From: Daily News [Tanzania]
Smuggled, counterfeit cigarettes flood market
SMUGGLED and counterfeit cigarettes are still flooding the market denying the nation billions of money through tax evasion and sabotaging local manufacturers.
Tanzania Cigarette Company in collaboration with the National Environmental Management Council, Tanzania Revenue Authority and the police destroyed contraband and counterfeit cigarettes worth 8.5bn/- in Dar es Salaam last week.
It is expected one of ten cigarettes in the market is illegal and last year the government lost approximately 30bn/- in unpaid taxes, according to the TCC Director for Company Services and Security, Frank Usiri.
