Professor Louise Shelley explained to the U.S. Helsinki Commission today that “France is the contraband capital of Europe for the illicit cigarette trade. And it’s hardly surprising that one of the Kouachi brothers who murdered the journalists of Charlie Hebdo received some of his income from the illicit cigarette trade.
The complete Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearing, A HAZY CRISIS: ILLICIT CIGARETTE SMUGGLING IN THE OSCE REGION, is available here.
