In Depth - The Black Market Peso Exchange
   Documentary on cigarette company involvement in drug money laundering.
   http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/peso.html

» NOW: In Depth - Tobacco Traffic
   PBS documentary on cigarette smuggling "used by the biggest tobacco companies as a tool to break into markets all over the world. "
   http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/smuggling.html

» Philippe Boucher's Rendez-vous with Luk Joossens
   Joossens is an expert in tobacco smuggling and illegal tobacco sales; in this interview he discusses the size of the illegal market and the advantages to the industry of a sizeable illegal market.
   http://www.tobacco.org/News/rendezvous/joossens.html

» RJ Reynolds and Smuggling
   Washington Post editorial summarizes the evidence that R. J. Reynolds aided in smuggling, made deals with organized crime and Columbian drug gangs, and violated U.S. sanctions on Iraq.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A34758-2002Nov24&notFound=true

» Special Report: Cigarette Companies and Smuggling
   Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/smuggling/

» Tobacco Exports, Imports, and Smuggling
   Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide.
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter31/table_of_contents_chap31.html

» UICC on Smuggling of Tobacco Products
   Describes practices, players, countries, examples, and the role of the tobacco industry.
   http://factsheets.globalink.org/en/smuggling.shtml