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The Great Tobacco Mirage: A Nation's Battle Against Phantoms

Australia seized AU$1 billion in illegal tobacco in 3 months. Why is contraband still flooding cities and fueling crime?

#IllicitTobacco, #AustraliaCrime, #BorderForce, #TobaccoSmuggling, #OrganisedCrime

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NewsletterTF 17h ago

Australian Border Force seized AU$1 billion of illegal tobacco and vapes in just three months. This is a huge amount, but more is still entering the country.

#IllicitTobacco, #AustraliaCrime, #BorderForce, #TobaccoSmuggling, #OrganisedCrime
https://newsletter.tf/australia-1-billion-illicit-tobacco-seizure-fails/

Australia's AU$1 Billion Illicit Tobacco Seizure Not Stopping Smugglers

Australia seized AU$1 billion in illegal tobacco in 3 months. Why is contraband still flooding cities and fueling crime?

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Balkan Insight 19h ago

Five Years After Greek Journalist’s Murder, Family Urge New Probe

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://balkaninsight.com/2026/04/09/murdered-journalists-family-urge-new-probe-on-5th-anniversar/bi/greece/greece-politics-and-society/

TheBadPlace 1d ago

undefined | Serving garda and retired superintendent appear in court charged over alleged connections to organised crime group

A retired Garda Superintendent, John Murphy, 65, of Clontarf, Dublin, and a serving Garda, Manus Keane, 46, appeared in the Criminal Courts of Justice today after being charged by the Garda National Bureau of Investigation. Both men face three serious offences: facilitating a serious crime for an organised criminal group, perverting the course of justice, and corruption.

The charges stem from an extensive probe that linked the two officers to an alleged network of organised crime. Investigators said Murphy allegedly used his senior position to enable the criminal organisation to carry out its activities, while Keane is accused of providing direct assistance in exchange for personal benefit. Prosecutors allege that the conduct not only undermined the integrity of the police service but also threatened public confidence in law‑enforcement institutions.

The case, reported by Tom Tuite at 14:23, will proceed before the court, where the two officers will be required to enter pleas. If convicted, they face substantial penalties reflecting the gravity of facilitating organised crime and the breach of public trust inherent in perverting justice and corruption.

£15 Driver Convicted for Role in Mistaken Identity Murder in South Wales

Tony Porter, 69, convicted for driving gang members involved in Joanne Penney's mistaken identity murder in South Wales. He was paid £15. What happens next?

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TheBadPlace Apr 1

The Guardian | Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot by George Monbiot

Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump

This country’s a dump. I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean it literally. From the point of view of criminal waste gangs, it is one big potential landfill. The chances of being caught range between minimal and nonexistent, and the penalties are mostly laughable. Successive governments have given criminals a licence to print money.

Last week, the Commons public accounts committee reported that illegal waste dumping is “out of control”. The UK is now blighted with between 8,000 and 13,000 illegal waste sites. Most consist of a few lorry loads. Some contain tens of thousands of tonnes of waste, which might incorporate everything from household products to asbestos, heavy metals and highly toxic, flammable and explosive organic chemicals. The rubbish blows through local neighbourhoods, flows into rivers and seeps into soil and groundwater. And, in most cases, nothing is done.

#environment #organisedcrime #uk #wastecrime #illegalwastesites