Illegal tobacco trade may be fuelling terrorism

[bolivr]

In Australia with the toughest tobacco laws it's no surprise criminals are stepping in. Seems to be  a massive problem 

 

Illegal tobacco trade may be fuelling terrorism: Border Force http://ab.co/2h8JbDW

[Baldy]

I call BS.  I heard something similar before the US last invaded Iraq.  If there was a shred of evidence (real evidence not just baseless fear mongering) the security forces would be all over this.  Similar can be said of the recreational and hard drugs black market.

Anyways the gov have nobody to blame but themselves.  When you tax or suppress a group of people to the point of persecution then of course there's going to be a black market. Similar black market exists in Canada.

[dicko]

No doubt this will lead them to make greater restrictions on people doing the right thing. Just to be "seen" to be doing something. No mind to unintended consequences.

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[wabashcr]

A dangerous and violent black market is one of the more predictable byproducts of prohibition.  Connections to terror groups overseas are usually exaggerated or outright false, but it deflects attention from the policy that created the black market in the first place.