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The Parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission of Zheleznyak will conduct an audit of the illegal market for cigarettes, e‑liquid for electronic cigarettes, and other excisable goods.
And this is a very interesting announcement.
The thing is, the market for vapes is generally built in a way that’s completely unclear. Billion‑hryvnia turnovers, points of sale on every corner, imports of thousands of liters of nicotine, and yet—no legality at all.
The State Bureau of Investigation and the National Police shut down networks one after another, but in place of every closed one two more appear.
And I won’t even start on the problem of classic tobacco counterfeiting.
Is anyone interested in researching why 90% of all duty‑free batches of cigarettes detected at the border from Ukraine to the EU are products of the Vynnyky Tobacco Factory? European law enforcement press releases are full of photos of packs of Lifa, Compliment, Marvel. But on Ukraine’s side, nobody seems to notice this.
And what about the operation of the Chernivtsi Tobacco Factory with a capacity of 10 000 cigarettes per minute?
Imports of tobacco and nicotine also need to be investigated.
So this commission will really be very interesting. We’re signing up.
