How tobacco cartels send black market profits offshore | ABC NEWS
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Australia's illicit tobacco trade has become so lucrative that criminal overlords have built a secret pipeline suspected of smuggling tens of millions of dollars in profits overseas. The ABC can reveal details of a sophisticated money laundering network that spans multiple states believed to be washing huge sums for the major cartels. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/how-australian-tobacco-cartels-funnel-cash-offshore/107232058 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia
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