The illicit trade in tobacco is costing South Africa billions of rand annually.

Cigarettes are still being openly sold for far less than the minimum collectable taxes (MCT).

The current MCT is just over R25.00 for a pack of 20. Yet, it’s being sold for anything from R5 to R12.

Ex-border post officials get 15 years’ jail for trying to smuggle R6 million worth of tobacco into SA.
Now follow the money and catch the kingpins who are stealing billions via illicit cigarettes. SA Police Service 🇿🇦 NPASouthAfrica SA Revenue Service SA National Defence Force
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So NPASouthAfrica is offering a carrot to firms accused of corruption.
But SA is being robbed blind by organised crime.
We must follow the money, catch the kingpins and #LockThemUp

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The SA Reserve Bank seizes R60m in assets from the lover of late fraudster Markus Jooste.
Now let's see authorities take back the billions stolen from SA by illicit cigarette barons.
#LockThemUp #StopSkyfCapture
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Yusuf Yusuf Abramjee addressing a conference in JHB says:

Criminals involved in the illicit trade, money laundering and associated crimes need to be arrested right now. He says not a single arrest has been made since the Al Jazeera English Gold Mafia revelations.

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Yusuf Yusuf Abramjee says: the illicit trade is flourishing. He says the minimum collectable tax on a pack of 20 cigarettes is R25.04 - and they are being openly sold for anything for R8 to R12. Criminals are pocketing billions of rands annually.

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Yusuf Yusuf Abramjee says: Some implicated bank officials are still not arrested. The kingpins are still free. Some money launderers are now in Dubai. He says the time is long overdue to arrest and charge them.

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Yusuf Yusuf Abramjee says: Organised crime syndicates are looting South Africa. We are living in a Mafia state. Lawlessness is the order of the day.

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5-year jail term for man caught with R1.6m worth of illicit cigarettes.

Meanwhile, not a single criminal charge laid in the year since the #GoldLeafMafia investigation exposed multi-billion-rand tax evasion and money-laundering.
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Locals claim cops are complicit in epidemic of car smuggling to Mozambique.
Our rampant illicit economy is enabled by high-level corruption.
It's time to follow the money, catch the kingpins and #LockThemUp SA Police Service 🇿🇦 NPASouthAfrica
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5-year jail term for man caught with R1.6m worth of illicit cigarettes.
Meanwhile, not a single criminal charge laid in the year since the #GoldLeafMafia investigation exposed multi-billion-rand tax evasion and money-laundering.
#LockThemUp
NPASouthAfrica SA Revenue Service Edward Chr Kieswetter

#sapsLIM Multi-disciplinary forces through disruptive high-density Operation Vala Umgodi continues to clamp down on #IllegalMining . 16 Suspects were arrested over the weekend for a variety of charges, including illegal mining, possession of illicit cigarettes and contravention

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Over R1 trillion has been pulled from SA Inc due to investor concerns over loose laws and lax enforcement, says ex-Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
#LockThemUp
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Gauteng cops have seized counterfeit goods worth R17 million in the space of one week.
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The unintended consequences of tax legislation.
Unsustainable excise taxes have fuelled an 1100% increase in South Africa's illicit cigarette trade.
#LockThemUp
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Cops and SA National Defence Force confiscate cigarettes at Musina near the border with Zimbabwe.
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SARS commissioner Edward Chr Kieswetter tells @etv that the tobacco and gold industry is rife with corruption. He is 100% correct. Billions of rands is lost annually because of tax evasion and money laundering. It’s time to lock-up kingpins and revoke the licences of those involved in