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Coalition targets illegal tobacco trade, with Arizona among top states in contraband

PHOENIX – A truck crosses the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Using a combination of smuggling tunnels, backroads and well-placed bribes, the driver evades the Border Patrol and soon arrives in Phoenix carrying its illicit cargo: $4 million in untaxed cigarettes. According to a 2019 study by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, about 37.4% of […]