The Aporia · Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes featuring Australian health warnings

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The black-market tobacco trade continues to thrive as sellers turn to counterfeit packaging to skirt bans, prompting calls for the urgent passing of tougher laws. asserted

sellers → continue → laws

Intelligence provided to the federal government shows cigarettes in plain Australian-style packaging are being produced illegally at an industrial scale in south-east Asian warehouses. asserted

cigarettes → provide → warehouses

Factories owned and operated by criminal syndicates, primarily based in Cambodia, are pumping out increasingly sophisticated fake products that replicate common brands. asserted

that → own → brands

Some of the counterfeit packaging is even branded with Australian health warnings. asserted

Some → brand → warnings

The production has prompted the customs minister, Julian Hill, to urge parliament to pass tough laws as soon as possible. asserted

production → prompt → laws

A new bill on the tobacco trade is expected to be debated in the Senate on Thursday. asserted

bill → expect → Thursday

It would give law enforcement stronger powers to detect and disrupt illegal tobacco trade lines, including choking off criminal profits. asserted

It → give → profits

But Hill was concerned the sophisticated overseas production of cigarettes was becoming increasingly hard to detect or stop. asserted

production → concern → cigarettes

“Serious and organised criminal syndicates have weaponised the cheap oversupply of tobacco globally and will do anything to make a buck,” he said. asserted

he → organise → buck

“The crooks will continue to adapt their tactics. asserted

crooks → continue → tactics

“This highlights the urgency of equipping state, territory and commonwealth authorities with these new powers to go after anyone involved in the illegal tobacco trade, including the supply chains and retail outlets,” he said. asserted

he → highlight → chains

Several states and territories have been cracking down on enforcement measures, including blitzes of black-market shopfronts. asserted

states → crack → shopfronts

Queensland has taken the hardest line and legal cigarette sales have grown as a result. asserted

sales → take → result

NSW police closed 10 retailers across the state last week, including eight in south-west Sydney. asserted

police → close → Sydney

Across just two days on 6 and 7 October, NSW health inspectors seized 420,000 illegal cigarettes, about 60kg of loose-leaf tobacco and thousands of illicit vapes – small numbers compared with the 2.4 tonnes of tobacco confiscated since the start of the year. asserted

inspectors → seize → year

Some shops have been closed for more than 90 days as the NSW government ramps up enforcement. asserted

government → close → enforcement

Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes featuring Australian health warnings

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