Boost for KRA as manufacturers fully adopt EGMS

Kenya Revenue Authority bets on technology to plug excise duty loopholes

WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration (PDF)

URA registers Shs 179bn surplus for July collections

ETS raise exercise duty collections by 60-percent

Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (PDF)

TRA designs digital tool to verify e-stamp

Track and Trace Systems to Address the Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products: Best Practices & Country Experiences (PDF)

Impact of Digital Tax Stamps Implementation on Tax Compliance

Excise tax to boost KRA collection

Excise Management System in the Albanian Customs (PDF)

World Bank Report « Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: a Global Review of Country Experiences »

Decrease in illicit trade in Kenya

Tracking and tracing tobacco products in Kenya

Ensuring supply chains security: the role of anti-counterfeiting technologies (PDF)

What Magufuli’s legacy means for Hassan’s Future

KRA’s to introduce excise stamps for juice, bottled water

WHO report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic (PDF)

Report: Smuggled cigarettes deprive gov’t of P26B in taxes yearly

New SICPA/Harris Poll Shows Consumers Support Regulation to Help Monitor Cannabis Products

Tanzania revenues body told why technology is key to boosting tax collection

KRA tightens noose on fakes with new generation excise stamps

Understanding the illicit tobacco market in Sri Lanka

DGII says it exceeds the collection goal with RD$23,708 million

KRA turns spotlight on non-alcoholic drinks segment

Traders commit to fight illicit trade

Licores y cigarrillos nacionales deben llevar sello del SRI

Chile’s Tobacco Traceability System: the Latest Numbers

NY loses more than $2 billion a year from sale of untaxed cigarettes: trade group

Países con proyectos similares - Resultados de implementación de sistemas de trazabilidad

Trazabilidad de tabaco supera expectativas de recaudación y totaliza más de US$750 millones en el primer semestre

South Africa’s economic recovery complicated by costs of prohibition

Fight Against Cigarette Smuggling Continues in Georgia: Latest Data

SAMART accepts beer taxes

Pese a caída en recaudo, el ron, cerveza y tabaco registran crecimiento

Tanzania: Electronic Tax Stamp Pushes Up Revenue By 34 Pc

Pakistan - Illicit tobacco trade

Indonesian Customs Destroys Rp15.6bn Worth of Illegal Goods

Illicit tobacco trade: Nearly 370 million cigarettes seized in 2020

P11B lost/year due to illicit tobacco trade

Denuncian mercado local es abastecido en un 50% por bebidas alcohólicas ilegales

New evidence of illicit cigarette consumption and government revenue loss in Indonesia (PDF)

Country loses ¢ 4,686 million. for fuel theft in the last 3 years

P3 billion lost in 3 years to cigarette smuggling

NAFDAC destroys N2B falsified medicines, vaccines, counterfeit cosmetics, expired food products

Kenya - KRA raises alarm over counterfeits in alcohol market

Kenya losing Sh100bn annually through counterfeits – agency

Nigeria Loses N200bn Annually To Counterfeit Medicines ―Experts

Factory dedicated to tobacco smuggling dismantled in Sevilla

Training healthcare workers and pharmacists against fraudulent medicines is a must: ASPA

P30b lost yearly to cigarette smuggling

Mexico: Nearly One in Five Cigarettes Illicit

Belarusian Cigarette Smuggling at New High

PM orders action against fuel smuggling across Iran border

Bootleg booze costs Ukraine $330 million a year in uncollected taxes

Smuggling of nearly EUR 6 mln-worth cigarettes thwarted in Poland

Le Cameroun fait face à la contrefaçon des produits pharmaceutiques qui plombent sa propre production de médicaments

NAFDAC recovers N2trn tramadol, N5bn fake medicines, others

Lutte contre la fraude et la contrebande: du vin et de l’huile saisis au Port de Dakar

Fake vodka seized in Greenock illegal distillery raid

KRA to step up crackdown on illicit, counterfeit products

Health Ministry cracks whip on producers of fake medicines

KRA destroys Sh1 billion worth of contraband alcohol, cigarettes

At 11% the illegal trade of alcoholic beverages in Greece

KRA impounds illegally imported energy drinks worth Sh1.5m

Contrabando de azúcar genera golpe de 250 mdp

Kenya cracks down on illegal beer traders

Nigeria Can Earn N600bn From Excise Duty On Tobacco, Alcohol - World Bank

Chamber boss: T&T losing millions from illicit trade

Lithuania to step up fight against cigarette smuggling

Tobacco Smuggling Network Dismantled in Portugal and Spain

Illicit Tobacco Trade Costing Rs 77bn to Exchequer: Report

Rs. 600 m daily tax loss due to liquor ban

Illegal Tobacco Market Costs Croatia €186m

Combatting Telecom Fraud in Africa

Des boissons Guinness et Heineken contrefaites en vente sur le marché Congolais

Witt afirma comercio ilícito de alcohol en RD supera el 30%

Contrebande de tabac: La Cedeao perd 700 milliards

Alcohol smuggling surges in Lithuania in 2020 – customs official

Illegal cigarette market: a problem beyond public health

Illegal cigarettes cost the state €264m in a year

Albania - IMF Country Report (PDF)

BAT: Govt Losing RM5 Billion Annualy On Uncollected Tax From Black Market Tobacco

Togo Reports Significantly Higher Excise Collections

Contrabando de combustible bajó 32% por estímulo a IEPS: SAT

EFDs, a game-changer in improving business, revenue collection

SA Cops Seize R1,7million Cigarettes Contraband

La trazabilidad fiscal busca incrementar recaudaciones

Cigarettes: illicit trade caused revenue loss of 77.8 billion rupees in 2021

Croatia Annually Loses €173m to Illegal Trade in Cigarettes and Tobacco

Easing COVID-19 curbs reignite illicit cigarette trade in Philippines  

Illegal trade in beverages generates tax loss of R $ 38 billion to Brazil

Customs cracks down on smuggled cigarettes after 800k seized in three months

Illicit Tobacco Trade Increases By 53 Per Cent In Two Years

Uganda Budget Highlights 2022/23 (PDF)

TTMA meets with police on illicit trade of consumer products

Digital Tax Stamps to be used to identify certified beverage products

Zambia Revenue Authority ‘unearths’ K2.6 million smuggling scam

How e-stamps changed TRA’s revenue collection

$NZ14 Billion Global Illicit Alcohol Trade Targeted By World Spirits Alliance

ETS plays key role in boosting TRA's revenue collection process

At least 42 dead in India after drinking toxic alcohol

KRA destroys illicit beverages worth KShs. 30 million

Afrique : les recettes fiscales gagnent en volume

Fake liquor, KRA excise stamps seized in Nyandarua

Paraguayan President Endorses Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Tobacco Trade

USD 11 million in illicit medicines seized in global INTERPOL operation

BOC intensifies fight vs smuggling, corruption

Trusted, transparent, secure: DFWC and TFWA join forces to fight illicit trade

Tobacco ban will increase illicit trade to RM8.7bil, DARE study show

Large Quantity of Cigarettes without excise Stamps discovered in Bosnia

Côte d’Ivoire : une croissance économique en demi-teinte

War against illegal cigarettes continues in Java

KPDNHEP steps up crackdown on smuggling of cooking oil to neighbouring countries

New study: Illicit trade in cigarettes on the rise in Uganda

Uso de tecnología para evitar piratería de semillas

ECUASEM opta por nueva tecnología para contrarrestar la piratería de semillas

GRA seizes over $20M in smuggled liquor, cigarettes

TRA defends Electronic Tax Stamps amid industry outcry

La Douane saisit 71 millions cfa de faux médicaments vétérinaires à Diama

BATSA's 70% illicit cigarette trade estimate is wrong - UCT study

Rs 58,521 Crore In Taxes Lost Due To Illicit Trade In FMCG, Mobile, Tobacco, Alcohol

How ETS has enhanced tax compliance

Medicamentos falsificados

Zimbabwe Smuggle Cigarette into SA Because There is High Demand for

Ousted Prime Minister Urges Smuggling Probe

Tax Tobacco: Africa losing $88.6bn to illicit financial flows

Bénin: le nouveau visage du faux médicament

Des industriels du tabac accusés d’évasion fiscale au Maroc

Fighting the illicit alcohol trade in Cambodia and ASEAN

Tabagisme/La lente prise de conscience des pays africains

5,4% de commerce illicite dans le pays-laboratoire de la lutte contre le tabac

Belgium: One in Five Cigarettes Untaxed

Le défi africain des infrastructures

Tobacco Industry Is Evading Billions Of Rupees FED Through Undeclared

A cigarette tax increase would not cause a demand switching effect towards the illicit trade

The TRA has said that the main goal of ETS is to protect government revenue.

The govt has lost more than RM15 bn in revenue from 2018 to 2020 due to cigarette smuggling.

Africa needs stronger weapons to tackle illicit, conflict-fuelling tobacco trade

The TJNA has revealed that IFFs have nearly doubled and Africa is now losing over $88.6 bn.

Trade Minister urges UN member states to unite to combat illicit trade

The director of Customs Administration of Montenegro was arrested for cigarettes smuggling.

Question for written answer asked by MEP Jeroen Lenaers (PPE)

3 years after the implementation of ETS, has seen fiscal revenue grow by 131%.

At least 19 people have died and dozens of others were hospitalized after consuming toxic alcohol

More than one in five cigarettes smoked in Belgium are untaxed

The TRA says it has registered tremendous achievements through electronic tax stamps system

Illicit trade is high, but not as high as the tobacco industry reports.

The EGMS helped to increase taxes when it was first implemented in 2013

The industry contends that illicit market in Malaysia occupies 62.3% of the total market.

SARS crackdown on illegal activities nets R8.2 billion - 300% more than the previous year

Virginia awards tobacco revenue stamp program contract recompete to Meyercord Revenue

Industry continues to present the illicit trade as a reason to slow tobacco control efforts

Indians spend more on branded liquors, a study shows, but illicit alcohol remains a profitable trade.

The Government is pushed to become a party to the WHO ITP

According to the CNPA, more than 40% of fishing in Mexico is illegal.

TRA collects 2.1trn/- from beverages since ETS inception

Smuggled tyres and illegal tobacco are causing a huge revenue loss of Rs130 bn annually

The Philippines registered a loss of $438 million in illicit alcohol in terms of tax leakage

OLAF and the French Customs held the 25 annual Task Group cigarettes conference last week

In Tanzania, the ETS has contributed to a 34% increase in revenue.

Philip Morris has manipulated a report from KPMG on illegal cigarette consumption

Illicit alcohol costs to the government about Sh1.2 trn in uncollected excise duty each year

Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America

SICPA will provide Michigan with encrypted digital tax stamp solution

It shows the benefits reached after T&T systems implementation in Georgia, Kenya ...

Beijing has been pushing its cigarettes into some new markets - some being illegal

SICPA has enabled Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco and Georgia to increase their tax collection

At least PHP26 billion in revenue is lost each year by the government to the illicit tobacco

CACCP invited stakeholders in Nigeria to discuss how to fight against counterfeit medicines

The cosmetics and perfumery sector has been facing a huge problem, namely the counterfeiting

Cigarette Taxes and Cigarette Smuggling by State, 2020

Sri Lanka's illicit liquor industry has grown by 300% in the recent times

The Proportion of illegal sales of cigarettes is on rise 

Kenya's annual worth of manufacturing valued added products from Sh 650 bn to over Sh 1 trn

Consumption of illicit alcohol was costing the government about Sh 1.2 trillion

The illegal cigarette trade continues grow rapidly as T&T system is not fully adopted

According to URA, the beverage and alcohol sector is losing billions of shillings 

Smuggled tyres and illegal tobacco trade causing a revenue loss of Rs 130 billion annually

The SC came upon the Punjab government for its failure to control illegal liquor

The Philippines registered the second biggest loss in illicit alcohol at $438 million

At least 32 people died due to conumption of adulterated alcohol in Quito

The volume of goods smuggled into Iran now exceeds $30 billion a year

The Philippines govt is losing at least P250-bn revenues a year due to smuggling.

South Africa's post pandemic recovery depends on stubbing out illicit cigarettes.

TRA has reached its revenue collection target by collecting 22.28 trn in 2021-22 fiscal year

North Africa: instability fuels North Africa's illegal tobacco trade.

Positive results has been reached in several countries following the T&T implementations

Diageo warns of illicit liquor during festive season which cost the country billions in tax.

Sale of illicit cigarettes on the rise.

EU expands cooperation in tobacco smuggling fight.

Spain, the European country with the most food fraud: losses of billions of euros each year.

Sri Lanka cracks down on sin tax fraud.

Illegal cigarette trade reached to 40% in Pakistan

Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America.

SICPA affirms that in Spain the alarms only go off when 25% of food fraud is reached.

Uganda loses Shs30B annually to illicit cigarette trade.

Illegal tyres & tobacco causing Rs130 bn loss to exchequer.