Melbourne tobacco shops choosing fines over arson risk amid gangland conflict
Tobacco sellers are reportedly choosing to cop council fines rather than risk being targeted by Melbourne’s underworld by refusing to…
Albanese government announces Australian Border Force crackdown on illicit tobacco trade
A major crackdown to stem the illicit tobacco trade will be launched by the Albanese government to target the smuggling…
Illegal cigarettes, vapes: Black market sparks crime wave
Illegal tobacconists selling black market cigarettes and vapes are raking in up to $40,000 a week, fuelling an increasingly violent…
Illegal tobacco wars explode in Australia amid vaping crackdown
Australia’s illicit black tobacco market has continued to “explode”, according to police, with illegal tobacco linked to a string of…
Call for vapes to be sold like alcohol in Australia amid ‘booming black market’
Australians are calling for regulations around vaping to be stripped back, saying the country should follow the lead of New…
Oakleigh, Vic: Police suspect illegal tobacco trade behind shop fire
Authorities suspect members of the illegal tobacco trade are behind a fire that has badly damaged a storefront, and impacted…