Editors:
The first book to study enforcement against illicit tobacco in-depth and from a legal standpoint
Critically analyses illicit tobacco trade, focusing on policies, legal frameworks and practices in six EU countries
Identifies obstacles to effective and deterrent enforcement, and offers recommendations on how to overcome them
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Combining criminological and legal perspectives, it presents and critically analyses the phenomenon of illicit tobacco trade, as well as the policies, legal frameworks and practices in six EU countries with regard to combatting this phenomenon, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their approaches. Furthermore, it studies the relationship between the EU and third countries (e.g. Ukraine) in terms of how the EU can influence policy and enforcement in these countries in order to counter illicit tobacco trafficking. Not exclusively focusing on the EU, the book also includes an analysis of enforcement against illicit tobacco products in the US.
The EU Member States analysed in the book (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and Poland) reflect the range of currently available approaches. Some of them have ratified the WHO Protocol against tobacco smuggling; others have not. They belong to different legal traditions and face different challenges due to their respective border situations. While Belgium and the Netherlands are key entry ports to the EU, Poland and Latvia represent the Eastern land border of the EU, with various regional challenges. Italy has a long maritime border, where trafficking is possible from Northern Africa and from the Middle East. It also has significant experience in fighting organised crime. Lastly, Germany is the largest market in Europe and situated in the middle of these trafficking routes.
Keywords
- Tobacco market
- Tobacco control policy
- Illicit tobacco products
- Tobacco smuggling
- Organized crime
- Illicit tobacco trade
- Utrecht University Illicit Tobacco Trade Project
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
- EU Anti-fraud office
- FCTC
- OLAF
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Stanisław Tosza
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Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, RENFORCE, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
John A. E. Vervaele
About the editors
Stanisław Tosza is Associate Professor in Compliance and Law Enforcement at the University of Luxembourg. He is the Secretary General of the AIDP (International Association of Penal Law).
John A. E. Vervaele is Professor in economic and European criminal law, as well co-director of the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE), at Utrecht University. In Bruges he is Professor in European criminal law at the College of Europe. He is the President of the AIDP (International Association of Penal Law) since 2014.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Combatting Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Book Subtitle: In Search of Optimal Enforcement
Editors: Stanisław Tosza, John A. E. Vervaele
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67802-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67801-2Published: 19 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67804-3Published: 20 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67802-9Published: 17 February 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 593
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Organized Crime, European Criminal Law, European Economic Law, International Economic Law, Trade Law, International Criminal Law