4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (303+ words) Victoria’s illicit tobacco operators can now be shut down under tough new closure powers that came into effect this week. Tobacco Licensing Victoria (TLV) and Victoria Police have been granted the authority to close illegal tobacco businesses, with inspectors reportedly…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (291+ words) More than 1.77 million illicit cigarettes and 4kg of MDMA have been seized in a week-long crackdown on tobacco and vape networks in WA and the NT. The Australian Border Force’s National Disruption Group led the operation, dubbed TEMPEST, between 24 and 29 August,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (487+ words) Retail workers in NSW will gain new legal protection from violent and abusive customers under laws to be introduced to state parliament in October. The Minns Government’s Workplace Protection Orders (WPOs) will let courts ban individuals aged 14 and over from…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (339+ words) Border Force has restrained a Bentley, two properties and eight bank accounts after seizing millions of illicit cigarettes from an alleged crime syndicate. An alleged transnational organised crime network suspected of running large-scale illicit tobacco imports into Australia has been…...

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3+ week, 4+ day ago   (315+ words) Australian and Chinese customs have busted a syndicate smuggling illicit tobacco worth $92m in evaded duty into Australia. The Australian Border Force (ABF) and China’s Anti-Smuggling Bureau of General Administration of China Customs (ASB) worked together on the operation, dubbed Project…...