
British American Tobacco: Excellent increases in profit
British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced healthy profits for 2011, mainly thanks to growth in developing markets and with Romania coming out as a particularly strong performer for the global tobacco...
Tobacco producers complain about increasing cigarette smuggling in Romania
Smuggled cigarettes accounted for 15 percent of the market in November this year in Romania, up from 11.8 percent in September, according to data from cigarette producer JT International.
Smuggling climbed...
Gangs are making huge profits from cigarette smuggling
CONSIDERED the most lucrative form of organised criminal activity in the country, cigarette smuggling is on the increase. That is according to Retailers Against Smuggling, the representative group for...