Sites about the smuggling of tobacco products. 1. BAT and Smuggling - Reviews industry documents and other evidence connecting BAT (British American Tobacco) with cigarette smuggling. 2. 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. 3. British American Tobacco and Tobacco Smuggling - Statements published by the Select Committee on Health of the House of Commons in the UK. 4. Cigarette Makers Eye Surge in Suits, Investigations - Cigarette makers are facing a surge of lawsuits and investigations involving their role in cigarette smuggling. 5. Cigarette Smuggling in California: Fact and Fiction - Scientific analysis examines tobacco industry financials and comrpes them to industry claims about cigarette smuggling. 6. European Community v. RJR - Complaint brought by European Community against RJR over money-laundering/smuggling. 7. Guardian Unlimited: Special reports: BAT - Details on British American Tobacco's activities around the world, with an emphasis on smuggling. 8. How Can Cigarette Smuggling Be Reduced - Article from the British Medical Journal. 9. 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". 10. Made In The USA - 60 minutes story covers the evidence that R. J. Reynolds is involved in illegal cigarette smuggling. 11. NOW: In Depth - The Black Market Peso Exchange - Documentary on cigarette company involvement in drug money laundering. 12. 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. " 13. 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. 14. RICO and Tobacco Smuggling - Summary by ASH-UK of legal action pending against the major tobacco companies for smuggling tobacco. 15. Rob Cunningham and Greg Connolly on CKNW - Transcript of radio show on the topic of tobacco smuggling and industry involvement in Canada. 16. 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. 17. Special Report: Cigarette Companies and Smuggling - Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. 18. Tobacco Exports, Imports, and Smuggling - Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide. 19. UICC on Smuggling of Tobacco Products - Describes practices, players, countries, examples, and the role of the tobacco industry. 20. 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. 21. Canadian Government Legal Action in Major Tobacco Smuggling Operation - Summary of suit filed against major tobacco companies including R. J. Reynolds. 22. 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." 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. Theory on Contraband Tobacco Unveiled in Montreal - 25% of all tobacco distributed around the world is illegal contraband, according to an international researcher. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. Tobacco Company Accused of Smuggling - Canada police have brought charges against a major tobacco company for smuggling. 30. 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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