https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/tags/taxevasion/Recent content in taxevasion on Gloucestershire DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usWed, 27 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/nearly-two-million-illegal-cigarettes-seized-in-gloucestershire-trading-standards-crackdown/Wed, 27 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/nearly-two-million-illegal-cigarettes-seized-in-gloucestershire-trading-standards-crackdown/Over the past four years, Gloucestershire trading standards officers have seized nearly two million illegal cigarettes as part of an ongoing effort to clamp down on tobacco smuggling. Working closely alongside police, tax authorities, and immigration officials, these coordinated operations target the organized criminal networks behind the illicit tobacco trade. The illegal tobacco market causes the UK Treasury to lose between £1.8 billion and £2.2 billion a year in unpaid tax revenue.