Italy’s tobacco execs arrested in alleged smuggling ring

From: Gazzetta del Sud

Contraband cigarettes worth 100 million euros found

Ancona, December 16 – Two executives with Manifattura Italiana Tabacco MIT, an Italian tobacco manufacturer, were arrested Tuesday during a probe into allegations of a cigarette smuggling ring, executives said.

Finance police arrested the MIT executives along with four other people in the Italian coastal city of Ancona, following an investigation.

Police say they uncovered a 100-million euros cigarette smuggling ring.

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