“Proceeds from the smuggling of cigarettes have been linked to the financing of terrorist operations abroad.”

Editor’s Note:  In testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee, a Congressional Research Service official discussed how the smuggling of cigarettes and other criminal enterprises are used to fund terrorist groups.  The testimony is attached here.

The recent Congressional Research Service report on the smuggling of counterfeit cigarettes and other counterfeit products to finance international terrorism is available on the CRE’s Counterfeit Cigarette IPD here.

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