US EditionSmuggling Tobacco Hit: Civil Guard Detains 20 Suspects and Intervenes 100 Tons
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A large-scale operation carried out by the Guardia Civil and Europol allowed, on Friday 27 March, to get hold of a massive stock of falsified tobacco in Catalonia. Twenty people were arrested, four of whom were detained.
An operation against counterfeit tobacco has brought an end to a large mafia established in Catalonia, which has been one of the
In one of the most important operations against counterfeit tobacco in Spain, the Guardia Civil has arrested 20 suspects of belonging to a criminal organization dedicated to the manufacture, distribution and marketing of this contraband merchandise nationwide and with international connections. In the operation more than 100 tons of tobacco have been intervened in different stages of production. The vast majority of cigarettes were counterfeits …
The Civil Guard has intervened 100 tons of falsified tobacco in Granollers. “It is one of the largest confiscations carried out in the history of Spain,” said the government delegate in Catalonia, Carlos Prieto. It is an operation against a group that had an illegal factory, in which 11 people worked and lived. Now the Civil Guard investigates if they were exploited labor. “If a row were made with the seven million packs that they had produced –…
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