Italian authorities caught a Eastern European cigarette smuggling network
The Italian and Eastern European crime organization smuggled the cigarettes from Poland, Ukraine and Hungary – the Italian authorities announced on Tuesday. 88 members of the gang were arrested and charges were filed against more than 300 other suspects, including Hungarians.
The 88 gang members were caught during smuggling in Italy and other countries and were taken into custody. Charges were filed against more than 300 additional suspects, Italians, Greeks, Germans, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Romanians, Slovaks and Hungarians.
The Italian authorities seized 106 tons of smuggled cigarettes, equivalent to 530 thousand cartons, ie five million package. The market value of the goods is 27 million euros. (Sárközy Júlia, MTI)
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