From: New Straits Times [Malaysia]
KUALA LUMPUR
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While not all enforcement officers or personnel can be bought, these illegal cigarette cartels are willing to exhaust every avenue, including leveraging threats, to influence these quarters to work with them.
Over the years, illicit cigarettes cartels have become more aggressive and have devised new modus operandi to bribe enforcement officers. Some even go to the extreme by stationing “tonto” (thugs) at the enforcement agency’s headquarters to ensure that their continuous supply of contraband to the black market is not disrupted.
