From: New York Post
NY’s futile fight against illegal cigarettes
By Post Editorial Board
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Meanwhile, buttlegging revenue is often used to bolster organized-crime groups and terrorism. Luna believes tobacco smuggling helps fund groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. Its revenues even go to prop up North Korean nukes.
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Truth is, as long as taxes keep rising, people will keep smuggling. And investigators will keep setting records for what they confiscate — and, presumably, what they don’t.
