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Revelations that the illicit tobacco industry in Australia may be helping to fund international terrorist networks have been met with support from the P&C sector, with calls to the Australian government to rethink legislation and taxation on cigarettes.
Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Wayne Buchhorn told the ABC yesterday that he had “significant” concerns that the proceeds from the illegal tobacco trade in Australia was being funneled to extremist groups in the Middle East.
