| Rob Cunningham and Greg Connolly on CKNW - Transcript of radio show on the topic of tobacco smuggling and industry involvement in Canada.
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| BAT and Tobacco Smuggling - Collection of around 150 internal British American Tobacco (BAT) documents, illustrating the extent of BAT's involvement in cigarette smuggling in Asia and Latin America.
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| Cigarette Smuggling in Europe: Who Really Benefits? - Research concludes "cigarette smuggling is not caused principally by 'market forces'. It is mainly caused by fraud, by the illegal evasion of import duty. The cigarettes involved are not the cheap brands from southern European countries, for which there is no international market. It is the well-known international brands such as Marlboro and Winston."
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| Special Report: Cigarette Companies and Smuggling - Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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| Tobacco industry Involved in Large Scale Cigarette Smuggling - Information summarized from NRC Handelsblad article.
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| Philippe Boucher's Rendez-vous with Luk Joossens - Joossens is an expert in tobacco smuggling and illegal tobacco sales; in this interview he discusses the size of the illegal market and the advantages to the industry of a sizeable illegal market.
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| Cigarette Makers Eye Surge in Suits, Investigations - Cigarette makers are facing a surge of lawsuits and investigations involving their role in cigarette smuggling.
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| Tobacco Smuggling - Tobacco smuggling into Canada is a multi-billion dollar business. Articles, analysis, opinion on the subject.
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| British American Tobacco and Tobacco Smuggling - Statements published by the Select Committee on Health of the House of Commons in the UK.
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| UICC on Smuggling of Tobacco Products - Describes practices, players, countries, examples, and the role of the tobacco industry.
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| Case Could Topple Tobacco Industry Arguments Against Cigarette Tax - Evidence that tobacco companies may have assisted a huge cigarette smuggling operation is undercutting a traditional tobacco industry argument against cigarette taxes.
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| Tobacco Giant Ran Smuggling Rackets - The world's second biggest tobacco company encouraged the smuggling of billions of black market cigarettes to evade taxes and increase market share, analysis of more than 11,000 corporate documents has revealed.
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| Big Tobacco: Uncovering the Industry's Multi-billion Dollar Global Smuggling Network - Investigative journalism by The Nation, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and the PBS newsmagazine NOW uncovers a global cigarette smuggling network aimed at establishing Big Tobacco's brands in new markets.
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| European Community v. RJR - Complaint brought by European Community against RJR over money-laundering/smuggling.
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| How Can Cigarette Smuggling Be Reduced - Article from the British Medical Journal.
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| Cigarette Makers Are Seen as Aiding Rise in Smuggling - New York Times article covers evidence that the largest tobacco companies are knowingly selling billions of dollars of cigarettes into the black market.
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| Tobacco Giants "Traded With Drug Barons" - News item reports on Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds involvement in tobacco smuggling.
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| RJR Pleads Guilty to Smuggling - RJR (RJ Reynolds) pleads guilty in Federal Court in Canada; several articles report.
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| RJR Pleads Guilty to Smuggling - RJR (RJ Reynolds) pleads guilty in Federal Court, and will pay the U.S. government $15 million after admitting that one of its subsidiaries knowlingly aided and abetted the smuggling of cigarettes into Canada.
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| Smuggling and the Tobacco Business - Submission to the House of Commons Health Select Committee in the UK from ASH-HK provides detailed report on tobacco industry involvement in smugging cigarettes.
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| Tobacco Exports, Imports, and Smuggling - Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide.
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| NOW: In Depth - Tobacco Traffic - PBS documentary on cigarette smuggling "used by the biggest tobacco companies as a tool to break into markets all over the world. "
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| RICO and Tobacco Smuggling - Summary by ASH-UK of legal action pending against the major tobacco companies for smuggling tobacco.
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| Canadian Government Legal Action in Major Tobacco Smuggling Operation - Summary of suit filed against major tobacco companies including R. J. Reynolds.
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| NOW: In Depth - The Black Market Peso Exchange - Documentary on cigarette company involvement in drug money laundering.
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| Big Tobacco and Smuggling - Feature article from The Nation examines tobacco industry involvement in cigarette smuggling, and how the industry used the Patriot Act to shield itself from liability.
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| BAT and Smuggling - Reviews industry documents and other evidence connecting BAT (British American Tobacco) with cigarette smuggling.
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| Made In The USA - 60 minutes story covers the evidence that R. J. Reynolds is involved in illegal cigarette smuggling.
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| Theory on Contraband Tobacco Unveiled in Montreal - 25% of all tobacco distributed around the world is illegal contraband, according to an international researcher.
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| Cigarette Smuggling: A Global Weapon against Public Health Measures - Annotated list of links organized by Nonsmokers Rights Association of Canada. Pulls together primary and secondary sources, news and analysis.
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| Global Reach of Tobacco Company's Involvement in Cigarette Smuggling - In its search to maintain and enlarge cigarette markets and corporate revenue, British American Tobacco - the world's second largest tobacco multinational and parent company of Brown & Williamson - exploited a sophisticated network of smuggling routes throughout Asia.
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| Major Tobacco Multinational Implicated In Cigarette Smuggling - British American Tobacco for decades secretly encouraged tax evasion and cigarette smuggling in a global effort to secure market share and lure generations of new smokers, internal corporate documents reveal.
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| Tobacco Company Accused of Smuggling - Canada police have brought charges against a major tobacco company for smuggling.
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| RJ Reynolds and Smuggling - Washington Post editorial summarizes the evidence that R. J. Reynolds aided in smuggling, made deals with organized crime and Columbian drug gangs, and violated U.S. sanctions on Iraq.
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| Cigarette Smuggling in California: Fact and Fiction - Scientific analysis examines tobacco industry financials and comrpes them to industry claims about cigarette smuggling.
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| How Smuggling Helps Lure Generations of New Smokers - News article reports that "executives of British-based tobacco giant BAT sought to manage cigarette black markets in the drive to increase profits".
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| Guardian Unlimited: Special reports: BAT - Details on British American Tobacco's activities around the world, with an emphasis on smuggling.
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| Tobacco Companies Linked to Criminal Organizations in Cigarette Smuggling - Public Integrity report on the fraud, racketeering, money laundering and conspiracy charges against BAT, R. J. Reynolds, and Philip Morris.
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| Tobacco Companies Linked to Criminal Organizations in Lucrative Cigarette Smuggling Trade - Article on black market trade in tobacco products covers gang and tobacco industry involvement.
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| U.S. Tobacco Companies Accused of Terrorist Ties and Iraqi Sanctions-Busting - Investigative report concludes U.S. cigarette companies smuggled cigarettes into Iraq aided by the PKK or Kurdish Workers Party, which the United States has labeled a terrorist group.
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| Major Tobacco Company Organized Cigarette Smuggling, Evaded Taxes, Documents Show - Investigative report. British American Tobacco, the second largest tobacco company in the world, "for decades secretly encouraged tax evasion and cigarette smuggling in a global effort to secure market share and lure generations of new smokers, internal corporate documents reveal."
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