From: Breitbart
by Andre Walker
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) and organised crime are becoming major players in the Australian cigarette business, according to several newspapers.
The Irish Independent reports a senior figure in the South Armagh Provisional IRA has been arrested in Spain in connection with illicit tobacco, whilst The Times says organised criminals in Manchester now represent 1.3 percent of the Australian market.
Australia already has standardised, non-branded packaging for cigarettes a policy known as “plain packaging”. Ireland is phasing them in and this is believed to be the reason the IRA have found it easy to enter the market. The policy makes anti-forgery packaging designs illegal so they can no longer be used as a way of protecting consumers from illegal products.
