Illegal Tobacco: Impact on Crime and Terrorism

Illegal Tobacco

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
What is crime?.............................................................................................................................3
What is terrorism?.......................................................................................................................3
What is illegal Tobacco?.............................................................................................................4
Illegal Tobacco Trade.................................................................................................................4
Consequences of Illicit Tobacco Trade ......................................................................................6
Illegal Tobacco and Crime..........................................................................................................6
What attracts criminals to illegal cigarettes?..............................................................................7
Illegal tobacco and Terrorism.....................................................................................................8
Relevant Legal and Enforcement Framework.............................................................................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
A crime in a act of harming someone deliberately either physically or psychologically.
Act act can also be related to damage or loss of property. These all acts must be against the law
to form crime. There many many types of crime which are defined in United Kingdom which are
categories in two different categories i.e. violent and non violent crime. The law which governs
such activities in UK is the Criminal Law Act 1977. the law of criminal sets out meaning of the
offences related to crime. It also sets out rules and procedure which are to be applied by the
police while investigating any matter. This act also impose punishment when a person is found
guilty. Punishment can any punishment like: fine, imprisonment and community order (Franssen
and Claes, 2020). Crime and illegal activities is the very own reason for the terrorism.
This report consist of illegal activities that relates to selling, manufacturing and
distribution of smuggled cigarettes. This report also explains the increase in the crime rate and
terrorism due to the illegal tobacco. This report also explain Illegal tobacco and crime & Illegal
tobacco and Terrorism.
MAIN BODY
What is crime?
A crime is an act of harming someone or an omission which leads to cause harm. Such an
harm is deliberately caused to affect someone physically or psychologically. A crime can also be
related to any damage cause to the property of someone or loss of any property. Any such act
which is against the rule of law or is prohibited by the law, constitutes crime. Crimes in UK are
governed by the Criminal Law Act 1977. The crime is a very wide term and many types of it are
included which are all explained in the act (Laundering, 2019). The act do not only provide with
the offences but also explains the procedure of its investigations and the punishment related to it.
What is terrorism?
Terrorism is violence or using force unlawfully against any person or property either to
terrify or pressurise the government of the state and its citizens to achieve political or social
agendas. People involved in terrorism are called as terrorist. The terrorism is categorise into two
different categories. They are: domestic or international terrorism. It totally depends on the
objectives of the terrorist that in which category do they fall. Domestic terrorism is when the
terrorism is affecting the domestic country, its people and the government. International

terrorism is when the actions of the terrorists are affected the whole world or different parts of
the world.
What is illegal Tobacco?
Illegal tobacco is trading of illicit or cheap white cigarettes in the market of UK without
them being manufactured, sold or distributed in UK. These cigarettes are manufactured in the
factories of Russia, Eastern Europe, etc. and are illegally transported to UK for its sale. These
cigarettes importers do not pay tax to the government and also there is no warning images
present or any stamp to warn consumers before its consumption (Kleiman and DeFeo, 2017).
Illicit tobacco is also known widely by other few names. They are: Illicit white, Counterfeit
cigarettes, Genuine cigarettes and many more.
“Illicit white” Cigarettes do not have any legal market in UK. These cigarettes are mass
manufactured and there is no warning sign or image on the packet. These are illegally imported
in UK and taxes are not paid on them.
Counterfeit Cigarettes are also illegally manufactured and are sold by someone who is
not an original manufacturing parties. .
Genuine cigarettes or Non-Duty paid cigarettes are those which are smuggled illegally
in UK without paying duty. These duty free cigarettes are further exported form UK to another
country for selling instead of keeping them for personal use by the parties.
Illegal Tobacco Trade
Illegal trade in tobacco is increasing and is giving rise to dangerous and inhumane
organisations. Every cigarette packet a person buys from any illegitimate source directly or
indirectly funds criminals and terrorists indulge in destructive and dangerous activities. Illegal
trade is not the only which is a concern for UK but as there is involvement of crime and terrorist,
the country is worried about the safety of different communities and its people. These criminal
gangs operates on an industrial scale to smuggle. They finance illegal activities by selling the
smuggles cigarettes with the revenues generated by them.
Illicit tobacco trade is not a trading of some new product in the market. It is similar to the
other illicit product. This illicit trade started with the introduction of tobacco in the industry and
when the demand of it was noticed in the market (Geldenhuys, 2019). The illicit tobacco trade is
the result of the demand and supply of tobacco in the market in UK. All the consumers
irrespective of their status wishes to save money. This increased the demands of cheap cigarettes