Instability Fuels North Africa's Illegal Tobacco Trade: NorthAfrica
way to guarantee their protection. Information and payments are exchanged for the ability to pursue their illegal activities.
Another factor driving the demand for trafficked cigarettes in Tunisia is the price difference between locally manufactured or genuine foreign brands, and illegal imports. Since Tunisia's government has a monopoly on the tobacco, the market is highly regulated. But corrupt individuals involved in the legal cigarette market deliberately create stock shortages, increasing the demand for smuggled and counterfeit smokes.
According to a Libyan smuggler who spoke to ENACT, European traffickers also arrange trans-shipment between vessels at sea in the Mediterranean. With the help of militias, Libyan smugglers exchange petrol for illicit cigarettes and sometimes alcohol or other products.
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