An operation coordinated from Eurojust’s headquarters in The Hague has led to the arrest of ten criminals suspected of smuggling 150 containers of over 1.5 billion undeclared cigarettes. German, Belgian and Dutch authorities discovered the activities of the smuggling group following a four-year investigation. The cigarette smuggling resulted in a fiscal loss of around EUR 550 million.Read More
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