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In most years, tobacco giant PMI received no requests for information from the EU's anti-fraud agency. (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

EU sleuths ignore special powers on tobacco smuggling

The EU's anti-fraud agency has, in the past 11 years, made little use of the investigative instruments it gained under an EU agreement with Philip Morris International.

Documents uncovered via a freedom of information request by EUobserver show that in most years, the tobacco company did not receive any request for information from Olaf, as the anti-fraud agency is known.

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In most years, tobacco giant PMI received no requests for information from the EU's anti-fraud agency. (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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