The cigarette black market in Germany and in the United Kingdom

Journal of Financial Crime

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-254

  Von Lampe, Klaus ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Crimes; Germany; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165678     PISSN: 13590790     EISSN: 17587239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13590790610660935     Document Type: Article

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