Reports of illegal tobacco crimes have sharply increased in Australia in recent years. Organised crime syndicates believed to be behind tobacco smuggling operations have also infiltrated the retail ...

A Queensland tobacco retailer has pleaded guilty to buying, supplying and advertising illicit products. The 50 charges were related to stores in Rockhampton, Gracemere, Yeppoon, Emerald and Blackwater ...

Queensland's crime watchdog has wielded controversial confiscation laws against alleged sellers of illicit tobacco for the first time, targeting a man who says he once worked in Iraqi military ...

A sweep of tobacconist stores suspected of selling illicit "chop chop" tobacco and nicotine vapes have been shut down for three months across Queensland. Health officials and police swooped on ...

The Queensland government has conducted the largest-ever operation against illicit tobacco and vape retailers in Australia, closing almost 150 stores and seizing more than $15.7 million worth of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The smuggling of illegal cigarettes and vapes into Australia has been publicly linked to a Queensland bikie group after major raids on ...

In a mammoth 10-day blitz, Queensland Health officers smashed the illegal tobacco trade and shut down 148 stores selling black market vapes and cigarettes. The operation seized more than 87,000 vapes, ...

Coral Gartner receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, and Australian Institute of Criminology. She has been engaged as an expert for ...