Posted on 08/12/2014 7:36:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The EU’s anti-fraud office on Monday urged Gibraltar and Spain to launch legal action after it found signs that organized crime was behind a rise in cigarette smuggling in southern Spain.
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) made the recommendation after completing a probe it launched in August 2013 at the request of Madrid into a sharp rise in cigarette smuggling across the border between Gibraltar and Spain between 2009 and 2013. […]
Widespread cigarette smuggling between the tiny, low-tax British territory of Gibraltar to Spain is a major irritant in their frayed diplomatic relations. …
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