From: The Washington Post
RICHMOND — A state report linking Virginia cigarette smuggling to terrorist organizations has prompted a Republican state senator to push a bill that would require retailers and wholesalers to obtain a state license to sell cigarettes.
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The report noted several news accounts about how the profits from cigarette trafficking had been plowed into other criminal enterprises, including terrorism. In one case, it said, smugglers were moving 20,000 cartons a week from Virginia to New York, generating a $22 million profit for smugglers believed to have been associated with Hamas and
Hezbollah, the report said.
