The sale of contraband tobacco explodes: in one year, 500,000 kilos of illegal cigarettes were seized in Dordogne

In five years, the illegal sale of tobacco has literally exploded. In Dordogne, this 6 May, the trial of a grocer suspected of having smuggled contraband tobacco into the city centre of Sarlat revives anger, while 40% of the tobacco consumed in France would be fraudulent.