Transportation, smuggling and organized crime
Contributors: Center for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria)
Series: CSD reports -- 15
Publisher: Center for the Study of Democracy
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Sofia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9789544771195
Description: Analyses the participation of transportation companies in smuggling practices, more specifically:  (1) it examines and describes a range of companies and individuals involved in organized crime groups whose main business is the trafficking of consumer goods.  (2) it also gives and overview of the criminal and semi-legal networks involved in smuggling Chinese and Turkish goods.  (3) it presents new data on oil and oil products smuggling.  (4) it examines the role of duty-free shops and their involvement in illicit cigarettes imports.
Notes: "This study was developed by a team of experts from the Center for the Study of Democracy--Tihomir Bezlov, Philip Gounev, Emil Tzenkov, and Petkan Iliev"--P. [3].

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