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Nigeria and Benin: Tobacco smuggling, the Seme and Cotonou connections

How cigarettes are smuggled from Benin to Nigeria. Read the story told by this Nigerian blogger.
Source: blog of Bob Majiri Oghene

British American Tobacco and the "insidious impact of illicit trade" in cigarettes across Africa

This article just published  in Tobacco Control explains BAT's involvement in smuggling activities in Africa in the 1980s.

The map above that is included in the article is a map of 1987:  "Flow and volume of BATUKE cigarettes via the contraband trade in West Africa (1987). Reproduced from the original document in the British American Tobacco Document Archive."

For BAT's point of view and most recent map.

Les cigarettes de contrebande American Legend proviennent d'Afrique subsaharienne via l'Algérie

Elles seraient produites en Afrique sub-saharienne et transiteraient par l'Algérie selon un enquête réalisée pour BAT à Lyon.

Voir aussi l'article dans France-Soir  ou cet article en anglais.

La contrebande de cigarettes en Algérie

Les services des douanes ont passé des accords de coopération avec Philip Morris et BAT.

Via AllAfrica.com

Via AllAfrica.com

Combating cigarettes smuggling in Ghana

In this article of 2007, the loss in excise duties was estimated to $.3.5 millions and smuggled cigarettes  represented one third of all the legally imported cigarettes.
Source: Modernghana.com

Smuggling of menthol cigarettes in Zambia causes BAT's loss

This article published  in June 2008 in the Zambia Daily Mail is  about illicit trade between Zambia and Tanzania.