From: The Baltic Course
Estonian Tax and Customs Board customs department deputy director Raul Koppelmaa said that an estimated 4,000-5,000 people in Estonia are involved in smuggling and marketing contraband cigarettes, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
“The board’s aim is to make the life of dealers of contraband cigarettes as uncomfortable as possible and reduce the share of smuggled cigarettes in the market to less than 14% by 2016, according to the empty pack study,” explained Koppelmaa. According to the latest so-called empty pack study, the share of smuggled cigarettes is now about 20% in Estonia.
