illicit tobacco trade sydney Sydney black market cigarettes cost economy billions of dollars

Illicit tobacco syndicate dismantled as police seize 3 million cigarettes

20.90

★★★★☆4.8 (126)

Border Force officials have seized nearly a kilotonne of illegal tobacco in a record haul, delivering a major blow to Australia’s illicit trade. #9News | 9 News Sydney

25.49

★★★★★4.9 (98)

𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 On 19 February 2026, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and the Brisbane Times carried an article titled “The inside story of how

23.14

★★★★★5.0 (157)

Illegal tobacco products worth $70,000 seized from stores across SA's Riverland

28.88

★★★★★4.7 (84)

Criminal plans have gone up in smoke.💨 ABF officers disrupted a major organised crime operation in Darwin last week, seizing a large haul of illicit tobacco and vapes representing an estimated $3.7

22.74

★★★★★4.9 (203)

A massive Qld crackdown has exposed the scale of the illegal tobacco trade, after 60 tobacconists and houses were raided and more than 50 people of interest identified. Read the full story:

28.31

★★★★★5.0 (176)

Ranked: state 'tobacco war' responses

29.51

★★★★★4.8 (132)