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How NSW Health uses children in illicit tobacco shop stings
In one case, two girls “volunteered” to purchase vapes from a Sydney tobacconist accused of selling illicit products to children.
- Sally Rawsthorne and Perry Duffin
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Two arrests, millions seized: How the tobacco wars played out in a Melbourne takeaway shop
Police say a tip-off about cash drops at a Somerton shop uncovered an $83 million money laundering operation with links to tobacco kingpin Kaz Hamad.
- Cassandra Morgan
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Viral doll and vape epidemic plaguing the inner west
Every single tobacconist in this neighbourhood sells illicit vapes. Down the road, one uses popular toys to sell them under the prime minister’s nose.
- Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne
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‘Straight out the organised crime playbook’: Perth tobacco shops targeted in shootings, arson
Two Perth businesses were set on fire on Monday morning – the latest in a series of incidents targeting tobacco businesses across the metropolitan area.
- Holly Thompson
Illegal tobacco is big business, and retail giants are counting the cost
Coles, Woolies and IGA are losing a multibillion-dollar tobacco battle with a vicious new competitor, organised crime, and it is costing us all dearly.
- Colin Kruger
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The woman with $2m cash in her boot and the violent trade as ‘lucrative as drugs’
Sydney’s criminal gangs have long been keen to meet the city’s ravenous appetite for drugs. They’re now cashing in on an even larger market.
- Sally Rawsthorne
Suspicious fire rips through tobacco store west of Brisbane
Nine crews battled the blaze, which is being investigated as the latest possible attack targeting tobacconists across the country.
- Courtney Kruk
Secret tobacco storeroom revealed in police raid
About 45 million cigarettes, 350,000 vapes and more than six tonnes of loose-leaf tobacco have been seized across the state since November last year.
- William Davis
Jail time and evictions: Labor announces crackdown on illegal tobacco
The NSW government will introduce tougher penalties for sale of illegal tobacco and vapes, including new powers to evict retailers, when parliament resumes.
- Michael McGowan
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A target in the tobacco war sleeps in his shop. He knows it’s not safe, but it’s the only way to protect his livelihood
Mr A got a visit from a man offering to buy his tobacco store. When he said no, it was repeatedly set alight, leaving him feeling helpless, scared and the victim of a fight he wants no part in.
- Marta Pascual Juanola