Fake cigarettes financing terror | With commonwealth law enforcement, Rohan Pike

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Fake cigarettes have become as profitable as hard drugs—organized crime is using tobacco as a terror financing channel.

Commonwealth law enforcement expert Rohan Paik discusses illicit tobacco as organized crime funding mechanism. Uses Australia as case study (50% illicit market, $9.5B revenue loss) and analyzes South Africa's challenges, FATF gray-listing, and enforcement vs prohibition strategies.

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