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This episode explores the illicit tobacco trade in Australia and its connections to organized crime and public health policy.

The availability of illicit tobacco in Australia has reached plague proportions, with organised crime involving itself in the smuggling and distribution of the product. And here’s the strange part – the situation is the result of a public health policy success story! This episode looks at the nature and scale of the problem as well as examines how policing the so-called heroin drought at the turn of the century might present some lessons for today’s law enforcement agencies. The three a...

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