The tobacco trade has forever been dirty, so much so that it has bred an industry that has criminality and incestuous political links embedded in its DNA. In 2012, SARS had seized 54 million illicit cigarettes – by 2014 this had increased to 270 million cigarettes. Easy to smuggle, easy to buyDealing in illicit cigarettes is lucrative and relatively safe. If you are caught with illicit tobacco, you get a fine. The "project" he was talking about was setting up an illicit tobacco manufacturing project in conjunction with SSA agents.

Source: News 24 May 31, 2020 14:12 UTC