The Financial Administration (FS) Criminal Office managed to bust the largest illegal production and distribution of cigarettes in the history of Slovakia, FS president Frantisek Imrecze reported on Sunday. During the crackdown in the town of Revúca, in the Banská Bystrica region, 10.5 million cigarettes falsely labelled as a global brand were seized along with six tonnes of tobacco ingredients. The overall volume of excise tax and VAT evaded has been preliminarily quantified at €5 million. The fake cigarettes were not planned for Slovak consumption but were supposed to be smuggled onto the German and British markets by a Slovak-Bulgarian gang.
Mojmir Prochazka, Photo: TASR
